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A GUIDE TO JAPANESE PRINTS and Their Subject Matter (English and Japanese Edition)
by Basil Stewart
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- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- New/None as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0486238091
- ISBN 13
- 9780486238098
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About This Item
New York, NY: Dover Publications, 1979. First Edition . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW COPY w/trace soiling to back of softcover. Presentation & analysis of the Japanese art form known as Ukiyoye --- the floating, temporal world --- a popular wood block art form depicting daily Japanese life interpreted in history, landscape at large, and theatre; in modern jargon, might well be described as "this is life". First published 1922 under the title "Subjects Portrayed in Japanese Color-Prints"; this is the 1979 unabridged publication of the original w/illustrations in black-and-white. 382 pgs w/274 illustrations in 5 parts: I, The Collector; II, Subject of Illustrations; III, Subject of Illustrations (cont.); IV, Actor-Portraits & Theatrical Subjects; and V, Historical Subjects, Legends & Stories, followed by appendices.
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- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019020
- Title
- A GUIDE TO JAPANESE PRINTS and Their Subject Matter (English and Japanese Edition)
- Author
- Basil Stewart
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- None as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0486238091
- ISBN 13
- 9780486238098
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Ukiyoye/Art History/Japanese Prints/Interlectual Concepts/Culture Conceptions
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy; Reference/Resource;
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