Today we think of ukiyo-e—“the pictures of the floating world”—as masterpieces of Japanese art, highly prized throughout the world. Yet it is often said

The art of Japanese woodblock printing, known as ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating world"), reflects the rich history and way of life in Japan hundreds of year

A collection of nearly four hundred Japanese woodcuts from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries is accompanied by technical and biographical data on the

Originally published: London: British Museum Press, c2010.

A comprehensive survey of the history of Japanese woodblock prints, This works illustrated with an overview of social conditions, printing techniques,rtists, en