Utamaro
Subtitle: Portraits from the Floating World (Great Japanese Art Series)
Contributors: Mark A. Harbison (Translator)
Edition: Rev edition
Publisher: Kodansha International (JPN)
Published: August 1993
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 95
ISBN-13: 9784770016676
Subjects: Individual artists; Oriental art; Relief processes (eg woodcut, lino); Individual Artist; Block Printing; Art & Art Instruction; Art; Japan; Kitagawa, Utamaro,; Asian; Kitagawa, Utamaro; Pictorial; 1753?-1806
First sentence: Utamaro created the new genre of bijin okubi-e, a genre that emphasized the facial features and expressions of his subjects rather than full-length figures, during the Kansei era (1789-1801).