{"product_id":"mg0659-shosai-ikkei-akashi-bridge-in-tsukiji-thirty-six-views-of-tokyo-japanese-woodblock-print","title":"Shosai Ikkei - Akashi Bridge in Tsukiji - Thirty-Six Views of Tokyo","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShōsai Ikkei 昇斎 一景\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 築地明石はし\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese prints are from the series Thirty-Six Views of Tokyo (Tôkyô sanjûrokkei)「東京三十六景」Little is known about this artist's life.  He was a student of Utagawa Hiroshige III (1842–1894) and was active between 1860 and 1870s. He produced meisho-e of a radically changing Tokyo and comic scenes (giga) of Edo Life in the early Meiji Era, such as Comic Scenes of Thirty-six Famous Places in Tokyo (Tōkyō meisho sanjūroku gisen, 1871-1872.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the calculations of Hatakeyama Yutaka, a curator at the Machida City Museum in surburban Tokyo where he organized in 1992 the only exhibition ever held on the art of Shōsai Ikkei, the artist left a total known oeuvre of 132 prints (of which 24, or one fourth, were triptychs) plus six picture-books, all in color woodblock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe only major place that I have found his prints is the Tokyo Metropolitan Library. The \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.myjapanesehanga.com\/home\/artists\/shosai-ikkei-fl-c-1870s\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLavenberg Collection\u003c\/a\u003e also has a few prints.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe colors are vibrant and the condition is good.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThis print is backed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mie Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31967146803278,"sku":"MG0659","price":67.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0095\/7602\/2094\/products\/Shosai-36Tokyo-8.jpg?v=1607880572","url":"https:\/\/miegallery.com\/en-de\/products\/mg0659-shosai-ikkei-akashi-bridge-in-tsukiji-thirty-six-views-of-tokyo-japanese-woodblock-print","provider":"Mie Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}