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Catalogue of prints and books, illustrating the history of engraving in Japan. Exhibited in 1888

Catalogue of prints and books, illustrating the history of engraving in Japan. Exhibited in 1888

Anderson, William

Paperback

Art HistoryChinese HistoryGeneral Art

ISBN10: 9353703832
ISBN13: 9789353703837
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: May 20 2019
Pages: 120
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.25 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Before the museum wall label, there was the catalogue. In 1888, William Anderson mapped Japan's engraved imagination for a Western audience hungry for new beauty. See Japan in carved lines. Compiled for an exhibition of prints and books, it follows the history of engraving in Japan as an art, a craft, and a market. This illustrated exhibition catalog is both an art print catalog and a rare book catalog, tracking the history of japanese engraving through the objects that carried it into view. Anderson moves from the realities of japanese woodblock printmaking to the names, subjects, and schools that shaped ukiyo-e print history, setting works in context rather than treating them as curiosities. Dip in anywhere: an entry sends you from book illustration to single-sheet prints, from signature to publisher, from local taste to international demand. For browsers it offers crisp, evocative snapshots of Meiji era Japan and nineteenth century japanese art; for specialists it remains a practical print collectors reference guide and an art history research source, built for comparison, attribution, and study. Created at the height of collecting fever, it also captures the moment Japan entered European imagination, a touchstone for japonisme art collectors and for east asian print studies alike. Its clear, item-by-item structure quietly rewards the eye and the shelf for years. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today -- a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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