HIROSHIGE , Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e Prints , Series 6
by Shibui , Kiyoshi & Kikuchi , Sadao
1st Edition
Price: $850.00from: GibbsBooks.Com
- Seller Inventory #: 092901-E
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Fine
- Jacket condition: No Jacket as Issued
- Illustrator: Hiroshige
- Edition: 1st Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Shueisha Co.,
- Place: Japan
- Date published: 1971
- Keywords: Japanese Wood Block Prints / Art / Wood Box Prints
Japan: Shueisha Co.,, 1971 Book. Illus. by Hiroshige. Fine. Hard Cover w/ Box Case. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 1st.ed. 1971 ,Hardcover with box wrap with ties and bone locks,book is tan cloth and the box is gray cloth with orange Japanese letters.With 74 pages of text in Japanese and English and 49 tipped in full page prints all in color with a tissue cover over each ,some fold out prints as in panel work.This is one of the finest work on Hiroshige (1797-1858) that I have seen in prints , a well done edition and one you will have a hard time finding in North America.Condition of the book is Very Fine with very light edge rubs from the box case light bump at each corner, and three of the blank pages in the back of the book with one inch crease on them at the corner bottom.Ex owner inscribed..
