The printed image : the flowering of Japan's woodblock printing culture
By: Matthi Forrer ; with a preface by Adele Schlombs ; translations and editing [by] Michael Scuffil
Contributors: Scuffil, Michael, translator, editor; Buchhandlung Walther König; Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst der Stadt Köln
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9783960982562
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: In art; Japanese Color prints; Civilization; Japanese Block books; Catalogs; Ukiyoe; Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst der Stadt Köln; Printmakers
Description: "With the help of Matthi Forrer, the leading authority on Japanese woodblock prints, the Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst in Cologne has conducted a major survey of its inventory for the first time after more than 100 years. The result can be described as historic. The surprisingly diverse collection with many hitherto unknown prints, is suited to produce a comprehensive  handbook on Japan's woodblock printing culture."
Notes: Published for the exhibition The Printed Image--the Flowering of Japan's Woodblock Printing Culture at the Museum für Ostasiatische Kunts Köln, 1 March-1 July, 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The Printed Image - The Flowering of Japan's Woodblock Printin Culture" : March 1-July 1, 2018, the Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst Köln, Cologne, Germany.

Text in English, translated from the German.
Table of contents: title: The City of Edo as the Cradle of the Floating World; title: Aspects of the Development of Printing; title: Stars and Heroes in the Main Genres of Japanese Prints; title: Other Genres in Prints and Books.