First edition. 184pp plus numerous monochrome plate illustrations. In orange cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. Illustrated endpapers. 8vo. Cloth is faded along top edge and over spine. Very gently rounded on corners. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.
A survey and appreciation of the history of Japanese print-making starting with an evolution of the Ukiyo-e school and the Japanese print, tracing through the earliest broadsheets, the Kabuki Theatre and the Ukiyo Print, Picture Books, Brocade Prints, the Art of Surimono etc.
