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Kuniyoshi
This handsome volume explores the life and work of Utagawa
Kuniyoshi (1798-1861), one of Japan's greatest print artists.
Alongside such illustrious names as Hokusai and Hiroshige, he
dominated the 19th-century production of the popular genre of
woodblock prints known asukiyo-e, literally, "pictures of
the floating world."
The only major book to illustrate the entirety of the artist's work,Kuniyoshiexplores his extraordinary imagination across an impressive range of subject matter, from his portraits of Japanese warrior heroes and fashionable beauties to his satirical themes and innovative landscape prints. Published to accompany a spectacular exhibition,Kuniyoshiis an essential reference for Japanese art collectors and enthusiasts.
