{"product_id":"antique-edo-meiji-japanese-woodblock-book-illustrated-famous-places-travel-scenes-early-geography-guide-b144","title":"Edo–Meiji Woodblock Book – Ise Sangū Meisho Zue (伊勢参宮名所図会) – Illustrated Famous Places of the Ise Pilgrimage – Volume 1 - B144","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"650\" data-start=\"533\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"572\" data-start=\"533\"\u003eIse Sangū Meisho Zue 巻之一 (Volume 1)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"575\" data-start=\"572\"\u003e(伊勢参宮名所図会 • “Illustrated Guide to the Famous Places of the Ise Pilgrimage”)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"965\" data-start=\"652\"\u003eThis authentic \u003cstrong data-end=\"716\" data-start=\"667\"\u003eEdo–Meiji era Japanese woodblock-printed book\u003c\/strong\u003e is the \u003cstrong data-end=\"740\" data-start=\"724\"\u003efirst volume\u003c\/strong\u003e of the celebrated illustrated travel guide \u003cem data-end=\"806\" data-start=\"784\"\u003eIse Sangū Meisho Zue\u003c\/em\u003e, one of the most detailed and artistic records of the traditional pilgrimage routes to the \u003cstrong data-end=\"925\" data-start=\"898\"\u003eIse Grand Shrine (伊勢神宮)\u003c\/strong\u003e — the most sacred Shinto site in Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1345\" data-start=\"967\"\u003eVolume 1 begins with elegant \u003cstrong data-end=\"1033\" data-start=\"996\"\u003ecursive Japanese calligraphy (草書)\u003c\/strong\u003e and continues with finely detailed \u003cstrong data-end=\"1110\" data-start=\"1069\"\u003eukiyo-e style woodblock illustrations\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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