Description: The Japanese Picture Book: A Selection from the Ravicz Collection Harry N Abrams Inc New York 1991 FineLarge Folio - Hillier, a noted expert in the field, examines and discusses 124 books from the extensive Ravicz Collection of Japanese Woodblock Print books. Color and Black and White plates included from each book discussed. - From Publishers Weekly: Anthropologist Robert Ravicz has collected more than 800 Japanese woodblock-printed picture books, an art form little known in the West. Astonishingly varied in subject matter, these exquisite picture books virtually constitute an ethnographic record of Japanese life and culture, portraying childbirth, body language, dress, festivals, eroticism, eating, humor, travel, work, play and customs. Yet the primary appeal of this jewel of a book will be to the art lover. The hushed mystery of Ryotai Kanyosai's Three Hares in the Snow (1762), the wonderfully concise shorthand of Keisai Masayoshi's Elephants (1797), the uncanny fusion of Western and Japanese styles in Akamatsu Rinsaku's Kobe Wharf (1916) and the universal tragedy implicit in Takehisa Yumeji's abject Sorrowing Woman (1920) call to mind the finest Japanese painting. Hillier ( The Art of the Japanese Book ) explicates the 124 illustrations with a deft touch. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: New York
Signed: No
Publisher: Harry N Abrams Inc New York 1991
Subject: Art & Photography
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1991
Language: English
Illustrator: Multi
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Author: Jack Hillier
Region: Asia
Personalized: No
Topic: Asian Arts
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Character Family: NA
