Japanese prints : ukiyo-e in Edo, 1700-1900 / Ellis Tinios.

Japanese woodblock prints of the Edo period (1615-1868) were the products of a highly commercialised and competitive publishing industry. Their content was inspired by the vibrant popular culture that flourished in Edo (Tokyo). At any given time scores of publishers competed for the services of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Tinios, Ellis
Language:	English
Published:	Burlington, VT : Lund Humphries, 2010.
Subjects:	Color prints, Japanese > Edo period, 1600-1868. Wood-engraving, Japanese > Edo period, 1600-1868.
Local Note:	MSU: Purchased with funds provided by the Kayoko Tsuda-Guy Asian Art Collection Endowment in memory of Gordon and Nina Collison.
Physical Description:	143 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

Preface and acknowledgments--Introduction--Reception and appreciation in the West, 1860s-1910s--The production of woodblock prints--Censorship of popular prints--Actor prints--Prints of beauties--Landscape prints--Warrior prints--The colour woodblock print in the Meiji era, 1868-1912--An outline history of ukiyo-e printmaking--Endnotes--Further readings--Illustration acknowledgments--Index.