{"product_id":"hokusai-one-hundred-poets-9780807612132","title":"Hokusai: One Hundred Poets","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHokusai: One Hundred Poets\u003c\/strong\u003e by Peter Morse. Hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780807612132.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis lavishly illustrated, oversized (17\" x 10\") book brings together the last major print series of the celebrated Japanese artist Hokusai (1760-1849) and the Japanese poetry that inspired these beautiful prints. Whether showing semi-nude women abalone divers struggling with their catch while a male crew of shriveled old salts leers from a nearby boat, or the carefree rapture of a leisurely group of men and women observing cherry blossoms at their peak, Hokusai captures, with drama and delicacy, sublime and ridiculous states. The artists simplicity, though deceptive, is also remarkable: he illustrates a poem about a lovers seaside tryst with a magnificently imposing yet unadorned sailing vessel, its small window offering a coy glimpse of the fortunate couple inside. Each of the 111 color prints (as well as 41 black-and-white sketches of projected prints apparently never completed) is accompanied by the poem, in Japanese and English, a biographical note on the poet and by Peter Morses comments on literary and artistic intention and execution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"George Braziller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44909604667445,"sku":"ByrdShop_0807612138","price":77.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_0807612138_28b94afb-6019-4349-a44b-81f3b79b00ce.jpg?v=1784379012","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/hokusai-one-hundred-poets-9780807612132","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}