Competition and Collaboration: Japanese Prints of the Utagawa School by Mueller, Laura J

Leiden, Netherlands: Hotei Publishing This is the catalog for an exhibition of more than 200 prints from the Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints at the Chazen Museum of Art in Madison, WI, in 2007-2008; the Utagawa school is one of the most famous lineages of print artists of Japanese woodblock prints; during the 18th & 19th centuries its artists dominated virtually every genre of ukiyo-e prints, or pictures of the floating world; includes essays by Laura J. Mueller, Fujisawa Akane, Kobayashi Tadashi, Ellis Tinios, followed by the annotated catalog with color reproductions and artist biographies (orange cloth with embossed lettering, blue end papers; blue pictorial dust jacket with white & orange lettering; a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock & available for immediate shipping from a reliable independent bookstore) . Hard Cover. As New/As New. 10" X 12".