Displaying 1 of 1 1986 Format: Book Author: Meech, Julia. Title: The world of the Meiji print : impressions of a new civilization / by Julia Meech-Pekarik. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: New York : Weatherhill, 1986. Description: xxi, 259 pages, 49 unnumbered pages of plates (some folded) : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm Summary: Focused on the Lincoln Kirstein Collection of woodblock prints in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, this book centres on Japan's attraction for Western novelties. Subjects: Color prints, Japanese -- Meiji period, 1868-1912. Color prints, Japanese -- 20th century. Japan -- History -- Meiji period, 1868-1912 -- Pictorial works. Japan -- Civilization -- 1868-1912. Japan -- Civilization -- Western influences. Japan -- History -- Meiji period, 1868-1912. Other Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Notes: Published in conjunction with the Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibition entitled "Impressions of a New Civilization" (May-September 1986). Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-249) and index. Contents: I. News of the West : Yokohama prints -- II. Pride in progress : the modernization of Tokyo in the 1870s -- III. Prints for the good of the nation -- IV. Satire : harsh critics of New Japan -- V. Japan as world power. LCCN: 86010970 ISBN: 0834802090 9780834802094 Other Number: 13525770 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 74745 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 769.952 Meech Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
