Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print

By Richard J. Lane

Book Overview

U-kiyo-e, the Japanese woodblock print tradition was one of the highpoints of classical Japanese civilization. Written by one of the foremost experts on Japanese prints, Images from the Floating World provides the definitive history of this wonderfully graceful and evocative artistic tradition. U-kiyo-e gives an incomparable record of Japanese life during the heyday of the geisha and the samurai. Included is a complete Dictionary of Ukiyo-e and hundreds of illustrations including over 40 in color. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0914427547
• ISBN13: 9780914427544
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: William S. Konecky Associates,
• Length: 1000 Pages
• Weight: 3.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.7" x 11.4"