Seduction: Japan's Floating World: The John C. Weber Collection

Book Overview

* * Winner of the 2017 Silver Medal for Fine Art (National Level) from the Independent Publisher Book Awards * *

Featuring dozens of stunning Japanese woodblock prints, textiles, serving vessels and thoughtful essays, Seduction paints a vibrant and provocative picture of Japan's Uikoyo-e or 'floating world.

''The Floating World' was catch phrase that defined the pleasure quarters of Edo-period Japan's (1615--1868) and conveyed a fantasy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0939117703
• ISBN13: 9780939117703
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 3.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.9" x 12.0"