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

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Use the links below to find the nine woodblock prints by Ando Hiroshige. Record your analysis on Handout T1.

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Images 1-5 are from the series The Fifty-Three Stations of the T艒kaid艒 (T艒kaid艒 Gojusan no Uchi), 1831-1834. Publisher: Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeido). Format: Oban yokoye. Total 55 Prints. Images 6-9 are from the series One 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 漏 2010 Program for Teaching East Asia, University of Colorado.