$54.95
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2016
Summary
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) was the most prolific and diverse artist of Japan’s Edo period, with a body of work reputed to include more than 30,000 drawings, paintings and prints. This book traces the career of this child from a working-class district of old Tokyo, then known as Edo, evoking the special atmosphere of this great city and of Japanese life, when Japan - closed to foreigners - developed in a vacuum a powerfully original culture. Its urban centres enjoyed increasing wealth and …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780500094037 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0500094039 |
| Author: | Henri-Alexis Baatsch |
| Publisher: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Imprint: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2016 |
| Weight: | 880g |
| Dimensions: | 160mm x 226mm |
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