Obtaining Images: Art, Production, and Display in EDO Japan

by Timon Screech

Book Overview

The Edo period (1603-1868) witnessed one of the great flowerings of Japanese art. Towards the mid-seventeenth century, the Japanese states were largely at peace, and rapid urbanization, a rise in literacy and an increase in international contact ensued. The number of those able to purchase luxury goods, or who felt their social position necessitated owning them, soared. Painters and artists flourished and the late seventeenth century also...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824836138
• ISBN13: 9780824836139
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.6" x 9.9"