Waves of Renewal: Modern Japanese Prints, 1900 to 1960: Selections from the Nihon No Hanga Collection, Amsterdam

by Chris Uhlenbeck, Amy Reigle Newland, Maureen de Vries

Waves of renewal traces the history of Japanese printmaking following an era of decline beginning in the late nineteenth century. The early twentieth century witnessed the emergence of two principal printmaking movements. The first--shin hanga (new print)--reinvented and revitalised the conventional genres of landscape, beauties and actors. Shin hanga adhered to a traditional production method that was based on the cooperation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004307710
• ISBN13: 9789004307711
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Brill Hotei
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 4.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.9" x 12.1"