UMI231 Umi-Mori Art Museum ed: THE BRILLIANCE OF SUZHOU PRINTS: POPULAR ART THAT BLOSSOMED IN THE COSMOPOLITAN CITY. Soshu Hanga no Kobo: Kokusai Toshi ni Hanahiraita Minshu Geijutsu. 蘇州版畫の光芒. Hatsukaichi, 2023. 283 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 30x23 cm. Wrappers. GBP 90.00 Catalogue of an exhibition that highlighted and explored the Umi-Mori Art Museum's very fine and extensive collection of 18th and 19th century Suzhou 'Gusu' prints - a very distinct and interesting genre that demonstrates western influences. 305 prints were exhibited in two sessions. The exhibition divided into eight sections mainly by print subject matter; Legends, Historical Events and Literary Tales; Deities and Saints; Auspicious Symbols and Characters etc. One section (7) focusses on the transmission of Chinese Prints to Japan. Illustrated throughout. Foreword, list of contents and very brief captions to illustrations in English. Main text in Japanese. An important contribution to the subject. Subjects: Woodcuts Printing Item 582 in List 209. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?u/UMI231.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |