Early genre painting and the rise of Ukiyo-e. Prologue ; Before Ukiyo-e : the predecessors of the Japanese print ; The pioneers of Ukiyo-e ; The first masters of Ukiyo-e ; Ukiyo-e and the Japanese at leisure ; The early figure paintings ; The world of the courtesan ; The Floating World of Ukiyo-e ; Ukiyo-e and early Kabuki ; The Ukiyo-e primitives ; Ukiyo-e and early printing -- The primitives and the first century of Ukiyo-e, 1660-1765. The Kambun Master ; The early Edo masters ; Moronobu's early work ; Moronobu the illustrator ; Moronobu and the early print ; Moronobu and his school ; Sugimura ; The Kyōto masters ; Kiyonobu ; Kiyomasu ; Kabuki and the early print masters ; Masanobu ; Kaigetsudō Ando ; The Kaigetsudō prints ; The golden age of the lacquer print (1) : Kiyonobu II, Kiyomasu II, Kiyotada, Kiyoshige ; The golden age of the lacquer print (2) : Masanobu and Toshinobu ; The early color print (1) : Masanobu ; The early color print (2) : Shegenaga, Toyonobu, Kiyohiro, Kiyomitsu, Kiyotsune ; Some painters and illustrators: Chōshun, Chōki, Settei; Itchō, Ōtsu-e and Ema ; The first century and a half of Ukiyo-e -- The golden age of the color print, 1765-1810. Harunobu and the "brocade print" ; Harunobu's masterpieces; Koryūsai and Bunchō ; Shunshō and the Katsukawa school ; Sharaku ; Shigemasa and Kyōden ; Kiyonaga, Shunchō, Shumman ; Utamaro ; Eishi, Eishō, Eiri, Chōki ; Toroharu and the early landscape print ; Toyokuni and the Utagawa school -- Hokusai, Hiroshige and the Japanese landscape, 1810-1880. Hokusai's early work ; Hokusai's maturity ; Hokusai's achievement ; Hokusai's pupils and followers ; Hiroshige's early work ; Hiroshige's maturity ; Hiroshige's later work ; Later figure prints and landscapes : Kunisada, Kuniyoshi, Toyokuni II ; The decline of Ukiyo-e : Eizan, Eisen, Yoshitoshi; Kamigata-e ; Kiyochika and the demise of Ukiyo-e ; Before and after the opening of Japan ; Neo-ukiyo-e ; Epilogue -- Illustrated dictionary of Ukiyo-e. Praface ; Table of print and book sizes and list of signs ; Map of Edo and environs ; Map of highways (Tōkaidō, Kiso-kaidō) ; Map of the provinces and cities of old Japan ; Index to Ukiyo-e artists alternate names.
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