Japan Important Complete Collection 55 Woodblock Prints, "Tokaido Road ", Boxed

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Japan Important Complete Collection 55 Woodblock Prints, "Tokaido Road ", Boxed

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Important and complete Japanese mint, signed and boxed collection of fifty five (55) superb colored woodblock prints commemorating Japan's historic "Tokaido Road" landscape scenery originally created by artist Utagawa Hiroshige. The Tokaido road 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 custom crafted blue textile collector box Print size: 10.5" wide and 7.25 inches high each mated. Publisher; Bijyutsusha Complete with each print "mated" and safely stored in original paper sleeves, than carefully nestled in the original collectors box just the way we like to find them. The individual prints are ready for immediate framing if you so choose. Collector box includes all original informative and descriptive brochures including a rare photograph of an artisan cutting a woodblock (see photo) You can enjoy viewing the individual prints or immediately frame the individual prints which are removable. A total of 55 separate woodblock prints are included, printed on washi paper. The prints date to the middle Showa period, about fifty years ago. Quality: All woodblock prints were printed from washi paper of that day and are in fine condition with vivid extraordinary color. Some prints have light foxing from age. Dimensions: Woodblock prints only: 7.25 inches high and 10.5 wide with mats: 9.75 inches high and 12.75 wide. Provenance: an old Tokyo, Japan collection. Extraordinary treasure find. Instant collection, prints may be individually framed. Only one. Lifetime guarantee of authenticity. All our Asian works of art are accompanied by our lifetime guarantee of authenticity. 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.

Dimensions:
Height: 9.75 in (24.77 cm)Width: 6 in (15.24 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
Style:
Showa (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Paper,Hand-Crafted,Hand-Painted
Place of Origin:
Japan
Period:
20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
20th Century
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
South Burlington, VT
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU1289210726363

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