{"product_id":"the-hundred-poets-compared-a-print-series-by-kuniyoshi-hiroshige-and-kunisada","title":"The Hundred Poets Compared: A Print Series by Kuniyoshi, Hiroshige, and Kunisada","description":"\u003cp\u003eLeiden \u0026amp; 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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: \tA 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 \u0026amp; expedited orders. Please inquire.**\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Herwig, Henk; Mostow, Joshua S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46056029946114,"sku":"94309.0","price":245.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/4412\/1602\/files\/holder_3_a7c4d77a-a55a-4942-b08a-8d292a76e335.jpg?v=1744096696","url":"https:\/\/bibliope.com\/products\/the-hundred-poets-compared-a-print-series-by-kuniyoshi-hiroshige-and-kunisada","provider":"Bibliope","version":"1.0","type":"link"}