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Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-1997.

The floating world / James A. Michener ; with commentary by Howard A. Link.

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, ©1983.

xviii, 453 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

An account of the life and death of an art, of the men who made it, and of the lusty age in which they flourished. Michener shows how the Japanese printmakers, cut off from revivifying contacts with the art of the rest of the world and hampered by their own governmental restrictions, were able to keep their art vital for two centuries through their vigor and determination. This is a classic work on the Japanese print of the Edo period (1615-1868).

Color prints, Japanese.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-440) and index.

In the Village of Otsu -- The land and the people -- The sovereign line -- The City and the Stage -- The dramatic vision -- The floating world -- The function of the symbol -- The role of the inventor -- The exquisite vision -- The basic principles of Ukiyo-e -- Integrity and the artist -- The inevitable prison -- The complete artist -- Certain facts not widely known -- How it was done -- The popular symbol -- Art's mystry -- Must an artist be original? -- The life of the artist -- The other books -- The function of the eye -- Why an art dies -- The dispersal -- Japanese prints today.

The Prints -- Chronological Chart -- Biographies -- The Floating World thirty years later.

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