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Softcover. Condición: Fine+. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Impression. Very light wear to spine, covers and corners. Fold out front / back covers. Double page frontispiece painting. Copies of the paintings with original colours. This wonderfully presented and detailed publication covers a broad selection of Japanese painters of their time, each with a well reasearched introduction.; 29.6cm x 25.6cm x 3.3 cm; 336 pages.…

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Pictorial card covers. French flaps. 300 x 220 mm. 336 pp. Well illustrated. Published on the occasion of the exhibition. Spine lightly dulled and very lightly creased. Unobtrusive crease in bottom corner of back cover. Book.

Hardcover. Condición: 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.…

Soft cover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. English text.; Paperback.; 22.5 x 30 cm.; 1.6 kg.; 336 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The exterior shows minor edge wear, scuffs and scratches on the front cover, spine and back cover. The exterior text block shows signs of wear. Interior with minor signs of wear.; Catalogue from the exhibition 'The Dawn of the Floating World (1650-1765): Early Ukiyo-e Treasures from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston' held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 24 November 2001 - 17 February 2002.; This ambitious and ground-breaking publication accompanies an exhibition of selected early 'pictures of the floating world' (ukiyo-e) from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Most of these exceptional paintings, prints and books have never before been shown outside Boston. Written by leading scholars and illustrated throughout in colour, the essays and detailed commentaries in this volume examine the images as vivid records of the leisure pursuits of the townsman class emerging within Japanese feudal society at the time. They discuss the origins, style and technique of early ukiyo-e and describe the history of the Boston collection, 'the finest collection of Asian art under one roof in the world'. Biographies of the artists, a chronology, a glossary and an extensive bibliography add to the value of this account as a standard work of reference.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket).; 22.5 x 31 cm.; 1.8 kg.; 336 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The dust jacket shows minor edge wear, scuffs and scratches on the front cover, spine and back cover. Small tear at the bottom of the spine. The spine is faded. Interior with minor signs of wear.; Catalogue from the exhibition 'The Dawn of the Floating World (1650-1765): Early Ukiyo-e Treasures from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston' held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 24 November 2001 - 17 February 2002.; This ambitious and ground-breaking publication accompanies an exhibition of selected early 'pictures of the floating world' (ukiyo-e) from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Most of these exceptional paintings, prints and books have never before been shown outside Boston. Written by leading scholars and illustrated throughout in colour, the essays and detailed commentaries in this volume examine the images as vivid records of the leisure pursuits of the townsman class emerging within Japanese feudal society at the time. They discuss the origins, style and technique of early ukiyo-e and describe the history of the Boston collection, 'the finest collection of Asian art under one roof in the world'. Biographies of the artists, a chronology, a glossary and an extensive bibliography add to the value of this account as a standard work of reference.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition. As New. Forewords by Malcolm Rogers and Phillip King. Illustrated in color and black-and-white. The dust jacket is protected by a Brodart mylar cover and is not clipped. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. No names or marks in the text. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation. Fine condition in fine dust jacket. Selling Used and Rare books on line since April 1998 and from our bookstore in the heart of the Bluegrass since 1984. ; Color and black-and-white illustrations; 4to.; 331 pages.…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. English text.; Paperback. 24.5 x 30.5 cm; 1.5 Kg; 256 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with minor signs of wear. Interior in very good condition.; Catalogue from the exhibition held at the Asia Society and Museum, New York from February 27 to May 4, 2008.; "The exceptional paintings, prints and illustrated books in the present exhibition - all drawn from the collections of members and supporters of the Japanese Art Society of America - give viewers the opportunity to experience and appreciate the breadth of the ukiyo-e tradition in a new light. The exhibition and catalogue explore the intertwined worlds of art, popular culture, commerce and society of Edo Japan in a focused examination by a team of renowned experts." excerpt from the preface by Vishahka N. Desai, President of the Asia Society.; "This exhibition brings together approximately one hundred fifty paintings, woodblock prints and illustrated books, with images known as ukiyo-e, or pictures of the floating world - The floating world was a new leisure industry of popular entertainment centered in the shogunal capital of Edo (modern Tokyo). The carefully selected images in the exhibition not only present the principals of that realm - the actor, the artist, the courtesan, the poet, the publisher, the patron - they also examine the confluences and contradictions in a time of enourmous social, cultural and economic change in Japan. The exhibtion and catalogue focus on individuals - adding to the already substantial scholarship on Hokusai, Hiroshige and Utamaro - including the father of ukiyo-e, Hishikawa Moronobu, the artist and publisher Okumura Masanobu, the color innovator Susuki Harunobo, the master publisher Tsutaya Juzaburo and the briliant painter Katsukawa Shunsho." excerpt by the foreword by Melissa Chiu, Director of the Asia Society. …