Ukiyo-E Art by Tadashi Kobayashi 1982

Ukiyo-E Great Japanese Art by Tadashi Kobayashi

1982 Hardcover . Printed In Japan , First Edition , 48 Pages . Oversized Book . Ships Media Mail .
Japanese woodblock prints, or ukiyo-e, occupy a singular position in the lexicon of world art. They enthralled such Western artists as Whistler, Manet, Degas, and van Gogh, and gave rise to a wave of "japonisme" in the salons of Paris, London, and New York .

As the successor to previous aristocratic traditions, the ukiyo-e print represents the last flowering of traditional pictorial art before Japan entered the modern era. These "pictures of the floating world" reflected the world of the townspeople of Edo (Tokyo), focusing on the popular entertainments of the day, landscapes of favored scenic spots, and portraits of well-known geisha, kabuki actors, and sumo stars.