Masami Teraoka: From Tradition to Technology, the Floating World Comes of Age

by John Stevenson and Masami Teraoka

Born in 1936 in Japan, Masami Teraoka has lived in Los Angeles and Hawaii. Throughout his career, he has combined the stylistic conventions of the 19th-century Japanese woodblock print with commentary on contemporary society in Japan and the West. This book examines the full range of his work. His paintings of the 70s--McDonalds Hamburgers Invading Japan and the Wave Series--won a wide audience, with their subtle and amusing parodies. As he took AIDS...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295976519
• ISBN13: 9780295976518
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 63 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.6" x 11.0"