Japanese woodblock prints:artists, publishers, and masterworks, 1680-1900

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Marks Andreas
Published: Tuttle Pub.,
Publisher Address: Tokyo Rutland, Vt.
Publication Dates: c2010.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: 336 p.: col. ill. ; 32 cm.
ISBN: 9784805310557 (cloth)
4805310553
Index Number: J239(313)
CLC: J239(313)
Call Number: J239(313)/M346
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. 324-325) and index.
Artists. Kiyonobu ; Kiyonobu II ; Masanobu ; Toshinobu ; Shigenaga ; Kiyomasu ; Kiyomasu II ; Kiyomitsu ; Buncho ; Shunsho ; Harunobu ; Koryusai ; Shunko ; Shigemasa ; Toyoharu ; Kiyonaga ; Utamaro ; Choki ; Shunman ; Eishi ; Eisho ; Hokusai ; Toyokuni ; Shun'ei ; Shuntei ; Sharaku ; Kunimasa ; Toyohiro ; Tsukimaro ; Hokkei ; Eizan ; Toyokuni II ; Kunisada ; Kuniyasu ; Eisen ; Hiroshige ; Kuniyoshi ; Sadahide ; Yoshitora ; Kunisad II ; Hiroshige II ; Kyosai ; Yoshiiku ; Kunichika ; Chikanobu ; Yoshitoshi ; Kiyochika ; Gekko ; Ginko ; Kokunimasa -- Publishers. Urokogataya Magobei ; Igaya Kan'
Covering the period from the beginning of the Japanese woodblock print in the 1680s until the year 1900, Japanese Woodblock Prints provides a detailed survey of all the major artists, along with the images on which their fame rests. Japanese Woodblock Prints includes detailed histories of the publishers of woodblock prints--who were often the driving force determining which prints, and therefore which artists, would make it into mass circulation for a chance at critical and popular success. --from publisher description