Paperback volume, 25.8 x 18.6 cm, brown embossed wrappers with framed Japanese characters along the outer margin, pictorial dust jacket with series design (black lettering and vignette in silver border to wrappers, black lettering on silver to spine); pp: [1-6]: h.t./frontis. (colour plate pasted in), t.p./imprint, contents/blank), 7-32 text, 33-96 (59 plates w/captions).
Title-page (in frame): MASTERWORKS OF UKIYO-E | SHARAKU | by Jūzō Suzuki | Translated by John Bester | {publisher’s device} | KODANSHA INTERNATIONAL LTD. | Tokyo, Japan & Palo-Alto, Calif., U.S.A | {vertical between rules 写楽} ||
Series: Masterworks of ukiyo-e, № 2.
Contributors:
Jūzō Suzuki [鈴木 重三] (Japanese, 1919 – 2010) – author.
John Bester (British, 1927 – 2010) – translator.
Tōshūsai Sharaku [東洲斎 写楽] (Japanese, fl. 1794 – 1795) – artist.
Additional Information
| Collection | Japan: art, history, literature , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book , Reference book |
| Period | 20 AD , Mid-20th Century |
| Country | Japan , USA |
| Language | English |
| Media/Technique | Paper , Wove paper |
| Subject | 18th century , Art , Art history , Criticism , Culture , History , Japan , Japanese art , Japanese woodblock prints , Katsushika Hokusai [葛飾 北斎] (Japanese, 1760 – 1849) , Ukiyo-e |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1968 |
| Series | Masterworks of ukiyo-e |
| Edition | 1st edition |
| Binding | Dust jacket , Paper , Paperback |
| Acquisition year | 2023 |
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