UKIYO-E PAINTINGS /ANGLAIS

The British Museum's collections contain over 200 paintings of the Ukiyo-e school, including works by masters such as Utamaro, Hokusai and Moronobu. All are reproduced in color in this book, with details of signatures and seals, biographies of the artists and an annotated bibliography. In the two introductory essays Timothy Clark discusses the development and aesthetic qualities of Ukiyo-e painting and examines problems of authenticity. Oversized trade paperback with 223 colour and 224 black and white illustrations. Timothy Clark is a curator in the Department of Japanese Antiquities at the British Museum.