Ukiyoe: Images of Unknown Japan by Smith, Lawrence (editor) - 1989

London: British Museum Publications, 1989. Oversize paperback . 2nd Printing. BINDING/CONDITION: an oversize paperback; Good condition. Over 250 color reproductions of Ukiyoe school of popular art which recorded the life, fashions and entertainments of Japan's urban population in the seventeenth, eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. During this period Japan was almost completely isolated under the policies of the Shoguns. Ukiyoe paintings, prints and books therefore depicted a society unknown to the rest of the world. Includes a glossary. Originally published in 1988. nearly square format: about 9.5 inches tall x 9.75 wide 184 pages.