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This work presents colour reproductions, details and full explanations of the masterpieces that crown the work of one of the greatest ukiyo-e artists, Ando Hiroshige. The last great master of the Japanese woodblock was Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858). In the Japan of his day, Hiroshige's landscape prints fostered a new and far-reaching appreciation for nature in art. In the West, his work influenced such artists as Whistler, Cezanne, and Gauguin. Born in the shogun's capital of Edo (now Tokyo), Hiroshige lost his parents at a young age. Even so, he relinquished the security

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Book category Books in English The arts History of art / art & design styles Art styles not defined by date

• Full title: Hiroshige
• Subtitle: Japan's Great Landscape Artist
• Author: Isaburo Oka
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96
• EAN: 9784770021212
• ID: 05046391
• Publisher: Kodansha International Ltd
• Weight: 635 g
• Dimensions: 297 × 230 × 13 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. April 1997

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