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The Printer's Eyes Ukiyo-e from the Grabhorn Collection

By Rinne, Melissa M.

The Printer's Eyes Ukiyo-e from the Grabhorn Collection Social Sciences

The Printer's Eyes Ukiyo-e from the Grabhorn Collection

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Featuring over 100 rare Japanese woodblock prints and thoughtful commentary, The Printer's eye paints a vibrant and fascinating picture of Japan's Uikoyo-e or "floating world." Edwin Grabhorn (1889—1968), co-founder of the Grabhorn Press, Northern California's premier letterpress printer, was a pioneer American collector of Japanese prints. The Grabhorn prints in the collection of the Asian Art Museum comprise the upper echelons of the original collection. The collection includes a superb selection of early monochrome and hand-colored ukiyo-e prints by Sugimura Jihei, Torii Kiyonobu, Okumura Masanobu and others, from the seminal decades of the woodblock print production in the late 1600s and early 1700s.Japanese Prints from the Grabhorn Collection marks the first time these prints are being published in quantity for a wide audience. Leading scholars David Waterhouse and Julia Meech provide in-depth looks at the prints in their Japanese contexts and at Grabhorn's role as a print collector. Large full-color reproductions all 140 of the Grabhorn prints in the Asian Art Museum's collection are accompanied by entries by Laura Allen and Melissa Rinne.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
184
Release Date:
2013-10-08
Publication Date:
2013-09-01
Publisher:
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0939117606
ISBN13:
9780939117604
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
701 g
Height:
233 cm
Width:
304 cm
Thickness:
25 cm
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