Japanese Warrior Prints   ( 1646-1905 )

James King & Yuriko Iwakiri

Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket 400 pp,  (English
pub.), 200 full color illustrations.

Japanese Warrior Prints 1646–1905 is the first
publication in the English language devoted
entirely to the most neglected of the major genres
in the history of Ukiyo-e  ,  Musha-e  or images of
warriors. These works recreate in vivid detail the
tales of great heroes and battles of Japanese
history, especially from the tenth through sixteenth
centuries. The publication is divided into two parts.
The first is an Introduction to the genre of Musha-e
including a discussion of the evolution of the
genre and the various influences that came to play
on its development. The second comprises a
Catalogue’ of over 200 full-colour illustrations
dating from the mid-seventeenth to twentieth
centuries which have been grouped into sixteen
subject categories.




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Japanese Warrior Prints
( 1646-1905 )
James King & Yuriko Iwakiri

Brill 2007
English Publication
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