THE PAINTERS OF JAPAN.

London 1911, Jack. Red cloth, very good, 2 vol.set, top edge gilt, 153+127p., 127 color & b.w. plates, tall folio, 26.5 x 39 cm., * * FIRST PRINTING THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION * * , . *** **** *** . . THE FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING FROM LONDON . . . AN authoritative & COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE . . . PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH COLOR & B.W. PHOTOS . . . A CLASSIC ON ALL SCHOOLS OF JAPANESE PAINTING . * Covers the early periods: Tosa, Kano, Ukiyo-e, Chinese, Seishu, Korin, Maruyama, Shijo, Kishi, & minor schools. . A grand scale work, in folio size, with copious notes and commentaries. . Selected from the works of Japan's greatest artists from the early periods, Tosa school, Chinese school of the Ashikaga period, Sesshiu, Kano, Korin, Ukiyo-e, later Chinese, Shijo, Maruyama, Kishi or Ganku & minor schools. . * Superb reference, with valuable index. A reliable resource for collectors of Japanese graphic art and art history. . This work has been a reliable standard reference, since its publication in 1911. . * selected from the works of Japan's finest artists. An excellent reference. . * The author: . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** THE AUTHOR: ARTHUR R. MORRISON [1863-1945]: He was English writer. He also wrote detective fiction that featured the lawyer-detective Martin Hewitt, published primarily in the Strand magazine (1894-96); it was the most successful rival to Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. . He was an authority on and collector of Chinese and Japanese art, Morrison published the authoritative PAINTERS OF JAPAN. . *** CONDITION: This set of 2 volumes are bound in the original publisher's red heavy cloth, with spine author & titles in gold. . *** This is a large and heavy set of books, appropriate post, packing & insurance applies. . *** REFERENCE; . Morrison is listed in: see: britannica dot com /biography/Arthur-Morrison . * .