The Actor's Image: Print Makers of the Katsukawa School

Clark, Timothy T.; Jenkins, Donald; Ueda, Osamu; Art Institute of Chicago; Richard, Naomi Noble

ISBN 10: 0865590974 / ISBN 13: 9780865590977

Published by Art Institute of Chicago in association with Princeton University Press, 1994

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Print makers of the Katsukawa School derived their name from Katsukawa Shunsho who led this group of to produce a vast number of woodblocks illustrating the fabulous world of the Kabuki theater. This hefty volume is derived largely from Chicago's Art Institute and its Buckingham Collection, and will inform and thrill any lover not only of Kabuki theater, but also the art of woodblock printmaking. Who wouldn't love to receive this as a gift!? Yourself perhaps. Seller Inventory # 001831

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Actor's Image: Print Makers of the ...

Publisher: Art Institute of Chicago in association with Princeton University Press

Publication Date: 1994

Binding: Cloth

Condition: As New

Dust Jacket Condition: As New

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Synopsis:

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

From Library Journal:

The extensive Buckingham Collection of Japanese Prints at the Art Institute of Chicago is the source for this catalog of 880 18th-century ukiyo-e prints emphasizing Kabuki theater scenes and portraits of actors. Introductory essays explain the historical, political, and artistic context of the prints along with the basic structure of Kabuki performance. The major limitation of the catalog is the restricted color range of the reproductions. Even when prints are described in the text as containing blue areas, no blue can be seen, and prints described as vividly colored do not necessar-ily appear different from those described as faded. Still, enough specific information is given about each print to make the book useful to art and theater scholars, though the level of treatment is suitable for nonspecialist readers as well.
Kathryn W. Finkelstein, M.Ln., Cincinnati
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