The Actor's Image: Printmakers of the Katsukawa School

by Timothy Clark

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The "floating world"--the closely related pleasure and entertainment districts of Tokyo in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries--embodied and idealized fashion, chic, and urbanity for its habitu s, and inspired a profusion of woodblock prints depicting renowned courtesans and adored matinee idols. Considered ephemera in their time, these prints are treasured works of art today. In this volume of "floating world prints" ( ukiyo-e ), the authors...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691036276

ISBN13:9780691036274

Release Date:May 1994

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:504 Pages

Weight:5.20 lbs.

Dimensions:2.2" x 9.5" x 11.0"

Related Subjects

Art Arts, Music & Photography Performing Arts Printmaking

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