HIROSHIGE: ONE HUNDRED FAMOUS VIEWS OF EDO (TASCHEN BU)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was one of the last great artists in the ukiyo-e tradition. Though he captured a variety of subjects, Hiroshige was most famous for landscapes, with a final masterpiece series known as "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" which depict various scenes of the city through the seasons, from bustling shopping streets to splendid cherry orchards. This Bibliotheca Universalis edition from Taschen is made from one of the finest complete original sets of woodblock prints belonging to the Ota Memorial Museum of Art in Tokyo.