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畫帖時世粧 / [烏亭焉馬述 ; 歌川豊圀著].
Yakusha konotegashiwa / [Utei Enba jū; Utagawa Toyokuni cho].
1803
Actors on Two Sides of the Leaf. Actors Among the Garden Oaks.
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The Art of Japanese Publishing
These beautifully illustrated and commercially published books (and subsequent single-sheet prints) not only impacted the Japanese art tradition but, in the 19th century, inspired the Western art movements of Impressionism, Japonisme, and Art Nouveau. The publishing of illustrated books was then revolutionized in the 20th century with the introduction of photography, new printing processes, and artists taking complete control of their work for the first time.
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- In Japanese. Portraits of the great Kabuki actors. Written by Enba Tachikawa, with color woodcuts by Toyokuni Utagawa.
- Color woodblock-printed book, fukurotoji-bon.
- SAX copy: Embossed covers with original title slips. Covers include embossed seals of artist and author.
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