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Dyeing Elegance
Asian Modernism and the Art of Kuboku and Hisako Takaku
Textile artist Takaku Kuboku (1908-1993) is a paragon among modern artists of Japan, fusing rural and urban, traditional and innovative, and Asian and European influences in his life and work. This volume introduces his aesthetic...
ISBN: 9780615562100
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Dreams and Diversions
Essays on Japanese Woodblock Prints
With the advent of ukiyo-e woodblock prints, art became accessible to Japan’s burgeoning merchant classes. Though a uniquely Japanese art form, the prints reveal interests in celebrity, fashion, entertainment, and travel that have a universal...
ISBN: 9780937108475
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