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Japanese prints / edited by Gabriele Fahr-Becker.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Köln ; London : Taschen, c2007.Description: 200 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9783822835098 (hbk.)
  • 3822835099 (hbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • NE1321.8 .J266 2007
Summary: This volume reproduces 139 Japanese woodblock colour prints by 43 famous masters of ukiyo-e, the popular art of the 17th to the 19th century. The originals are in the Riccar Art Museum in Tokyo, the world's largest and most celebrated collection of such prints.
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Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection NE 1321.8 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5067982

"The woodblock colour prints reproduced in this volume are all in the Riccar Art Museum in Tokyo ... since its recent move to a new building the museum is now known as the Hirako Ukiyo-e Museum."--Pg. 200.

Includes bibliographical references.

This volume reproduces 139 Japanese woodblock colour prints by 43 famous masters of ukiyo-e, the popular art of the 17th to the 19th century. The originals are in the Riccar Art Museum in Tokyo, the world's largest and most celebrated collection of such prints.

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