Glossy softcover, publisher’s pictorial wrappers, 30 x 23 cm, pp.: [i-v] vi-xi [xii blank], [2] 3-199 [200 blank], ils.; total 106 leaves.
Title-page: Vertical from bottom to top along the outer margin in grey: KUNISADA'S WORLD; horizontally: KUNISADA'S WORLD | SEBASTIAN IZZARD | with essays by | J. THOMAS RIMER | JOHN T. CARPENTER | JAPAN SOCIETY, INC., in collaboration with the | UKIYO-E SOCIETY OF AMERICA ||
Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Japan Society Gallery, New York, September 30 - November 14, 1993.
Contents: (1) Kunisada: in and out of his times; Kabuki at the time of Kunisada / J. Thomas Rimer. (2) Popular fiction in the age of Kunisada; Kunisada and the art of comic poetry / John T. Carpenter. (3) Kunisada the artist / Sebastian Izzard.
Contributors:
J. Thomas Rimer (American, b. 1933)
John T. Carpenter (American)
Utagawa Kunisada [歌川 国貞] a.k.a. Utagawa Toyokuni III [三代歌川豊国] (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
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Additional Information
| Collection | Library , Reference Books |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book , Exhibition catalogue |
| Period | 20 AD , Late 20th century |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Media/Technique | Paper , Wove paper |
| Subject | 19th century , Art , Art history , Edo period , Exhibition catalogues , Japanese art , Paintings and drawings , Utagawa Kunisada [歌川 国貞] a.k.a. Utagawa Toyokuni III [三代歌川豊国] (Japanese, 1786 – 1865) , Woodblock printing |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1993 |
| Binding | Pictorial wrappers , Softcover |
| Acquisition year | 2022 |
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