Focusing on Ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating or sorrowful world"), the colourful woodblock prints that are the most popular form of Japanese art, this book introduces the little-seen collection held by the Library of Congress. This collection of prints, drawings and books, one of the largest outside Japan, has never been exhibited and has rarely been handled. The art form of Ukiyo-e first flourished in 17th-century Edo (now Tokyo), depicting landscapes, portraits of courtesans and actors. This book includes known ...
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Focusing on Ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating or sorrowful world"), the colourful woodblock prints that are the most popular form of Japanese art, this book introduces the little-seen collection held by the Library of Congress. This collection of prints, drawings and books, one of the largest outside Japan, has never been exhibited and has rarely been handled. The art form of Ukiyo-e first flourished in 17th-century Edo (now Tokyo), depicting landscapes, portraits of courtesans and actors. This book includes known masterpieces by such names as Hokusai, Hiroshige and Kunisada, as well as rare and unusual prints that have not been explored before, and thus serves as a survey of its subject.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾-12" tall. Illustrated in color. With a bibliography and index. 224 pages. 4to. Hardcover, bound in blue cloth. In a dust jacket. Fine/Fine.
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Very Good. Size: 9x1x11; Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Corner bumped. Clean, unmarked pages. Related ephemera included. The exquisite, colorful Japanese woodblock prints that represent the art of Ukiyo-e first flourished in 17th-century Edo (now Tokyo). Today these "pictures of the floating world" are the most popular form of Japanese art. This elegant book takes a fresh look at Ukiyo-e, showcasing a never-before-published trove of Japanese prints, drawings, and books from the collection of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Known masterpieces by such names as Hiroshige and Hokusai stand alongside rare and unusual works. Colors are exceptionally vivid, in part because the art has never been exhibited and is rarely handled. The beauty of the book will delight art lovers, while the cutting-edge scholarship and unusually comprehensive bibliography will also excite the specialist and collector. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
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VG+/VG+ Navy cloth with gold lettering; navy color-pictorial dj; 224 pp. with 160 color illustrations; . Essays by several expert authors on the art of Japanese wood-block printing and the Pre-Meiji books on art in the Library of Congress; with a glossary and object list and reproduction numbers; the books and prints have been chosen for their significance and rarity.
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As New in Fine dust jacket. 0810941694. 160 compelling color images-known masterpieces, very unusual prints and original sketches, and newly discovered masterworks. Essays and descriptive captioning. Due to size, ships within US only and only by media rate mail.; 4to 11"-13" tall; 224 pp.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Handsomely designed publication by the Library of Congress. This copy is a first edition (2001) and is in unused, MINT condition. Dust jacket, which is also fine, is now Brodart-protected. We ship daily. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 232 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
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