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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 192 pages. Published in 1988. Book-length Monograph on subject. One of the most beautiful books on the art and achievement of Hiroshige ever published in the 20th century. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with…all other subsequent editions, of which there are several. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only in conjunction with the Rhode Island School of Design. The production values are outstanding in every respect: Oversize-volume format. Orange cloth boards with white titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Art by Hiroshige. Text by various scholar-contributors. Printed on pristine-white, thick uncoated stock paper in Tokyo, Japan to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents "Hiroshige: Birds And Flowers". Hiroshige created 5000 bird and flower studies in all, which are "endlessly experimenting with design, composition, and color. Hiroshige captured in these paintings, as nowhere else in his work, his poetic and idyllic sense of Nature" (Publisher's blurb). The prints in this magnificent volume were in the Abby Rockefeller Collection, now housed at the Rhode Island School of Design. Hiroshige is now regarded as one of the two greatest wood-block printmakers (the other being Hokusai, his predecessor). Ukiyo-e, which literally means "pictures of the floating world", was the art of the common people. It was not folk or primitive art nor was it royal court art, either. Like the photograph today, it could be infinitely reproduced as public demand dictated, and typically presented Japanese life and rituals, scenery and the four seasons, iconic portraits and landscapes, and in this instance, birds and flowers. Perhaps the best term for it is "artisanal", as it depended on the mastery of one's craft (rather than "concept" or "vision"). Very little is known about ukiyo-e precisely because it was not considered serious art, and was therefore not recorded, documented, collected, preserved, or archived. That it flourished in the 18th and 19th centuries is pretty much what we know. Westerners were awed, moved, and for once, humbled by what they saw: Great art of the most exquisite and delicate kind, dazzling virtuosity melded to a master craftsman's innate apprehension of The Beautiful. No words will do justice to the sublime beauty between the covers of this book. An absolute "must-have" title for Hiroshige and Japanese art book collectors. This title is a great art book. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws or are in multiple subsequent printings. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. 92 color plates. One of the greatest artists of all time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER HIROSHIGE TITLE IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0807611999. no.
