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050		4	_aNE 1321.8 _b.T56 2010
090			_aNE 1321.8 .T56 2010
100	1		_aTinios, Ellis
245	1	0	_aJapanese prints _bukiyo-e in Edo, 1700-1900 _cEllis Tinios
260			_aBurlington, VT _bLund Humphries _c2010
300			_a143 p. _bill. (chiefly col.) _c25 cm
500			_aOriginally published: London : British Museum Press, c2010
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 139-140) and index
505			_aPreface and acknowledgments--Introduction--Reception and appreciation in the West, 1860s-1910s--The production of woodblock prints--Censorship of popular prints--Actor prints--Prints of beauties--Landscape prints--Warrior prints--The colour woodblock print in the Meiji era, 1868-1912--An outline history of ukiyo-e printmaking--Endnotes--Further readings--Illustration acknowledgments--Index
520			_aapanese woodblock prints of the Edo period (1615-1868) were the products of a highly commercialised and competitive publishing industry. Their content was inspired by the vibrant popular culture that flourished in Edo (Tokyo). At any given time scores of publishers competed for the services of the leading artists of the day. Publishers and artists displayed tremendous ingenuity in finding ways to sustain demand for prints and to circumvent the restrictions placed on the industry through government censorship. Although Japanese prints have long been appreciated in the West for their graphic qualities, their content has not always been fully understood. This book draws on recent scholarship that makes possible a more subtle appreciation of the imagery encountered in the prints and how they would have been read when first made. Through stunning new photography of both well-known and rarely published works in the collection of the British Museum, including many recent acquisitions, the author explores how and why such prints were made, providing a fascinating introduction to a much-loved but little-understood art form
650		0	_aColor prints, Japanese _yEdo period, 1600-1868
650		0	_aWood-engraving, Japanese _yEdo period, 1600-1868
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