Illustrator: Hiroshige
Cynthea I. Bogel, intro.
Israel Goldman, commentaries.
Alfred H. Marks, translation

Publisher/Date: Braziller/Rhode Island School of Design, 1988, 1st US, NAP

Format/Condition: NEW large hardcover book with dust jacket is in fine condition. 192 pages, measures 10×14 ½ inches.

Description: Shunning the popular tradition of courtesan subjects in the 1830s, and inspired by Chinese bird and flower painting traditions and miniaturist techniques, Japanese printmaker Hiroshige concentrated on landscapes and nature scenes, ultimately creating some five thousand prints of bird and flower studies. A pheasant perched against chrysanthemums; an egret crouched among reeds; an eagle soaring high above Edo in a sky full of stars—these are a few of the 91 magnificent color reproductions here (some more than 13 inches long) of his meticulously rendered prints.