Hajek, Lubor.

The Osaka Woodcuts. Reproductions by W. Forman. Catalogue by J.V. Neustupny.

London, Spring Books, No Year [Circa 1950]. 20.7 cm x 26.3 cm. Colour Frontispiece. 99 pages. 53 pages of colour illustrations with 1 fold-out. Hardcover / Illustrated Japanese Blockbook-style-binding. Black cloth-case with button and string loop. Binding stained but else in Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slipcase slightly worn. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

Includes for example the following chapters: About Osaka and Other Towns / The Kabuki Theatre and the Actors’ Portraits / The Yamato-e Painting and Print / List of Painters who worked in the medium of the woodcut in Osaka etc.

″The Osaka Woodcuts” maps the expansion of the exhalted Osaka woodcuts, rooting in Osaka and Edo (Tokyo today) during 19th Century Japan, blossoming into Kabuki and Joruri theatres and then splashing onto painters and printers papers. Edo modern-day Tokyo and Osaka were two of the most important centers of woodcut production. Osaka was renowned for its theatres, actors and plays, and a market for colored woodcuts that depicted popular actors and familiar Kabuki theater scenes flourished in the 19th century.

• Keywords: Catalogue Four – International Art · Eastern Literature – Rare · Eastern Philosophy – Rare · Eastern Philosophy and Culture Rare · Erik & Myrna Haugaard Collection of Eastern Cultural History · Japan · Japanese · Japanese Art · Japanese Design · Japanese Traditional Arts · Woodcut · Woodcuts
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 200286AB

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