Chie Hirano (18 results)

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Condition: New. The Making Of Japanese Prints And The History Of Ukiyo-E (Paperback or Softback).

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Paper-covered Boards. Condition: Essentially No Wear. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Reprint Edition. This is a reprint from Chie Hirano's "Kiyonaga, A Study of His Life and Works". It was issued in wrappers, but this copy has been bound in wood-simulating paper-covered boards with a paper spine label. The reprint has been nicely-preserved in this manner. An essay of 57pp. Size: Quarto.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Volume I is text, volume II is a portfolio of plates. Good. Vol. I with a touch of soil to cloth boards, light wear at spine head. Upper croners are bumped soundly enough to lightly affect the pages of text. The second volume, the portfolio has all plates called for - 8 color and 138 collotype. Faint crease to upper corner of each plate page, but with the images themselves unaffected. The portfolio case is soiled and has a one-inch tear at the top joint but remains quite functional.

Condition: Fine. Number of pages: viii. 545 Size: 29.5 x 22 Number of books: 1.

Hardcover. a later printing. text volume is 4vo [8-1/2" x 11-3/4"] 545 pp. Portfolio of Plates is folio [13-1/44" x 19-1/4"]. text volume is slightly age darkened at the exrtremeties else very good. the portfolio is slightly worn. the set of collotype reproductions is complete - being 138 sheets. of the eight color reproductions, this set contains plates 1,2,3,and 5 and lacks 4, 6, 7, and 8.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Volume 2 only somewhat worn cloth case with string ties, 138 black and white plates, the 8 color plates were removed, text volume not present, heavy item 7-8 pounds with packaging, extra shipping charges outside U.S.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2 Vols.

1st. Still the best description of his life and work, supplemented with a large format folio with 138 quality reproductions of his work (printed in Japan). Published for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston by The Harvard Univ. Press, 1939. Volume I is text, volume II is a portfolio of plates. Text volume viii, 545 pages, 30 cm. Hardcover. No dust jacket.as issued. Volume II, has all plates called for: 8 color and 138 collotype. 13-1/44" x 19-1/4". Collotypes by Otsuka Kogeisha, Tokyo, Color prints by Shozaburo Watanabe, Tokyo. Shipds from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade within US. Torii Kiyonaga, original name Sekiguchi Shinsuke, (born 1752, Sagami Province, Japandied June 28, 1815, Edo [Tokyo]), one of the most important Japanese artists of the Ukiyo-e movement. He was the pupil of Torii Kiyomitsu and for a time headed the Torii school. Kiyonaga concentrated on the depiction of famous beauties. He designed many large nishiki-e, or polychrome prints, in diptych (two-panel) and triptych (three-panel) formats. Women in his prints were tall and stately, drawn with elegantly graceful lines in a realistic style. His best known works are Minami j?niko ("Twelve Months at the Gay Quarters"), T?sei y?ri bijin awase ("A Contest of Fashionable Beauties of the Gay Quarters"), and F?zoku azuma no nishiki ("Life of Women Not Belonging to the Gay Quarters"). Hardcover and large format folio.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st. Published by Harvard for the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, this is a nice example of the 1939 1st edition. In 2 Vols. Vol. 1 is the text. A well-preserved, VG+ copy in its original beige cloth AND with its very uncommon, unprinted dustjacket. Thick quarto, 545 pgs. The accompanying volume is the portfolio of plates, housed in a handsome cloth box. Folio, complete with the 138 black and white plates called for but missing the 8 color plates. Also VG+ and well-preserved. A handsome set and the definitive monograph on Kiyonaga, the renowned late 18th and early 19th century Japanese printmaker.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1939. 4° (29,5 : 22,5 cm) & Folio (49 : 34,5 cm). VIII, 545 S.; 1 Bl. (Titel u. Inhalt) u. 145 (von 146) Tafeln, davon 7 (von 8) in Farben. Orig.-Leinenband u. Leinenkassette (Portfolio). Das Hauptwerk zu diesem bedeutenden Ukiyo-e Künstler. - Es fehlt Farbtafel VIII (Triptychon). Die Farbtafeln sind Reproduktionen in Orig,.-Holzschnitt von Shozaburo Watanabé. - Die Innengelenke der Klappen der Kassette stellenweise fleckig, sonst schönes, sauberes Exemplar. - Colour plate VIII (Triptych) is missing. The color reproduction are original woodcuts by Shozaburo Watanabé. - Inner hinges of flaps of the portfolio partly stained, else a fine, clean copy of the major work of this outstanding ukiyo-e master. Sprache: en.

Hardback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.