Japanese woodblock prints : artists, publishers, and masterworks, 1680-1900 /
Covering the period from the beginning of the Japanese woodblock print in the 1680s until the year 1900, Japanese Woodblock Prints provides a detailed survey of all the major artists, along with the images on which their fame rests. Japanese Woodblock Prints includes detailed histories of the publi...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Tokyo ; Rutland, Vt. :
Tuttle Pub.,
c2010.
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| Summary: | Covering the period from the beginning of the Japanese woodblock print in the 1680s until the year 1900, Japanese Woodblock Prints provides a detailed survey of all the major artists, along with the images on which their fame rests. Japanese Woodblock Prints includes detailed histories of the publishers of woodblock prints--who were often the driving force determining which prints, and therefore which artists, would make it into mass circulation for a chance at critical and popular success. --from publisher description |
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| Physical Description: | 336 p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 324-325) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9784805310557 4805310553 |
