Hotei Encyclopedia Of Japanese Woodblock Prints

Description:
'The Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints' will serve as a source of quick reference as well as an in-depth study of all aspects of Japanese prints from the Edo (1600-1868) to Taisho (1912-26) periods. The first volume of the encyclopedia is divided into four main subject areas: historical background, the art history of Ukiyo-e prints, print production (materials and techniques, the publishing trade) and the history of collecting Japanese prints, with a shorter fifth section on conservation. Each subject area contains a longer survey article which is accompanied by shorter essays that highlight specific topics pertaining to Japanese prints and their development. The second volume comprises an extensive alphabetical listing of well over 2000 carefully cross-referenced entries on individual print designers and schools, publishers, carvers, printers and collectors, major Kabuki actors, materials and techniques, conservation, subject-matter/iconography, literature and miscellaneous print-related terminology. This is followed by various appendices, including such aspects as seals of publishers and carvers, signatures, maps and chronological tables. With this ambitious project Hotei Publishing fills the need for an extensive reference work and introduction to Japanese prints, one that will prove a valuable resource for teachers and students, art collectors, librarians and interested lay-people alike.

Table of Contents:
Foreword by J. Suzuki; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Editorial Notes. Part I: Historical Overview: The Edo Period (1600-1868); The Meiji and Taisho Periods (1868-1925); History of Japanese Prints in The Edo Period; The Birth of Ukiyo-e to the Development of Full-colour printing (mid-17th to mid-18th centuries); Birth of Full-colour Print: Suzuki Harunobu and His Artistic Milieu (1740s to late 18th century); Kitagawa Utamaro and His Contemporaries (late 18th to early 19th centuries); The First Half of the 19th Century; The Meiji Period: 1868-1912; The Early 20th Century and the Taisho Period (1912-26); Japanese Print Production; The Publishing Trade; Conservation. Part II: Reference Section; Approximately 2000 encyclopedia entries; Chronological Tables; Charts & Appendices; Contributors; Bibliography; Artist's Index.

Author Biography:
The main contributors include Dr Suzuki Juzo, Tokyo; Dr Harold Bolitho, Harvard University; Dr Samuel Leiter, Brooklyn College, CUNY; Dr Martha Chaiklin, Milwaukee Public Museum; Mr Lawrence Bickford, New York; Dr Ann Waswo, Oxford University; Dr Shigeru Oikawa, Japan's Women's University, Tokyo; Dr Louise Virgin, Worcester Art Museum; Dr Donald Jenkins, Portland Art Museum; Dr Tadashi Kobayashi, Gakushuin University, Tokyo; Ms Yu? Ying Brown, London; Dr Timon Screech, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London; Dr David Waterhouse, University of Toronto; Dr. Hans Thomsen, University of Chicago; Dr Elisabeth de Sabato Swinton, Curator of Asian Art Emeritus, Worcester Art Museum; Dr Julie Nelson Davis, University of Pennsylvania; Dr Toshiyuki Suzuki, Chuo University; Dr John Carpenter, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London; Dr Ellis Tinios, Honorary Lecturer, University of Leeds; Dr Hiroko Kitagawa, Ikeda Bunko, Osaka; Dr Melinda Takeuchi, Stanford University; Mr B.W. Robinson, London; Mr Gary Hickey, University of Melbourne; Dr Helen Merritt, Northern Illinois University; Dr Guita Winkel, University of Leiden; Dr Ken Brown, California State University; Dr Chiaki Ajioka, Sydney; Ms Setsuko Abe, Sobi Gallery, Tokyo; Ms Shiho Sasaki, ICA; Dr Roger Keyes, Brown University; Dr Peter Kornicki, Cambridge University, Curator of Asian Arts; Dr Sarah E. Thompson, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Dr Julia Meech, New York; Mr Max Put, Leiden; Ms Pauline Webber, Victoria & Albert Museum.