An illustrated survey of Japanese prints at London's Victoria and Albert Museum. Each colour plate is supported by notes together with standard specifications and provenance. The book also includes introductory chapters on the ukiyo-e genre, and the history and character of the Museum's collection.
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), a leading artist of the popular ukiyo-e school, created many of the most familiar images of pre-modern Japan. Considerably more rare are his designs for fan prints or uchiwa-e, and the remarkable group in the V&A, published here in their entirety for the first time,is the largest known holding of its kind in the ...
This evocatively illustrated book tells the story of tea around the world, and celebrates its contribution, past and present, to civilized existence. It covers the many different ways of preparing tea as well as the early cultivation of tea in China and India to the more modern processes used today, and the worldwide development of the trade in ...
Since the beginning of the 1970s, Japan's economic ascendancy has resulted in a surge of museum building and art collecting, which in turn has led to buoyancy in the world of Japanese crafts. There have been two distinct trends during this period: a diversification of avant-garde tendencies in fields such as ceramics and metalwork, and in new ...
Ukiyo-e are Japanese woodblock prints and this book contains nearly 100 examples reproduced in full colour. Subjects covered include scenes of everyday life as well as that of geishas and courtesans and range from dramatic theatrical moments to carefully observed studies of plants and animals.
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