Japanese Colour Prints

lvi, 236, [5] pp. 46 plates. A history of Japanese prints which, despite the title, is illustrated only in black-and-white. Includes tables with helpful references for dated books and prints, seals, etc. "This book, central to the West's understainding of Ukiyo-e ("Floating World" prints), was first released back in 1923. It has endured. According to James Michener -- who wrote a book entitled The Floating World -- "if you have time for one book only, this is it." The book provides coverage of all the periods of Ukiyo-e, beginning in 1658."