This elegant volume showcases Hiroshige's exquisite scenes of 19th-century Japan in a format that honors the Japanese bookmaking tradition.

Hiroshige, the last great master of the ukiyo-e tradition, produced works of subtle yet intense color. This collection of prints, first published in the 1850s, contains images of each of Japan's provinces, capturing a crucial moment in Japan's history, a decade before the Meiji Restoration would open the doors to industrialization and Western influen ...