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Ukiyo-E : An Introduction to Japanese Woodblock Prints

A comprehensive survey of the history of Japanese woodblock prints, This work is illustrated with an overview of social conditions, printing techniques, artists, engravers, printers and details of the prints and subjects.

Utamaro

This volume presents the work of Utamaro, the master ukiyo-e portraitist of women. It includes colour reproductions from "Ten Studies of Female Physiognomy" and "Great Love Themes of Classical Poetry".

Symbols of Japan : Thematic Motifs in Art and Design

Symbols of Japan is organized to allow students of Japan and collectors of East Asian art to both research specific symbols and read broadly on such diverse topics as plants and flowers, animals of the land and sea, demons and deities, among others. Almost every symbol is illustrated with fine examples of art and design from major public and private collections in Japan, Europe, and the United States.

Hiroshige: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

Hiroshige's One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, actually composed of 118 splendid woodblock landscape and genre scenes of mid nineteenth century Tokyo, is one of the greatest achievements of Japanese art. The series, reproduced from a first-edition set in the Brooklyn Museum of Art, contains many of Hiroshige's best-loved and most extraordinary prints. A celebration of the style and world of Japan's finest cultural flowering at the end of the shogunate.

Hiroshige Fan Prints

Depicting courtesans in gorgeous costumes, domestic architecture, and rural scenes with flowers and birds, the prints offer compelling insights into Japanese life. Hiroshige's rich, poetic works are as captivating today as when they were first created; they will delight collectors, students of Japanese culture, and all lovers of Japanese art.

Hiroshige: Prints and Drawings

This is an overview of the accomplished artist who, together with Hokusai, was the leading creator of landscape imagery in Japanese printmaking. Essays draw attention to aspects of Hiroshige's life and work, and place Hiroshige and his art in their social and political context. The volume also includes maps, a chronology, a glossary and a bibliography.

Hokusai : Genius of the Japanese Ukiyo-E

An introduction to the life and art of Japan's famous artist export, Hokusai, written by the curator of the Ota Memorial Museum in Tokyo. The book contains a commentary on the artist's life and work, and details outlining composition and technique.

Hokusai: Prints and Drawings

This volume, designed as a catalog to accompany an exhibition in London, gives us an overview of 13 drawings and 151 woodblock prints representing landscapes, amorous couplings, kabuki actors, and scenes of daily life in 18th century Japan.

Hokusai: One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji

One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji by the renowned Japanese artist Hokusai is a work of unending visual delight. Considered Hokusai's masterpiece, this series of images captures the simple, elegant shape of Mount Fuji from every angle and in every context. Seen behind hanging strips of cloth outside a dyer's shop, or through the close stems of swaying bamboo, Mt. Fuji takes on a variety of guises - at times majestic, ominous, and even occasionally comic - to reflect its multiform meaning within Japanese culture.

Traditional Japanese Furniture: A Definitive Guide

Traditional Japanese Furniture documents and discusses the roots of more than eighty unique furniture types, including the many variations of the tansu chest. Like many of the objects it portrays, Traditional Japanese Furniture has found its place among collectors and enthusiasts, standing today as the definitive volume on the subject.

Zen Flowers: Contemplation Through Creativity

All the universe is contained within a flower. This is the essence of Zen Buddhism and also this book, a quest for peace and serenity. The book aims to provide an inspirational guide to finding true contentment through contemplation and the creation of flower displays, and offers over 80 flower designs, inspired by ikebana, the traditional Japanese art of flower arranging.

Of Brigands and Bravery: Kuniyoshi's Heroes of the Suikoden

Heroes and Ghosts: Japanese Prints By Kuniyoshi

Sho: Japanese Calligraphy

The Complete Woodblock Prints of Yoshida Hiroshi

Japan Country Living : Spirit, Tradition, Style

Japan Country Living: Spirit, Tradition, Style is an antidote to city living--whether the city is Tokyo, New York, or anywhere in between. With more than 450 color photos, this book serves as a visual monument to an interesting way of life and as a resource for those wanting to capture the flavor of Japan at its best.