Tokaido: Hiroshige-ga Gojusan-tsugi Genjo Shashin Taisho

Verlag: Tokoen, Tokyo, 1918

Beschreibung

(Hiroshige's Fifty Three Stations of the Tokaido and Corresponding Taisho Era Photographs) Taisho 7 (1918), oblong small 4to (12 x 8 7/8 ;in - 30 x 22.6 cm), decorated blindstamped blue cloth with gilt lettering on front board, bound Japanese style and format (reads back to front) with heavy ribbon ties, color woodblock illustrated endpapers at the front and rear, black and white collotype reproductions of photographs and color "off-set" plates, 112 pages + 40 additional pages of Japanese language text at the rear, 152 pages total. The color plates include a map of the Tokaido (2 views on one plate, one current and one from earlier days), a compilation of Hiroshige-s seals, portrait of a man seated (probably Hiroshige). The index calls the black and white photograph (shashin) reproductions "collotype." The color prints are called "off-set" in the index and I believe that they can technically characterized as color offset lithographs. The color plates are printed on thick tanish dull mat finish paper with a grill pattern embossed into the paper. The color plates were printed two to a sheet and then the sheet was folded and bound into the book in typical Japanese style. The collotype plates are printed front and back. The sequence is two color plates (one page folded) followed by two black and white collotypes (one sheet printed front and back). Following this pattern the plate on one side is the color reproduction of the Hiroshige print and the facing page is the corresponding black and white collotype reproduction of a photograph showing the same scene at the time the book was published. Each black and white plate has a descriptive paragraph in English at the top and a Japanese language paragraph on the side. The number of each view is stated in Japanese at the top of each black and white plate. Following the 55th plate is a collotype plate showning two stone monuments in honor of Hiroshige. Hiroshige's famous views of the 53 stations of the Tokaido was composed of 55 prints. These included the terminal points (Nihonbashi on one end and Kyoto on the other) and the 53 intermediate stations (tsugi). This books presents all 55 views. ~ Condition. The book is in Good+ condition. It is complete. While the binding is solid, the top ribbon tie is approximately 60% broken at the back. The corners are bumped and worn and there are several scrapes and discolored areas on the boards. It is unclear which of the preliminary plates had tissue guards, however, one plate (portrait) shows evidence that a tissue guard was present but is now removed. The book has moderate foxing and soiling and while most pages have a small-moderate amount, it is primarily in the margins. The foxing and soiling is move evident on the collotype plates than the color plates. Approximately 10% of the pages have small tears (less than 1/2 in) in the margins at the bottom or top edge. None of the tears enter the image area. The text pages at the rear are lower quality paper and while not brittle, they are aged/tanned. ~~ More information, to include digital pictures, available on request. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1918080120a

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Tokaido: Hiroshige-ga Gojusan-tsugi Genjo ...

Verlag: Tokoen, Tokyo

Erscheinungsdatum: 1918

Illustrator: Hiroshige Ando (color reproductions after his work)

Zustand: Good