During Japans Edo period (16151868), art schools flourished, producing richly colored woodblock prints for a newly prosperous middle class. The thirty-two woodcuts in this calendar are selections from twelve artists, including Katsushika Hokusai (17601849) and Utagawa Hiroshige (17971858), who either founded or were affiliated with the Utagawa, Hokusai, Harunobu, or Eisen schools. The calendar also includes a brief introduction; fifty-seven weekly grids and thirteen full-page monthly grids; double-page spreads of 2012 and 2013 yearly grids; a list of international holidays; a world time zone map; a 2013 year planner with US, UK, and Canadian holidays; pages for notes; and a page for personal information.
