Literally meaning "pictures of the floating world", ukiyo-e refers to the famous Japanese woodblock print genre that originated in the 17th century and is practically synonymous with the Western world’s visual characterization of Japan. Because they could be mass produced, ukiyo-e works were often used as designs for fans, New Year’s greeting cards, single prints, and book illustrations, and traditionally they depicted city life, entertainment, beautiful women, kabuki actors, and landscapes. The influence of ukiyo-e in Europe and the USA, often referred to as Japonisme, can be seen in everything from impressionist painting to today’s manga and anime illustration. This reprint is made from one of the finest complete original sets of woodblock prints belonging to the Ota Memorial Museum of Art in Tokyo.Hiroshige (1797-1858) was one of the last great artists in the ukiyo-e tradition. Though he captured a variety of subjects, his greatest talent was in creating landscapes of his native Edo (modern-day Tokyo) and his final masterpiece was a series known as "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" (1856-1858). This resplendent complete reprint pairs each of the 120 large-scale illustrations with a description, allowing readers to plunge themselves into Hiroshige’s beautifully vibrant landscapes.字面意义为:漂浮世界的图片”浮世绘是日本著名的木板印刷体艺术,起源十七世纪。由于他们可以大量生产,浮世绘通常被设计为扇子,新年贺卡,印刷品,书签,图书插图等.以来描绘传统的城市生活,娱乐,美丽女子,歌舞伎演员,风景照等。浮世绘在欧美的影响为日本的代名词,几乎是西方世界对日本特性的视觉表征.从印象派画家到当今漫画作者都能看到浮世绘的影子,这次再印版是由东京OTA艺术纪念博物馆最优秀的一套完整木版印刷而来。"