lavishly illustrated with 377 color plates tracing the development of the unparalleled technical and artistic achievement of ukiyo-e.
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Price: |
18.00 |
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Title: |
Ukiyo-e: Pictures of the floating world, 250 Years of Japanese Art |
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Author: |
Roni Neuer - Herbert Libertson - Susugu Yoshida |
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ISBN: |
0-8317-9041-5 |
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Description: |
Oversize hardcover (9 1/2 x 12 1/2),Gallery Books, 1990 reprint. 390 pages. Profusely illustrated with color plates and in-text illustrations. |
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Condition: |
Minor smudge on front endpapers else clean and tight with tiny superficial chip side spine, mild dustjacket wear, mild scuff/scratch, flaps intact. |
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Summary: |
"These woodcuts bear a singularly vivid witness to Japanese everyday life between the 17th and 19th centuries. In this book, lavishly illustrated with 377 color plates, authors Roni Neuer and Herbert Libertson take us through these centuries, tracing the development of the unparalleled technical and artistic achievement of ukiyo-e. A biographical background by Susugu Yoshida for the main exponents of the ukiyo-e genre--among them Moronobu, Harunobu, Shunsho and Utamaro--introduces each new section of prints..." CLICK THE "MORE IMAGES" LINK ABOVE TO SEE MORE OF THIS TITLE. |