Ukiyo E Floating World, First Edition (70 results)

Softcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Presumed first printing with NAP, trade paperback in stapled wraps, limited to 150 copies and signed by Stroud on the title page, the book has light bumps with creasing to the spine ends and cover corners, a faint stain to the lower fore corner of the back, and damp wrinkling to the head of the front cover. Overall, a Near Very Good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. No markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Black cloth-effect paper covered boards, lettered in silver foil. Slight shelf wear, virtually as issued. Color illus. dust jacket shows 1/4" closed tear at head of spine panel, slight shelf wear, now in mylar. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Japanese artists and print makers (illustrator). First American Edition. Quarto (11 3/8" x 10" x 1 1/4"), brown cloth with silver gilt lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with image of a geisha, profusely illustrated with more than 900 color and B&W images of Japanese women and men who frequented the sensual and beautiful "Floating World," illustrated Dictionary of Ukiyo-e, Indices, 364 pages. Weight: 4 lbs. EXCELLENT OVERVIEW of this gorgeous sensual--often erotic--sector of Japanese society that has been immortalized by Japanese artists--especially via Ukiyo-e. Near Fine copy: tight, bright, clean cloth and dust jacket. No previous owner or remainder marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Large hardcover in jacket, many beautiful plates in color. Few small stains on outer page edges that barely bleed into the very edges of a few pages; some rubbing and reference wear to the jacket and pages. Overall, very decent copy.

paperback. Condition: Very Good in Wrappers. No Jacket. First Edition. Honolulu. 2021. August 2021. University of Hawaii Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 9780824889210. 6 x 8.25. 80 color illlustrations. 224 pages. paperback. keywords: Japan Art History. DESCRIPTION - Today we think of ukiyo-e - the pictures of the floating world - as masterpieces of Japanese art, highly prized throughout the world. Yet it is often said that ukiyo-e were little appreciated in their own time and were even used as packing material for ceramics. In Picturing the Floating World Julie Nelson Davis debunks this myth and demonstrates that ukiyo-e was thoroughly appreciated as a field of artistic production, worthy of connoisseurship and canonization by its contemporaries. Putting these images back into their dynamic context, she shows how consumers, critics, and makers produced and sold, appraised and collected, described and recorded ukiyo-e. She recovers this multilayered world of pictures in which some were made for a commercial market, backed by savvy entrepreneurs looking for new ways to make a profit, while others were produced for private coteries and high-ranking connoisseurs seeking to enrich their cultural capital. The book opens with an analysis of period documents to establish the terms of appraisal brought to ukiyo-e in late eighteenth-century Japan, mapping the evolution of the genre from a century earlier and the development of its typologies and the creation of a canon of makers - both of which have defined the field ever since. Organized around divisions of major technological and aesthetic developments, the book reveals how artistic practice and commercial enterprise were intertwined throughout ukiyo-e's history, from its earliest imagery through the twentieth century. The depiction of particular subjects in and for the floating world of urban Edo and the process of negotiating this within the larger field of publishing are examined to further ground ukiyo-e as material culture, as commodities in a mercantile economy. Picturing the Floating World offers a new approach: a critical yet accessible analysis of the genre as it was developed in its social, cultural, and political milieu. The book introduces students, collectors, and enthusiasts to ukiyo-e as a genre under construction in its own time while contributing to our understanding of early modern visual production. inventory #46981.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. This is a clean, unmarked, undamaged copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. 1st Edition. 1st Print.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8.5 X 12 inches, 333 pages. Gray cloth hardcover. No DJ. Withdrawn library copy but all library markings have been altered. Sticker scuffs on back cover and spine; whited out stamp on title page. Otherwise Very Good, no other writing or marks. All color prints are in fine condition.

First Edition. Sewn tan wrappers with printed paper label; square 8vo. One of 150 copies printed. [20 pp.] Faint stain on front cover, else fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Cloth, 364 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. A massive coffee-table book. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** "An excellent study of this popular area of Japanese Art. This book chronicles the development of Ukiyo-e, examines the lives and techniques of its masters, and describes the illustrated books, erotic albums and paintings that belong to this school of art. Includes sections on The Rise of Ukiyo-e, The Primitives and the First Century of Ukiyo-e, and The Golden Age of the Color Print. Also contains an illustrated dictionary encompassing biographical details of artists and subjects, glossary of terms, etc. Well illustrated, several in color. " - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Early genre painting and the rise of Ukiyo-e; The primitives and the first century of Ukiyo-e 1660-1765; The golden age of the color print 1765-1810; Hokusai, Hiroshige and the japanese landscape 1810-1880; Illustrated dictionary of Ukiyo-e. Size: 4to. Collectible.

First Edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 333 pages: color illustrations; 31 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-327) and index. Subjects: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Catalogs. Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain); Exhibitions. Ukiyoe; Exhibitions. Painting, Japanese Edo period, 1600-1868; Exhibitions. Color prints, Japanese Edo period, 1600-1868. Prints, Japanese Exhibitions; Catalogues. Painting, Modern 17th century Japan Exhibitions; Catalogues. Genre: Exhibition catalogues. 3 Kg.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book is in very good condition. 336pp with colour illustrations.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. 159 pages. Filled with color plates. Fine with no creases or wear. Crisp and clean. (I8).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 4to, 364 pp, 199 illustrations in colour and black and white, map of the Provinces of Old Japan, over 700 illustrations in the "Catalogue of Ukiyo - e" section. A fine copy in a similar dust wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine in dust jacket. Heavily illustrated. The corners of a few pages are lightly ruffled. The dust jacket has light wear.

First edition, first printing. Large format. Near fine paperback exhibition catalogue with a faded spine.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Book shows only light edge wear, one small crease to front fly-leaf. Jacket shows only the lightest of wear. Interior is crisp and clean, binding firm. A very nice copy.

First Edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 333 pages: color illustrations; 31 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-327) and index. Subjects: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Catalogs. Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain); Exhibitions. Ukiyoe; Exhibitions. Painting, Japanese Edo period, 1600-1868; Exhibitions. Color prints, Japanese Edo period, 1600-1868. Prints, Japanese Exhibitions; Catalogues. Painting, Modern 17th century Japan Exhibitions; Catalogues. Genre: Exhibition catalogues. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The jacket and boards are tidy overall with little edge wear. The binding is secure. Multiple gift inscriptions from a previous owner on the front end page. Browning along the edges of the pages, not affecting text. Protected in cellophane. Tall and heavy book, extra postage may be required. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. P/B 336 pages condition is very good,

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 364 pages, illustrated throughout. Dust jacket edge wear and tear along top spine edge. Otherwise, very clean and tight copy. Record # 456295.

First edition. 4to., 364 pp., color and b&w plates with hundreds of thumbnail illustrations. Stamped with a circled B on the bottom edge. A very good copy in the illustrated dust jacket that is slightly sunned and lacking a two inch piece from the blank rear panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. This is a VG hardcover first edition in blue cloth in a VG mylar protected DJ that has a small chip at the bottom of the rear panel. White spine. MEDIA SHIPPING only on this oversize, heavy book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 333pp, col illus, sl fading at top of spine, d/w in removable protective plastic sleeve. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of The Dawn of the Floating World from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Very heavy book - additional shipping charge will be required if sent overseas.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Paperback Edition. 300 x 225mm. pp. 336. English text. First paperback edition of 'The Dawn of the Floating World 1650-1765: Early Ukiyo-e Treasures from the Museum of Fine Art, Boston'. Published to accompany a touring exhibition during 2001/2002. Colour illustrations. Bound in original pictorial card covers with flaps. Small mark to bottom of fore-edge and back page. Binding lightly cocked, bumped to ends of spine, and faded to spine. Binding strong. No ownership inscription or underlining. See images. 1.6kg. Extra postage overseas. Exhibition Catalogue.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. UK 1st edition Published by Royal Academy of Arts The book is fine, and appears unread. No spine creasing.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 364 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm. Subjects; Color prints, Japanese Edo period, 1600-1868. Color prints, Japanese Meiji period, 1868-1912. Ukiyoe ; Dictionaries. Color prints, Japanese Meiji period. Manners and customs. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover in jacket. In a very good original cardboard slipcase with some wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First printing. Wide 4to, 364 pp., 200 color and b/w plates, 735 figs. Jacket has two small tears at head of spine, otherwise Fine. In card slipcase.