Hiroshige’s – Famous Views of Sixty Odd Provinces; Sado Mines.
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – 1858) designed the series “Famous Views of Sixty Odd Provinces” between 1853-56. They were published as a serialized form by Koshimuraya Heisuke. There are 70 prints in the series, 68 prints, one each of the 68 provinces at the time, one of Edo, the capital and one contents page.
Hokusai and the Rebirth of Sun Over Mt. Fuji - From Kajikazawa
Hokusai presented a new visual language with “Thirty Six Views of Mt. Fuji,” expressing multiple novel ideas in ukiyo-e single sheet prints. This was not a spontaneous creative act by the artist, but an evolution over a decade of preparatory work illustrating books and creating manuals. 1 With this series, Hokusai redefined landscape imagery in ukiyo-e printing, he synthesized European single point perspective with Chinese landscape perspective to create multi-point perspective, his exclusive use of blue pigment in five prints of the series integrated the skills of artist, block cutter and printer to create energetic images.