Mr Sadao Kikuchi (1 results)

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. In white vinyl clamshell box, titles to top cover and spine in blue inks. 24 superbly printed colour plates, loose as issued, each mounted in a paper folder with plate number and title in green to lower corner, plates are bright and unmarked, 37*35 cm, either folio or oblong, with a 4 pp red paper contents list and a 20 pp cream loose folder containing an introduction, biography and plate listing with description in both Japanese and English. Titles include Soto to Uchi, Tokaido 53-Tsugi No Uchi, Kiso Kaido 69, Tsubaki ni Kotori etc. Housed in a cardboard boz with corners gone, titles to spine and top cover. Stunning colour plates! These 24 plates make up the Hiroshige 24 Masterpieces which were part 4 of a broader set of Japanese woodblock illustrations. Utagawa Hiroshige was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, and one of the last great artists in that tradition. He was also referred to as Ando Hiroshige (an irregular combination of family name and art name) and by the art name of Ichiyusai Hiroshige. See Wiki for a full Bio. Ando Hiroshige (illustrator).…