PICTURES OF THE FLOATING WORLD (ABBEVILLE) (HB)

In this attractive volume, Sarah E. Thompson, curator of Japanese art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, presents an overview of the cultural and artistic history of ukiyo-e (‘Pictures of the Floating World’). Through 120 exceptional prints by masters including Utamaro, Hokusai and Hiroshige, she explores their themes of beauty and fashion, the kabuki theatre, landscape, nature, history, literature, and fantasy. Features a traditional Japanese stab binding and housed in a durable slipcase, together with three prints suitable for framing.