{"product_id":"on-the-royal-road-james-bell-9781848617865","title":"On the Royal Road: with Hiroshige on the T\u0026#333;kaid\u0026#333;","description":"\u003cp\u003eLong fascinated by Hiroshige's woodblock prints, and especially the famous Tokaido Road albums, James Bell worked for several years on an extended series of ekphrastic poems inspired by the second of Hiroshige's albums (1840-42), the famous \u003cem\u003eKyoka\u003c\/em\u003e sequence in which each image contains a short comic poem. The sequence contains 56 images - one for each of the 53 stations, or stops, on the route from Edo to Kyoto, plus one for the starting point (Edo's Nihonbashi Bridge) and two for the terminus in Kyoto, the second of which is the Imperial Palace. This volume reunites James's wry poems with the images that inspired them, and includes an appendix of five further poems written to images from the first, so-called \u003cem\u003eGreat Tokaido \u003c\/em\u003ealbum (1833-34), the work that made Hiroshige's name. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA book for those who love poetry and also those who love art; those who love both will be doubly rewarded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Bell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1848617860\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781848617865\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shearsman Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 8.00w x 0.38d","brand":"James Bell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988619362559,"sku":"9781848617865","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_35449a1d-5088-4260-b38a-fdf514557268.jpg?v=1683295438","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-the-royal-road-james-bell-9781848617865","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}