{"product_id":"hokusai-53-stations-of-the-tokaido-1802","title":"Hokusai 53 Stations of the Tokaido 1802","description":"\"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .05pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 106%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eHokusai’s \u003cem\u003e53 Stations of the Tokaido\u003c\/em\u003e 1802 is something completely different from his first square edition 1801.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .05pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 106%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .05pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 106%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eHokusai here employs the horizontal “landscape” format and abt the double size of his square 1801 edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .05pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 106%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .05pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 106%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eIn this series Hokusai focus on wonderful folkloric scenes of ordinary people going about their work, in addition to the travel scenes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .05pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 106%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .05pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 106%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eHokusai also begins to develop the landscapes that were to become a standard for later generations of Tokaido series. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .05pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 106%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 106%;\"\u003eHokusai develops the concept of the T\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 106%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eokaido print from cartoon to folklore and the beginning of landscape. He builds on a b\/w guide, \u003cem\u003eTokaido meisho zue \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003efrom 1797, ISBN 9781956773316\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .05pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 106%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eIt was a great and early contribution to the growing \u003cem\u003eTokaido\u003c\/em\u003e literature, which Hokusai dominated for some 30 years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"","brand":"Missys Clan","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":48304984719664,"sku":"9781637526446","price":99.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0262\/2357\/5085\/files\/9781637526446.jpg?v=1728565590","url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/hokusai-53-stations-of-the-tokaido-1802","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}