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Masterful Illusions
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Donald Keene |
"Japanese prints have enthralled collectors in the West since the middle of the nineteenth century, when woodblock prints of landscapes, courtesans, kabuki actors, and warriors introduced the "floati… |
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Gai-Jin (Asian Saga
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James Clavell |
The heir to the magnificent English trading company, the Noble House…the direct descendant of the first Toranaga Shogun battling to usher his country into the modern age…a beautiful young French woma… |
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The Lens Within the Heart
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Timon Screech |
"It has long been assumed that Japan's closed country policy meant that the country was isolated from the influence of the outside, and in particular, the western world.
However, this study of 18th … |
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Sex and the floating world
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Timon Screech |
"Sex and the Floating World offers and entirely new assessment of the genre of Japanese paintings and prints known as shunga. Shunga prints are unusual in that they are overtly about sex. The author … |
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Ukiyo-e
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Tadashi Kobayashi |
Japanese woodblock prints, or ukiyo-e, occupy a singular position in the lexicon of world art. They enthralled such Western artists as Whistler, Manet, Degas, and van Gogh, and gave rise to a wave of… |
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Anthology of Japanese Literature: From the Earliest Era to the Mid-Nineteenth Century (UNESCO Colle…
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Donald Keene |
This extensive anthology includes excerpts from plays and novels plus stories, fairy tales, and many poems. |
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Hiroshige
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Isaburo Oka |
The last great master of the Japanese woodblock was Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858). In the Japan of his day, Hiroshige's landscape prints fostered a new and far-reaching appreciation for nature in art… |
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