Size: 4to 9 3/4 - 12". 135 pp. Binding firm, spine faded and slightly cocked. Dust jacket has slightly faded spine. Edges browned, foxed and marked. Book has a musty odour. Covers marked. Profusely illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Japan; Books on Books. ISBN: 0810935031. ISBN/EAN: 9780810935037. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 64487.

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Title

The Japanese Picture Book: A Selection from the Ravicz Collection

Publisher

Abrams, New York

Publication Date

1991

Language

English

ISBN 10

0810935031

ISBN 13

9780810935037

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

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Art & Design

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Synopsis

Examines 124 books from the Ravicz Collection, and discusses not only their visual significance, but also the importance of the historical data included in the volumes

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Anthropologist Robert Ravicz has collected more than 800 Japanese woodblock-printed picture books, an art form little known in the West. Astonishingly varied in subject matter, these exquisite picture books virtually constitute an ethnographic record of Japanese life and culture, portraying childbirth, body language, dress, festivals, eroticism, eating, humor, travel, work, play and customs. Yet the primary appeal of this jewel of a book will be to the art lover. The hushed mystery of Ryotai Kanyosai's Three Hares in the Snow (1762), the wonderfully concise shorthand of Keisai Masayoshi's Elephants (1797), the uncanny fusion of Western and Japanese styles in Akamatsu Rinsaku's Kobe Wharf (1916) and the universal tragedy implicit in Takehisa Yumeji's abject Sorrowing Woman (1920) call to mind the finest Japanese painting. Hillier ( The Art of the Japanese Book ) explicates the 124 illustrations with a deft touch.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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