Images of the Floating World
  • Published:
    Oct-1978 (Hardcover)
  • Formats:
    Print
  • Main Genre:
    General Fiction
  • Pages:
    364
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First edition. An excellent study of this popular area of Japanese Art. This book chronicles the development of Ukiyo-e, examines the lives and techniques of its masters, and describes the illustrated books, erotic albums and paintings that belong to this school of art. Includes sections on The Rise of Ukiyo-e, The Primitives and the First Century of Ukiyo-e, and The Golden Age of the Color Print. Also contains an illustrated dictionary encompassing biographical details of artists and subjects, glossary of terms, etc. Well illustrated, several in color. 364 pages. cloth, dust jacket.. thick 4to..
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    • First Edition
    • Oct-1978
    • Penguin
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0399121935
    • ISBN13: 9780399121937



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