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the th through the th century, artists in Kyoto and Edo now Tokyo captured the metropolitan amusements of the floating world ukiyo in Japanese through depictions of subjects such as the beautiful women of the Yoshiwara pleasure quarters and performers of the kabuki theater In contrast to ukiyo e prints by artists such as Katsushika Hokusai, which were widely circulated, ukiyo e paintings were specially commissioned, unique objects that displayed the maker s technical skill and individual artistic sensibility Featuring than works from the celebrated Weston Collection, the most comprehensive of its kind in private hands and published here for the first time in English, this lavishly illustrated and meticulously researched volume addresses the genre of ukiyo e painting in all its complexity Individual essays explore topics such as shunga erotica , mitate e images that parody or transform a well known story or legend , and poetic inscriptions, revealing the crucial role that ukiyo e painting played in a sophisticated urban culture An attractive book, and a nice accompaniment to the Art Institute of Chicago exhibition Both provide a lot of insight into the culture of Edo period Japan Most of the essays in the book were pedantic and uninteresting, but the presentation of the artwork from the collection is excellent.
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