Block Printing & Book Illustration in Japan

List of contents

1. Early Printing and Engraving in Japan 2. Illustrated Books of the Seventeenth Century 3. Moronobu, Itchō, Kōrin and their Followers 4. Ōsaka as an Art and Publishing Centre 5. The Impressionists: the Shijō and Maruyama Schools 6. The Impressionists: the Ganku and the Chinese Schools 7. Ukiyo-ye Illustrators of the Nishikawa, Okumura, Torii and Nishimura Groups 8. Ukiyo-ye Illustrators of the Utagawa, Katsugawa and Kitagawa Schools 9. Late Ukiyo-ye Illustrators 10. Modern Illustrators of Japan 11. Miscellaneous Books 12. Suggestions to Collectors

Summary

Block Printing & Book Illustration in Japan (1924) was one of the first guides to Japanese illustration, and remains indispensable to this day. The author travelled widely in Japan, persuading Japanese collectors to open their archives to her for study, and here compiles a wealth of unique research.

Product details

• Authors: Louise Norton Brown
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032903446
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3290344-6
• No. of pages: 276
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Japan, Cultural Studies, DESIGN / Book, Book design, ART / History / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, ART / Asian / Japanese, ART / Prints, History of Art, Social and cultural history, Prints & printmaking, Graphical & digital media applications, Book design and Bookbinding, Oriental art, Graphical and digital media applications, Prints and printmaking, COMPUTERS / Design, Graphics & Media / Graphics Tools