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TITLE: Images From The Floating World: The Japanese Print
AUTHOR: Richard Lane
PUBLISHER: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1979, Fourth Printing
DIMENSIONS: 11 1/2 x 10 x 1 1/4 inches (hardcover)
PAGES: 364
TEXT: English
CONDITION: Excellent; light wear to dust jacket
PRICE: $50.00


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This seminal reference to the genre of Ukiyo-e scholarship is profusely illustrated with nearly 600 print designs and includes valuable illustrations of maps and artist seals. The book covers life in the 16th-19th centuries, genre painting, Kabuki, landscapes, and shung-ga. In addition to providing the narrative to the Ukiyo-e movement, this book serves as an illustrated dictionary of Japanese woodblock printing & painting. The book contains one of the most valuable indexes in any book of its kind. This outstanding reference is easy to use and an essential tool for any art reference library, student, or collector of wood block printing.