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Book Description: 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.
Hiroshige: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Book Description: 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 contains many of Hiroshige's best-loved and most extraordinary
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 reflects its multiform meaning within Japanese culture.
Symbols
of Japan : Thematic Motifs in Art and Design
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. The book 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.
Traditional Japanese Furniture documents and discusses the roots of more than eighty unique furniture types, including the many variations of the beloved tansu chest that has made its way into homes and museums around the world. Like many of the objects it portrays, Traditional Japanese Furniture has found its place among collectors and enthusiasts.
An illustrated guide to over 400 species of Japanese maples provides their nomenclature, group identity, unique characteristics, and descriptions of foliage and color. The character, history, culture, and propagation of these trees are discussed, with color photos on every page.
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. Each chapter includes a detailed explanation of the meaning of each concept as well as display ideas ranging from simple to complex. The book offers over 80 flower designs, inspired by ikebana, the traditional Japanese art of flower arranging.
Books Description: This is an excellent indigo primer that shows examples of dyed textiles such as tsutsugaki, shibori, sashiko and katazome as well as kasuri weaving and sakiori, a way of recycling old textiles by tearing them in strips and weaving them into floor coverings and quilts.
Widely recognized as the world's first novel, as well as one of its best, the 11th century tale of Genji the shining prince has been translated by Tyler, a retired professor of Japanese language and literature.
