Images from the Floating World: the Japanese Print, including an illustrated dictionary of Ukiyo-e
by Richard Lane
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0914427016
- ISBN 13
- 9780914427018
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Pre Owned - One careful owner- Good clean condition for it's age
About the book
U-kiyo-e, the Japanese woodblock print tradition was one of the highpoints of classical Japanese civilization. Written by one of the foremost experts on Japanese prints, Images from the Floating World provides the definitive history of this wonderfully graceful and evocative artistic tradition. U-kiyo-e gives an incomparable record of Japanese life during the heyday of the geisha and the samurai. Included is a complete Dictionary of Ukiyo-e and hundreds of illustrations including over 40 in color.
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- Magpie Queen apm (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- APM0027
- Title
- Images from the Floating World: the Japanese Print, including an illustrated dictionary of Ukiyo-e
- Author
- Richard Lane
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0914427016
- ISBN 13
- 9780914427018
- Publisher
- William S. Konecky Associates
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- September 1988
- Pages
- 368 Pages
- Keywords
- U-kiyo-e; Japanese printmaking; Art
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