Hokusai

Katsushika Hokusai (1769-1849) was one of the 
greatest of the Japanese printmakers, painters and book illustrators. This richly illustrated monograph provides an overview of the master's life and works. Comprising introductory essays, seven chapters embracing Hokusai's entire career and some 700 illustrations, it presents 
and analyses a large selection of Hokusai's finest works in all media, covering his whole career and giving a scholarly and up-to-date interpretation of the artist and his significance. 
Gian Carlo Calza is Professor of East Asian Art History at the University of Ca' Foscari, Venice, and Director of the International Hokusai Research Centre 
in Milan. A distinguished authority on Hokusai and Japanese art, he has published many books, exhibition catalogues and articles on Hokusai, and is currently preparing a catalogue raisonnÈ of Hokusai's paintings. 
In addition to Calza's eight introductory essays and his catalogue of the artist's works, the book includes discussions of various aspects of Hokusai's art by inter-nationally respected authorities in the field, namely Roger S. Keyes, Visiting Professor in the History of Art at Brown University; Matthi Forrer, Curator at the National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden; John M. Rosen-field, Professor Emeritus of East Asian Art at Harvard University; Richard Lane, independent scholar; Asano Shugo, Curator of the Municipal Museum of Art, Chiba; Tsuji Nobuo, Rector of Tama University of Fine Arts, Tokyo; and Kobayashi Tadashi, Director of the Muni-cipal Museum of Art, Chiba, and Professor of East Asian Art History at the University Gakushuin of Tokyo.

Arts & Photography

Calza, Gian Carlo

History & Criticism

Phaidon Press

The life and work of one of the greatest Japanese artists.

FORRER, Matthi

Keyes, Roger S.

Individual Artists

The art of ukiyo-e (the floating world) originated in the city of Edo (1603–1867, now Tokyo), when the political and military power of Japan was in the hands of the shoguns. Comprising six essays, six plate sections and over 600 illustrations this beautiful book provides a perfect introduction to the art of this period. The paintings, scrolls and prints reproduced here demonstrate not only the new urban pleasures of the theatre, restaurants, teahouses and geisha, but also Japan’s love of nature and tradition. Professor Calza’s accessible style provides a fascinating yet scholarly study of such masters as Hokusai, Hiroshige and Utamaro.

Ukiyo-E

Screech, Timon

Muto, Junko

Mondadori Electa SpA

Japan Style, written by one of the world's most respected scholars of Japanese art and culture, is an authoritative and wide-ranging visual essay on the aesthetics of Japan.It serves as a unique handbook that aids an understanding of Japanese culture through its architecture, arts, crafts, cinema, and literature. It gives an insight into the essence of Japanese culture, identifying its specific qualities and characteristics from ukiyo-e to Tadao Ando. The author draws connections between art, religion, history, philosophy, and mythology, using the links to frame specific examples of Japanese cultural memes. The book features over 150 illustrations ranging from the traditional to thecontemporary. Japan Style is a perfect introduction to Japanese style and culture.

Japan Style

Studioarte srl (Gian Carlo Calza Co.)

The art of ukiyo-e (the floating world) originated in the city of Edo (1603-1867, now Tokyo), when the political and military power of Japan was in the hands of the shoguns. Comprising six essays, six plate sections and over 600 illustrations this beautiful book provides a perfect introduction to the art of this period. The paintings, scrolls and prints reproduced here demonstrate not only the new urban pleasures of the theatre, restaurants, teahouses and geisha, but also Japan's love of nature and tradition. Professor Calza's accessible style provides a fascinating yet scholarly study of such masters as Hokusai, Hiroshige and Utamaro.

Londres. 28 cm. 462 p. il. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial ilustrada. Contiene ilustraciones en color.. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario.

Poem of the Pillow and Other Stories By Utamaro, Hokusai, Kuniyoshi, and Other Artists of the Floating World

German Hokusai

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

An authoritative and wide-ranging visual essay on the aesthetics of Japan, now in a beautiful paperback edition.
Japan Style, written by one of the world's most respected scholars of Japanese art and culture, defines what 'Japan style' is. It explores specific achievements in Japanese art and architecture, but also offers an in-depth analysis of the whole of Japanese culture, its vision of the world and of humankind. 'Japan style' is something recognizable to everyone: a beautifully arranged flower, an elegant piece of calligraphy or a simple rock garden, but it is also something that is very difficult to define.
The book is divided into three main sections. In the first one ('Irregular Beauty'), the author delineates the different aspects of Japanese culture and draws interesting connections between art, architecture, religion, philosophy and mythology. For example, he explains the aesthetics of the tea ceremony and its relationship to Zen philosophy as well as other subjects such as the function of the void in mythology, Buddhism and the arts.
The second part of the book ('A Feeling of Nature') follows a chronological path from ancient times to the present explaining more specifically how to interpret the different forms of Japanese art (literature, painting, sculpture, etc.).
The third part of the book ('Art Masters') contains short monographs on Japanese masters in the history of Japanese art and culture: Zeami Moto, the creator of No theatre; Hokusai, the master of woodblock printing; Yasunai Kawabata and Mishima Yukio, the writers; and the graphic designer, Tanaka Ikko.
Calza's groundbreaking and insightful text is accompanied by 150 colour images of a great variety of examples from Japanese art and culture.

History

Asia

A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated study of traditional Japanese erotic art.Poem of the Pillow and Other Stories examines the artistic developments of Japanese erotic art from the ukiyo-e period, dating from the mid-seventeenth century to the end of the nineteenth century. Known by the delicate euphemism of Shunga or ‘spring images’, these pictures were hugely popular and admired, and are today highly collectable works of art.This book illustrates major Shunga works from important ukiyo-e masters such as Utamaro, Hokusai, Harunobu, Kunisada, Kuniyoshi and many others. World-renowned scholar Gian Carlo Calza defines these fascinating erotic works in their social, historical and artistic context, providing a broad overview of a subject that is extremely nuanced and intriguing. Beautifully illustrated with over 300 images, including woodblock prints, scrolls and paintings, this book is a perfect introduction to ukiyo-e erotic art.

Poem of the Pillow and other stories: by Utamaro, Hokusai, Kuniyoshi and other artists of the Floating World

Un estudio riguroso del arte erótico japonés desde mediados del siglo XVII hasta finales del XIX, el denominado periodo ukiyo-e. 
Una recopilación cronológica de artistas que incluye figuras de la talla de Utamaro, Hokusai, Harunobu, Kunisada y Kuniyoshi, entre muchos otros. 
Profusamente ilustrado con más de 350 imágenes de grabados en bloques de madera, rollos de pergamino y pinturas, este libro es una referencia imprescindible del arte erótico ukiyo-e. 
Con un diseño marcadamente moderno que potencia la exquisita calidad de esta edición, cada ejemplar incluye una lámina de regalo de la célebre escena erótica de El poema de la almohada de Utamaro. 
Gian Carlo Calza, uno de los especialistas más prestigiosos en arte y cultura japoneses, traza un recorrido minucioso y ameno que seducirá por igual a entendidos y no iniciados. 
Incluye un listado detallado de obras, así como un glosario y una bibliografía muy completos.

Poema de la Almohada: Por Utamaro, Hokusai, Kuniyoshi y Otros Artistas del Mundo Flotante (Poem of the Pillow) (Spanish Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

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Hokusai

Hokusai

Ukiyo-E

Japan Style

Ukiyo-E

Poem of the Pillow and Other Stories By Utamaro, Hokusai, Kuniyoshi, and Other Artists of the Floating World

German Hokusai

Japan Style

Poem of the Pillow and other stories: by Utamaro, Hokusai, Kuniyoshi and other artists of the Floating World

Poema de la Almohada: Por Utamaro, Hokusai, Kuniyoshi y Otros Artistas del Mundo Flotante (Poem of the Pillow) (Spanish Edition)