Two softcover volumes, 295 × 210 mm each, uniformly bound in wrappers with black and grey lettering and a vignette to the front, lettering to the spine, and vignette to the back; both housed in a black cloth slipcase with gilt lettering in a gilt octagonal frame.
Vol. 1: Pale yellow wrappers, vignette in colour, lettering, two green flyleaves in the front and back, pp.: [1] 2–167 [1]; contains a detailed study of Hiroshige’s travel prints, including the Tōkaidō and Kisokaidō series.
Title-page: PRINTS | BY UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE | IN THE JAMES A. MICHENER | COLLECTION | VOLUME 1 | Essay by Kobayashi Tadashi | Catalogue by Howard A. Link | {publisher’s device} Honolulu Academy of Arts 1991 ||
Vol. 2: Cream wrappers, vignette in black and white, lettering, pp.: [1] 2–64; provides additional analysis, notes, and a selected bibliography.
Title-page: PRINTS | BY UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE | IN THE JAMES A. MICHENER | COLLECTION | VOLUME 2 | Essays and Catalogue Commentaries | by Howard A. Link | {vignette portrait} | {publisher’s device} Honolulu Academy of Arts 1991 ||
Contributors:
Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858) – artist.
James A. Michener (American, 1907–1997) – collector.
Kobayashi Tadashi (Japanese, born 1941) – essayist.
Howard A. Link (American, dates unknown) – catalogue compiler.
Honolulu Academy of Arts (now Honolulu Museum of Art) – publisher.
Additional Information
| Collection | Fan print (Uchiwa-e) [団扇絵] , Japanese prints and drawings , Library , Reference Books |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book , Catalogue |
| Period | 20 AD , Late 20th century |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English , Japanese |
| Subject | 19th century , Art , Art history , Catalogue raisonné , Collections , Collectors and Collecting , Fan , Fan print , Japanese art , Landscape , Michener, James A. (American, 1907 – 1997) , Private collections , Utagawa Hiroshige [歌川 広重] a.k.a. Andō Hiroshige [安藤 広重] (Japanese, 1797 – 1858) , Woodblock printing |
| Media/Technique | Paper , Wove paper |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1991 |
| Edition | 1st edition |
| Binding | Slipcase , Softcover , Wrappers |
| Location | Swivel |
| Acquisition year | 2025 |
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