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1	Japanese Prints more books like this by Gabriele Fahr-Becker add to wishlist This volume reproduces 139 Japanese woodblock colour prints by 43 famous masters of ukiyo-e, the popular art of the 17th to the 19th century. The originals are in the Riccar Art Museum in Tokyo, the world's largest and most celebrated collection of such prints. On account of their rarity and value, 87 of them have been designated Japanese National ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.94! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Great Wave: The Influence of Japanese Woodcuts on French Prints more books like this by Colta Feller Ives add to wishlist see all copies from $3.01! first editions
3	Images from the Floating World more books like this by Richard Lane add to wishlist see all copies from $8.99! new only from $22.25! \| first editions
4	Paintings by Masami Teraoka more books like this by James T Ulak, Alexandra Munroe, Masami Teraoka add to wishlist Teroaka is a social critic who shows the foibles of Japanese and American cultures in paintings that are both rich in narrative content and striking in appearance. Combining the imagery of the Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints with pop art, Teroaka casts contemporary issues in historical guise. see all copies from $31.25! new only from $99.00!
5	Playthings and Pastimes in Japanese Prints more books like this by Lea Batten, Lea Baten add to wishlist see all copies from $5.00! new only from $20.00! \| first editions
6	A Guide to Japanese Prints and Their Subject Matter more books like this by Basil Stewart add to wishlist British connoisseur describes in detail the subject of famous Japanese color prints using 274 reproductions of works by Hokusai, Hiroshige, Utamaro, Shunyei, and other masters. Bibliography. Index. see all copies from $3.36! signed copies
7	Hiroshige in Tokyo: The Floating World of Edo more books like this by Julian Bicknell add to wishlist see all copies from $2.48! new only from $59.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Traditional woodblock prints of Japan more books like this by Seiichiro Takahashi add to wishlist see all copies from $3.14! new only from $52.15! \| first editions
9	Ukiyo-E more books like this by Gian Carlo Calza add to wishlist In this impressive study, Gian Carlo Calza examines images of the floating world (ukiyo-e) found in paintings, screens, illustrated books and, above all, the numerous woodblock prints that nineteenth-century French artists were to find so influential. Through six essays and six catalogue sections this book provides a fascinating and thorough ... see all copies from $42.55! new only from $42.55! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Utamaro and the Spectacle of Beauty more books like this by Julie Nelson Davis add to wishlist Utamaro reinterprets the famous Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) in the context of his times. Utamaro became one of the most influential artists working in the genre of ukiyo-e, "the pictures of the floating world," in late eighteenth-century Japan, and was widely appreciated for his prints of beautiful women. By drawing on a wide ... see all copies from $41.14! new only from $49.23!
11	Hokusai: Genius of the Japanese Ukiyo-E more books like this by Seiji Nagata add to wishlist 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. see all copies from $10.68! new only from $14.30! \| first editions \| SVS
12	The dawn of the floating world, 1650-1765 : early ukiyo-e treasures from the museum of fine arts, Boston more books like this by Timothy Clark add to wishlist This ambitious and groundbreaking publication accompanies an exhibition of highlights from the early ukiyo-e holdings of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Much of Boston's renowned collection of 'pictures of the floating world' (ukiyo-e), an incomparable record of Japanese life, was acquired from the Boston physician William Sturgis Bigelow in the ... see all copies from $42.00! new only from $42.00! \| first editions
13	Japanese prints more books like this by Cecilia Whitford add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
14	Ukiyo-e more books like this by Tadashi Kobayashi add to wishlist see all copies from $8.50! new only from $24.40! \| first editions
15	Masterful Illusions: Japanese Prints from the Anne Van Biema Collection more books like this by Ann Yonemura add to wishlist Vivid portraits of Kabuki actors on and off stage, warriors, legendary heroes and heroines; depictions of courage, loyalty, romance, passion, ghosts, dreams, and the beauty of the natural world - all are encompassed by the prints included in "Masterful Illusions". The richly illustrated book includes essays by an international group of scholars ... see all copies from $37.98! new only from $46.00! \| first editions \| SVS
16	Drama and Desire: Japanese Paintings from the Floating World, 1690-1850 more books like this by Anne Nishimura Morse (Editor), Asano Shugo (Contributions by), Howard Hibbett (Contributions by) add to wishlist Edited by Anne Nishimura Morse. Text by Anne Nishimura Morse, Howard Hibbett, Masato Naito, Kobayashi Tadashi, Asano Shugo. see all copies from $28.32! new only from $38.04! \| SVS
17	The Prints of Isoda Koryusai: Floating World Culture and Its Consumers in Eighteenth-Century Japan more books like this by Allen Hockley add to wishlist The ukiyo-e artist Isoda Koryusai produced thousands of designs between 1769 and 1781, a crucial period in the evolution of the print tradition, and was honored with the imperial title of hokko, yet he has been long neglected by scholars. Allen Hockley has identified more than 2,500 designs of wide-ranging formats and themes, demonstrating that ... see all copies from $41.96! new only from $46.00!
18	Beauties for the Four Seasons more books like this by Mitsuko Watanabe add to wishlist Japanese beautiful women, decorative kimono and flowers of the seasons - "Beauties for the Four Seasons" comprises Japanese woodblock prints (Ukiyo-e) from the Ashmolean Museum. Works by classical artists including Harunobu, Utamaro, Toyokuni and Eishi show beauties related to the seasons, over more than a hundred years. see all copies from $10.41! new only from $12.08! \| SVS
19	Ukiyoe: Images of Unknown Japan more books like this by Lawrence Smith add to wishlist see all copies from $3.33! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
20 view cover	Smokers and Sleepers: Photographs by Jerome Mallmann more books like this by Jerome Mallmann (Photographer), Dr. Andrew Stevens (Introduction by) add to wishlist Photographer Jerome Mallmann has captured images of New Yorkers in unguarded moments since the late 1960s. Images in this exhibition organized by the Elvehjem Museum of Art show a dispossessed population, those driven or escaping to the streets of New York to indulge in the compulsion to smoke or the need to sleep. The works are the result of ... see all copies from $4.94! new only from $11.17! \| first editions \| SVS
21	Images From The Floating World: The Japanese Print more books like this by Richard Lane add to wishlist 900+ full-color and b&w plates. Orig. $60.00. see all copies from $2.79! first editions
22	Hiroshige: Famous Views more books like this by Narazaki add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.94! \| first editions
23 view cover	Sharaku: The Enigmatic Ukiyo-E Master more books like this by Muneshige Narazaki, Bonnie F Abiko (Translator) add to wishlist Offers a look at portraits by the great eighteenth-century Japanese artist, relates what little is known about his life and career, and attempts to explain why his art was unpopular during his own time. see all copies from $35.95! new only from $72.00! \| first editions
24	Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print: Including an Illustrated Dictionary of Ukiyo-E more books like this by Richard Lane add to wishlist see all copies from $29.00! new only from $171.86! \| first editions
25 view cover	The Floating World Revisited more books like this by Donald Jenkins, Lynn J Katsumoto add to wishlist see all copies from $10.95! new only from $312.63! \| first editions

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