Paperback volume, 25.7 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 | EARLY PAINTINGS | by Muneshige Narazaki | English adaptation by Charles A. Pomeroy | {publisher’s device} | KODANSHA INTERNATIONAL LTD. | Tokyo, Japan & Palo-Alto, Calif., U.S.A | {vertical between rules 初期 浮世絵} ||
Series: Masterworks of ukiyo-e, № 1.
Contributors:
Muneshige Narazaki [楢崎 宗重] (Japanese, 1904 – 2001) – author.
Charles A. Pomeroy (American, b. 1930) – adaptation.
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 | Art , Art history , Criticism , Culture , History , Japan , Japanese art , Japanese early paintings , Paintings and drawings , Ukiyo-e |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1968 |
| Series | Masterworks of ukiyo-e |
| Edition | 1st edition |
| Binding | Dust jacket , Paperback , Wrappers |
| Acquisition year | 2023 |
