Japanese Woodblock Prints
Japanese Woodblock Prints

Author: William Green

Publisher: Brill Hotei

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13:

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The ultimate research tool for the study of Japanese prints, this publication represents eight years of research by the author William Green. It lists over 6000 publications dating from 1822 to 1993, concentrating on those in English. In addition, the inclusion of newspaper and periodical reviews of the most important books and catalogs enables the academic debate concerning Japanese prints to be followed. This book is divided along thematic lines into 15 chapters and also contains three indexes, making it an easy-to-use reference work for students, scholars and collectors alike.

The Prints of Isoda Koryūsai
The Prints of Isoda Koryūsai

Author: Allen Hockley

Publisher: University of Washington Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780295983011

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He may very well be the most productive artist of the eighteenth century. Refuting outmoded paradigms of connoisseurship and challenging the assumptions of conventional print scholarship, Allen Hockley elevates this important figure from the status of a minor Edo-period artist. He argues that Koryusai excelled by the most significant measure -- he was a highly successful creator of popular commodities. Employing an "active audience" model, Hockley reshapes the study of ukiyo-e as a.