The Kisokaido route through Japan was ordained in the early 1600s by the country’s then-ruler Tokugawa Ieyasu, who decreed that staging posts be installed along the length of the arduous passage between Edo (present-day Tokyo) and Kyoto. Inns, shops, and restaurants were established to provide sustenance and lodging to weary travelers.
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ISBN: 978-3-8365-3938-8• Jazyk: Anglicky• Rok: 2021• EAN: 9783836539388 • Hmotnost: 1.40 kg • Vazba: vázaná • Počet stran: 234• Rozměr: 440x300 cm • Nakladatel: Taschen
Detail knihy - Hiroshige & Eisen. The Sixty-Nine Stations along the Kisokaido, _Andreas Marks, Rhiannon Paget
Both Eisen and Hiroshige were master print practitioners. In The Sixty-Nine Stations along the Kisokaido, we find the artists’ distinct styles as much as their shared expertise. From the busy starting post of Nihonbashi to the castle town of Iwamurata, Eisen opts for a more muted palette but excels in figuration, particularly of glamorous women, and relishes snapshots of activity along the route, from shoeing a horse to winnowing rice. Hiroshige demonstrates his mastery of landscape with grandiose and evocative scenes, whether it’s the peaceful banks of the Ota River, the forbidding Wada Pass, or a moonlit ascent between Yawata and Mochizuki.