DOWN THE EMPERORS ROAD WITH HIROSHIGE by Chiba, Reiko - 1965

Tuttle Pub, 1965-06-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 72 pages of beautiful prints with commentary, clean and unmarked except for gift inscription. 6" x 4 ". Protected by pictorial box, which has a little scuffing on edges.

Tuttle Pub, June 1965. Hardcover. Very Good. used hardcover copy, lacking a dust jacket (as issued). light shelfwear, corners perhaps slightly bumped. pages and binding are clean, straight, and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws. SLIPCASE PRESENT

Tuttle Pub, 1965-06. Hardcover. Good.

Book measures 6" wide by 3 3/4" tall. Very clean. Illustrated in both color and black and white. Very clean. Book is in a very good slipcase. Pictures on request

Tuttle Pub. Used - Good. Good condition. 10th printing. Slipcase Good. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1966. Hardcover, 72 pages. Fine condition in a Good slipcase. Second printing. Size 4"x6" (oblong). The fifty-three stations along the Tokaido Road are described and illustrated by reproductions of Hiroshige's ukiyo-e prints (26 in full-page color). Book is clean and unmarked. Slipcase is rubbed around the edges.. Fine.

Rutland, Vermont:: Charles E Tuttle Company, 1981.. 10th Printing.. Thin boards . BINDING/CONDITION: thin boards drilled and bound with thin red cord; the doubled pages are printed on only one side, and then folded, print side out, and that folded edge then forms the outer edge of the finished book. a Fine book, with a Good+ slipcase.. oblong format: about 3.75 inches tall by 6 inches wide . Description: A beautifully illustrated little travel book on Japan. The ''Emperor's Road'' is the Tokaido. It was down this road in 1832 that a detachment of the Edo fire-brigade traveled with a gift from a shogun to the emperor. One of the minor officials on the trip was Ichiyo Hiroshige, and he spent most of his time sketching. The results of these sketches appeared some time later back in Edo when he published a series of prints showing the fifty-three stations of the Tokaido. It was very well received and he published several series of prints. This book reproduces a little known version. Each double page… Read More

Tuttle Publishing, 1965-09-01. hardcover. Good/Good Slipcase. 4x1x6. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

Charles E. Tuttle, 1981 10th Printing, Hand sewn boards covered with pictorial cloth. Back flyleaf creased, otherwise flawless.Slipcase slightly rubbed on an edge and a few yellowing spots. Other Japanese Art Books: Hiroshige's Down the Emperor's Road, Hiroshige's Tokaido in Prints and Poetry, The Decadents, (from the Masterworks of Ukiyo-E series), Hiroshige - A Shoal of Fishes, Foreigners in Japan, Imperial Mughal Painting. See listings or write for information and photos.

Rutland, VT/Tokyo : Charles E. Tuttle, 1965. Hardcover. Good. Original decorated boards, oblong, circa 10x15cm, illustrations in colour and b/w, slipcase.; Slightly foxed.