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illustrated book
;
print
Object Type
illustrated book
print
Museum number
1979,0305,0.178.1
Title
Object:
Tokaido meisho zue 東海道名所図会
(Pictorial Guide to Famous Places on the Tokaido)
Description
Illustrated book. Vol. 1 of six volumes. Guide to important places on the Tokaido processional route, starting in Kyoto and ending in Edo. Woodblock-printed.
Producer name
Print artist:
Tosa Mitsusada (土佐光貞)
Print artist:
Yamaguchi Soken 山口素絢
Print artist:
Takehara Shunsensai 竹原春泉斎
Print artist:
Maruyama Ozui 円山応瑞
Print artist:
Shimokōbe Ikei 下河辺維恵
Print artist:
Kinoshita Oju 木下応受
Print artist:
Oku Bunmei 奥文鳴
Print artist:
Tanaka Totsugen (田中訥言)
Author:
Akisato Rito 秋里籬島
Published by:
Yanagihara Kihei 柳原喜兵衛
(principal publisher)
School/style
Maruyama-Shijo School
Cultures/periods
Kansei Era
Production date
1797
Production place
Published in:
Osaka-shi
Published in:
Kyoto-shi
Published in:
Edo
Materials
paper
Technique
woodblock
Dimensions
Height:
26 centimetres
Width:
18.50 centimetres
Curator's comments
Hillier and Smith 1980 'Meishoki', or guides to important places, were published for a great many localities and do not normally rise above a sort of humdrum topography in ink outline. This book, although still without colour, was rather more ambitiously planned, and a number of prominent Maruyama-Shijo artists were enlisted as illustrators, including Goshun, Soken, Ozui, Bummei, Naokata and others. The Tokaido was the main highway between Edo and Kyoto.
Bibliographic references
Hillier & Smith 1980 / Japanese Prints: 300 Years of Albums and Books
(77)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
traveller/travel
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
Tokaido
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Jack Hillier
Acquisition date
1979
Department
Asia
Registration number
1979,0305,0.178.1
Additional IDs
Previous owner/ex-collection number:
JH.178
(Hillier no.)