The Hundred Poets Compared: A Print Series by Kuniyoshi, Hiroshige, and Kunisada

by Henk J. Herwig, Mostow, H., et al.

The Hundred Poets Compared is about a 100-print series made by three famous Ukiyo-e artists of the 19th century: Kuniyoshi, Hiroshige, and Kunisada. Each print compares one of the poems from the most-beloved collection of Japanese poetry, The One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each (Hyakunin Isshu), with a scene from Japanese history or theatre. Begun during the repressive Tenp? Reforms, the series includes many surreptitious portraits...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9074822827
• ISBN13: 9789074822824
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Brill Hotei
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 3.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.9" x 11.9"