Hiroshige and Eisen: The Sixty-Nine Stations along the Kisokaidō
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Hiroshige and Eisen: The Sixty-Nine Stations along the Kisokaidō

Hiroshige and Eisen: The Sixty-Nine Stations along the Kisokaidō

$25.00
Hiroshige and Eisen: The Sixty-Nine Stations along the Kisokaidō
$25.00

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Featuring the historic staging route between Edo (Tokyo) and Kyoto, as told by two legendary woodblock artists, Keisai Eisen, who was commissioned in 1835 to create a series of works to chart the Kisokaidō journey, and by Utagawa Hiroshige, who replaced Eisen after 24 prints, to complete the series of 70 prints in 1838.  

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Featuring the historic staging route between Edo (Tokyo) and Kyoto, as told by two legendary woodblock artists, Keisai Eisen, who was commissioned in 1835 to create a series of works to chart the Kisokaidō journey, and by Utagawa Hiroshige, who replaced Eisen after 24 prints, to complete the series of 70 prints in 1838.  

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