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Yes Shin Hanga is the good stuff.

I have grown to quite dislike ukiyo-e. It is essentially 17th century Japanese Instagram, in the worst possible sense, and began something closer to OnlyFans. It is incredible what it morphed into.

For reference, the classic book “Images of the Floating World” contains some of the most hilariously pornographic images of any serious art book.

I like what it morphed into then (but prefer Shin Hanga).

But of the old stuff, Hiroshige is amazing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fifty-three_Stations_of_th...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sixty-nine_Stations_of_the...

For those unaware, Japanese has a word, komorebi, which means "sunlight leaking through trees". https://www.morethantokyo.com/komorebi-japanese-word/

Thank you for sharing this. These are just stunners. Every last one.