Kyoto woodcuts
By: by Naoko Matsubara ; foreword by Fritz Eichenberg ; introd. by Bunshō Jugaku.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Kodansha International; distributed in the United States through Harper & Row
Published: 1978
Place of publication: Tokyo; New York
Language: eng; jpn
Number of pages: 82
Subjects: Matsubara, Naoko; Kyoto (Japan) in art
Description: Kyoto has many faces. Japan’s imperial capital until 1868, its name even now is synonymous with that country’s art and civilization. Besides being a gigantic open-air museum of art and architecture, it is also a place of pilgrimage for religious contemplation, a treasure house of Japanese antiques and traditional arts and crafts, a modern center of commerce and communications, and above all a lively place to live for its million and a half residents. Kyoto Woodcuts presents all these aspects, interpreted by one of the city’s most gifted daughters. -- Provided by publisher.