Twelve Woodcut Prints of Kitagawa Utamaro Illustrating the Process of Silk Culture
by Utamaro, Kitagawa
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near fine
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
The Book Club of California's publication for Christmas 1965. Presents the pictures of Kitagawa Utamaro (1783-1806), an eighteenth-century Japanese artist that dealt with the process of silk culture, and the handiwork of women who were responsible for all aspects of making silk. The images together form one continuous composition, and are known as the "Silkworm Series".
BCC no. 121; Grabhorn Bibliography, Volume III, no. 652.
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- Seller
- Thorn Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 21764
- Title
- Twelve Woodcut Prints of Kitagawa Utamaro Illustrating the Process of Silk Culture
- Author
- Utamaro, Kitagawa
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Publisher
- Book Club of California; Grabhorn Press
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1965
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All books returnable for any reason within seven days, providing only that they are received in the same condition as shipped. Shipments to an Arizona address must add appropriate sales tax. Libraries billed.
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