The Hundred Poets Compared: A Print Series by Kuniyoshi, Hiroshige, and Kunisada

Leiden & Boston: Hotei, 2007. Folio in orange-yellow blind-stamped cloth and drk blue color illus jacket; 255 pages: color illustrations; 31 cm; bibliographical references (pages 242-244) and index. Fine in fine jacket. As new. A lovely copy. Please see photos. in fine dust-jacket. Hardcover. ISBN: 9789074822824

In English. Beautifully printed. "The Hundred Poets Compared discusses a print series by three of the most famous Japanese print artists of the 19th century: Kuniyoshi, Hiroshige, and Kunisada. This series of one hundred prints is known as the Ogura nazorae hyakunin isshu (Companions of the Ogura One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each) and constitutes a typical example of serial graphics from the world of Ukiyo-e." "Each print compares one of the poems from the most-beloved collection of Japanese poetry, The One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each (Hyahunin isshu), with a scene from Japanese history or theatre."--book jacket. / Contents: A remarkable adventure --; An anthology of poems --; Fujiwara no Teika and the One hundred poets, one poem each --; Mitate-e --; Serial works --; Parody pictures of the One hundred poets, one poem each --; The Tenpo reforms: publishers and actors under pressure --; The conception of the series --; Members of the team --; Ibaya Senzaburo, fan merchant and publisher --; Kuniyoshi, the unbridled --; Hiroshige, master of landscape --; Ryukatei Tanekazu, author of popular fiction --; Kunisada, master of the theatrical print --; Publishing dates of the series --; A re-evaluation halfway --; Chief literary sources --; Kabuki sub rosa --; Pictures, translations, explications and commentaries --; App.; Overview of artists, censors, characters, and poets --; App.; Overview of prints showing specific Kabuki actors --; App.; Indices actors' stage-names and playwrights --; App.; Overview of periods in which specific censor seals were used. / Color prints, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868. Poets in art. Estampe en couleurs japonaise -- 1600-1868 (Époque d'Edo) Poètes dans l'art. Color prints, Japanese -- Edo period. Poets in art. Waka Ukiyo-e Utagawa, Kuniyoshi 1798-1861 Andō, Hiroshige 1797-1858 Utagawa, Toyokuni III. 1786-1865 Utagawa, Kuniyoshi. Andō, Hiroshige. Kunisada. / **A large, heavy book. Extra shipping charges may apply for international & expedited orders. Please inquire.**