Imaging Japanese History:
A Case Study of Tokugawa Japan through Art: Views of a Society in Transformation - Images
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Tokugawa Japan Online Image List:Woodblock Prints by Ando Hiroshige
Use the links below to find the nine woodblock prints by Ando Hiroshige. Record your analysis on Handout T1.
Images 1-5 are from the seriesThe Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō Gojusan no Uchi),1831-1834. Publisher: Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeido). Format: Oban yokoye. Total 55 Prints. Images 6-9 are from the seriesOne Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Yedo Hiakkei),1856 - 1858. Publisher: Uoya Eikichi. Format: Oban tateye. Number of Prints: 120 (inc. Title Page and a replacement print by Hiroshige II).
Created © 2010 Program for Teaching East Asia, University of Colorado.
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