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9780810941694

Floating World of Ukiyo-E Shadows, Dreams and Substance

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  • ISBN13:

    9780810941694

  • ISBN10:

    0810941694

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-09-01
  • Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
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Summary

The exquisite, colorful Japanese woodblock prints that represent the art of Ukiyo-e first flourished in 17th-century Edo (now Tokyo). Today these "pictures of the floating world" are the most popular form of Japanese art. This elegant book takes a fresh look at Ukiyo-e, showcasing a never-before-published trove of Japanese prints, drawings, and books from the collection of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.

Known masterpieces by such names as Hiroshige and Hokusai stand alongside rare and unusual works. Colors are exceptionally vivid, in part because the art has never been exhibited and is rarely handled. The beauty of the book will delight art lovers, while the cutting-edge scholarship and unusually comprehensive bibliography will also excite the specialist and collector.

Table of Contents

Foreword 7(2)
James H. Billington
Sponsor's Letter 9(2)
David H. Komansky
Preface 11(2)
Irene U. Chambers
Acknowledgments 13(4)
Introduction 17(10)
ESSAY ON THE ART OF THE JAPANESE WOOD-BLOCK PRINT
From Shadow to Substance: Redefining Ukiyo-E
27(54)
Sandy Kita
Hidden Treasures from Japan: Wood-Block-Printed Picture Books and Albums
81(34)
Lawrence E. Marceau
Ukiyo-E and its Orbit: The Library of Congress Collections in Context
115(42)
Katherine L. Blood
PRE-MEIJI (1868--1911) BOOKS ON ART IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
The Portfolio
157(20)
An Annotated Bibliography
Hondo Shojo
Sandy Kita
Explanatory Notes 177(1)
The Bibliography 178(23)
Books Speak Back 201(14)
James Douglas Farquhar
Contributors 215(2)
Glossary 217(2)
Object List and Reproduction Numbers 219(1)
Index 220

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