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Designed for pleasure : the world of Edo Japan in prints and paintings, 1680-1860

Title
Designed for pleasure : the world of Edo Japan in prints and paintings, 1680-1860 / edited by Julia Meech and Jane Oliver ; with essays by John T. Carpenter ... [et al.].
Publication
New York : Asia Society and Japanese Art Society of America ; Seattle : In association with University of Washington Press, c2008.

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Additional Authors
  • Meech, Julia.
  • Oliver, Jane (Jane W.)
  • Carpenter, John T.
  • Asia Society.
  • Japanese Art Society of America.
Description
256 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 31 cm.
Subjects
Note
  • Issued in connection with an exhibition held Feb. 27-May 4, 2008, Asia Society and Museum, New York, New York.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
A Mirror on the Floating World / Donald Jenkins -- Hishikawa Moronobu: tracking down an elusive master / David Waterhouse -- The original source (accept no substitutes!): Okumura Masanobu / Sarah E. Thompson -- Suzuki Harunobu: the cult and culture of color / Allen Hockley -- Katsukawa Shunshō: Ukiyo-e paintings for the samurai elite / Timothy Clark -- Tsutaya Jūzaburō: master publisher / Julie Nelson Davis -- The literary network: private commissions for Hokusai and his circle / John T. Carpenter -- Designed for pleasure: Ukiyo-e as material culture / David Pollack.
Call Number
MDBV+ 08-4793
ISBN
  • 9780295987866 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0295987863 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2007039628
OCLC
173502780
Title
Designed for pleasure : the world of Edo Japan in prints and paintings, 1680-1860 / edited by Julia Meech and Jane Oliver ; with essays by John T. Carpenter ... [et al.].
Imprint
New York : Asia Society and Japanese Art Society of America ; Seattle : In association with University of Washington Press, c2008.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Meech, Julia.
Oliver, Jane (Jane W.)
Carpenter, John T.
Asia Society.
Japanese Art Society of America.
Research Call Number
MDBV+ 08-4793
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