Hokusai. Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji

Well I do have other books on Hokusai's work, but this one offers an unmatched visual experience, albeit only of some of his work. That said the size does create some handling issues. Whilst it is quite practical to open the book flat on a table, making sure that the softcover is handled gently, this is not a book one could comfortably hold open in hand and read. The size and weight simply rule out that option.If one wishes to have the visual experience of large size images of the Hokusai Mt Fuji series reproduced to a high quality that there is perhaps no alternative to this volumeSatisfied with the purchase, I then bought a similar Taschen book "Hiroshige & Eisen. The Sixty-Nine Stations along the Kisokaido", and am equally satisfied with that one. These volumes, described as XXL on Taschen website, do create storage issues. I have stacked the two volumes flat, laterally (and also the Taschen "Japan 1900", which I also purchased for photographs of a period close to that of the two artists)(I am now contemplating purchase of Taschen's Japanese Woodblock Prints as the next step in my effort to acquire familiarity with the subject, but have yet to decide whether to go for the XXL edition with its large displays or to go with the more manageable and economical 40 edition. The 40 edition I understand is a somewhat abridged version of the XXL one and I have asked Taschen to kindly explain just what has been left out and I await their answer.)Taschen offers excellent images from all its XXL volumes on its website and most if not all seem to be reproduced on Amazon website here.

Beautiful printed copies. A joy!

This is an exquisite book/album of the highest quality in printing and content, not to be missed. It makes a perfect gift for yourself or for someone who likes Japanese art. Fast delivery despite Brexit havoc

I decide to buy three books ... one for me, one to collected and one to give as a present.amazing quality... buy buy buy

I was dubious buying this second hand but the condition is excellent! Thank you.