Japan Complete Set 55 Old Woodblock Postcards Ukiyoe Tokaido Road, Original Box
Japan Complete Set 55 Old Woodblock Postcards Ukiyoe Tokaido Road, Original Box, 5.5″w
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The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido
Complete set of 55 vibrantly colored prints with original box
Hard to find Japanese complete boxed set of fifty five (55) superb colored woodblock print postcards commemorating Japan’s historic “Tokaido Road” landscape scenery originally created by artist by Ando Hiroshig . The Tokaido road (53 Stations) was the most important of Five Routes of Edo period Japan, connecting Kyoto to Edo (modern-day Tokyo).
Tokaido Road. 55 prints complete in original box
Print size: 5.5″ wide and 3.5 inches high each.
Painter: Hiroshige
Publisher: Kyoto Hanga
Age: 1950s-1960s
Complete with postcards and envelopes- easily removable for viewing or framing-
and with the original box just the way we like to find them.
The individual prints are ready for immediate framing if you so choose.
You can enjoy viewing the individual prints or immediately frame the individual prints.
A total of 55 separate woodblock prints are included, printed on thick paper stock.
Quality: All woodblock prints are in good condition with vivid colors. Some prints have light foxing from age.
Provenance: an old Tokyo, Japan collection.
Extraordinary treasure find. Instant collection, prints may be individually framed. Only one.
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About the Tokaido Road and Hiroshige
The Tokaido road was the most important of the Five Routes of the Edo period in Japan, connecting Kyoto to Edo (modern-day Tokyo). Unlike the inland and less heavily travelled Nakasendo, the Tokaido travelled along the sea coast of eastern Honshu, hence the route’s name.
The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi), is a series of ukiyo-e woodcut prints created by Utagawa Hiroshige after his first travel along the Tokaido in 1832. These landscape prints took full advantage of the new possibilities offered by the Western representation of perspective, that Japanese artists had by now fully assimilated. Hiroshige’s series met with full success, not only in Japan, but later in Western countries.
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