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Masterpieces of Japanese Prints
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Muneshige Narazaki,B. W. Robinson,Richard Lane,Victoria and Albert Museum, London,Rupert Faulkner |
Ever since Japan opened its doors to the West in the latter half of the nineteenth century, Westerners have been fascinated by the exquisite art forms that flourished during the previous two hundred … |
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Worldly Pleasures Earthly Delights
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Minneapolis Institute of Arts |
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts is home to about 3,000 Japanese woodblock prints. These works, collectively known as ukiyo-e, or "pictures of the floating world," were produced during Japan's Edo p… |
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Hokusai
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Sarah E. Thompson |
Katsushika Hokusai remains one of Japan’s most popular and influential artists. This handy volume presents the wide range of Hokusai’s artistic production in terms of one of his most remarkable chara… |
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Heroes of the Kabuki Stage
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Arendie Herwig,Henk J. Herwig |
**An Introduction to the World of Kabuki with Retellings of Famous Plays, illustrated by Woodblock Prints**
*Heroes of the Kabuki Stage* is written for Kabuki lovers and collectors of Kabuki woodb… |
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Hokusai and Hiroshige
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Hokusai Katsushika,Julia M. White,Yoko Woodson,Reiko Mochinaga Brandon |
By the 1800s, when the artists Katsushika Hokusai and Utagawa Hiroshige lived and worked, commoners enjoyed the numerous amenities of Edo (Tokyo), the world's largest city (pop. ca. 800,000). They la… |
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