Author: Lane, Richard
Title: Images from the Floating World: Including an Illustrated Dictionary of Ukiyo-E
Description: New York, Dorset Press, 1982. Hardcover. Black boards/white dj. 364 pp. 900+ color & bw plates. This is an extensive history of the development of ukiyo-e in its sociological context and the lives of its masters, with particular emphasis on the innovation in style and techniques that each one contributed (from the dust jacket). Contents as follows: Early genre paintings and the rise of Ukiyo-e -- Primitives and the first century of Ukiyo-e 1660-1765 -- Golden age of the color print 1765-1810 -- Hokusai, Hiroshge and the Japanese landscape 1810-1880 -- Illustrated dictionary of Ukiyo-e. VG/VG-, dj with a few tiny rips along top edge & slightly soiled .

Keywords: Eastern Art; Japanese Art; Japanese Prints; Prints ; Japanese Prints ; Japanese Art ; Japanese Prints General Art - Asian


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