JAPANESE GRAPHIC ART : Englished Edition (Revised By Vera Gissing)

Lubor Hajek; Helena Krejcoka (Translator)

ISBN 10: 0706405218 / ISBN 13: 9780706405217

Published by Octopus Books, Seattle, WA, 1976

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Text/NEW & Bright. White linen boards/NF w/trace dent to lower edges. DJ/VG; sound w/edge wear and loss to lower front edge. Vintage 1976 First Edition, First Thus. History of Ukiyo-e, literally pictures of the Floating (or, Transitory) World --- a genre of Japanese art, produced in woodblock prints and paintings, which flourished from the 17th to the 19th centuries. Selection of over 110 full-color prints with commentaries from specialist in Asian Art, Lubor Hajeck (1921 - 2000). Worldly subject matter ranges from female beauties, kabuki actors, sumo wrestlers, scenes from history & folk tales, travel scenes & landscapes, flora & faun, to erotica. 112 pgs presented in 113 full-color, numbered plates, in 8 sections: 1, Arts Redivia; 2, Art & Power; 3, Diversity & Homogeneity; 4, Calligraphy & Graphic Art; 5, Wood, Color & Paper; 6, Reproduction & Distribution; 7, Pictorial Cycles; 8, Brush & Knife, and 9, Glossary of Japanese proceed presentation of the numbered Plates . Fine copy in a lesser dustjacket.

Seller Inventory # 019111

Bibliographic Details

• Title: JAPANESE GRAPHIC ART : Englished Edition (Revised By Vera Gissing)
• Publisher: Octopus Books, Seattle, WA
• Publication Date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0706405218
• ISBN 13: 9780706405217
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Bedrich Forman (Photographer)
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fine Arts, Art History, Art Criticism
  • Arts & Crafts
  • *photographed by our in-house photographer

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Synopsis

English, Czech (translation)

Language Notes

Text: English, Czech (translation)