Hiroshige 53 Stations of the Tokaido Aritaya
Berna, Cristina / Thomsen, Eric The Aritaya Fifty Three Stations of the Tokaido Road is one of the most beautiful of Hiroshiges huge production of landscape print series in spite of its small size. It is only abt 10 x 15 cm (with variations), Yotsugiri yokoban (quarter oban).
It is also unusual in that it is a veritable full course and manual in landscape print design. It is a very rewarding study.
All the way through Hiroshige follows certain design principles of proportion...