{"product_id":"hokusai-53-stations-of-the-tokaido-1801","title":"Hokusai 53 Stations of the Tokaido 1801","description":"\"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .05pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 106%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003eHokusai’s \u003cem\u003e53 Stations of the Tokaido\u003c\/em\u003e 1801 is something completely different! It is his first.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .05pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 106%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .05pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 106%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003eIt is different from his famous \u003cem\u003e36 Views of Mt Fuji\u003c\/em\u003e, which are sublime artistic expressions distilling a long life’s work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .05pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 106%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .05pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 106%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003eIt is different from much of Hokusai’s other well known work, like his \u003cem\u003e100 Views of Mt Fuji\u003c\/em\u003e. But in that series Hokusai still retained a lot of the humor and the caricature found here.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .05pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 106%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .05pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 106%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003eIt is different from the many other well known \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e    \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e53 Stations of the Tokaido\u003c\/em\u003e in that Hokusai does not focus on the landscape and the markers that Hiroshige and others showed. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .05pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 106%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003eInstead Hokusai focus on the events, the interactions between the travellers, the tales that you will share with your friends when you get back home. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .05pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 106%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .05pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 106%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003eIt was a great and earlier contribution to the \u003cem\u003eTokaido\u003c\/em\u003e literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"","brand":"Missys Clan","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":48327998701872,"sku":"9781637526378","price":79.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0262\/2357\/5085\/files\/9781637526378.jpg?v=1728565859","url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/hokusai-53-stations-of-the-tokaido-1801","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}