Masterpieces of Japanese Prints
Subtitle: Ukiyo-e from the Victoria and Albert Museum
Edition: 1st Pbk. Ed edition
Publisher: Kodansha International
Published: March 19, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9784770023872
Subjects: Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides; Oriental art; Prints & printmaking; England; Catalogs; Art; London; Art & Art Instruction; Edo period, 1600-1868; Japan; Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - Museum; Asian; Printmaking; Art / Prints; Japanese color prints; Techniques - Printmaking; Color prints; Color prints, Japanese
First sentence: Ukiyo-e were the "pictures of the floating world" which provided the Japanese urban middle classes with a major source of artistic pleasure during the period from the seventeenth through the nineteenth century.