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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Hawaii Press
ISBN-100824830830
ISBN-139780824830830
eBay Product ID (ePID)51709992
Product Key Features
Number of Pages208 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameJapanese Popular Prints : from Votive Slips to Playing Cards
Publication Year2006
SubjectAsian / General, Asian / Japanese, Techniques / Printmaking, Paper Ephemera
TypeTextbook
AuthorRebecca Salter
Subject AreaArt, Antiques & Collectibles
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight24.1 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width7.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2006-001062
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal769.952
SynopsisIn the West, Japanese woodblock printing tends to be associated with the ukiyo-e tradition and the familiar portrayals of kabuki actors or courtesan beauties. These well-known images were produced by a publisher and artist using the extraordinary skills of carvers and printers, whose identities are rarely known. The same craftsmen also produced woodblock-printed objects for use in everyday life such as decorative paper (chiyogami), votive slips (senjafuda), playing cards (karuta), and board games (sugoroku). As the market changed in the late nineteenth century, the craftsmen increasingly turned to the production of these low-value, essentially ephemeral objects. Although the prices were kept low, many were imbued with the same glorious visual sophistication that had attracted Westerners to ukiyo-e. Approaching the subject as an artist rather than a print scholar, Rebecca Salter focuses on the craftsmen and the complex visual culture within which they worked. Through information gained from interviews with some of the remaining practitioners and analysis of the objects themselves, she builds up a picture of the quiet role woodblock played in the lives of the Japanese as they moved from the isolation of the Edo period to embrace modernization in the early twentieth century. This book is a fascinating exploration of this area of cultural history and the numerous color illustrations encourage a playful investigation of the many threads of Japan's visual culture. Rebecca Salter is a well-known British printmaker. She lived in Japan for six years and is an acknowledged authority on Japanese woodblock printing. She is the author of Japanese Woodblock Printing., This richly illustrated work explores the tradition of Japanese popular prints and also the work that is still being done today in this field. The result is a fascinating look at an exciting and beautiful art form.
LC Classification NumberNE1321.8S25 2006
