Author: KITAGAWA, UTAMARO (1753?-1806). BETCHAKU, YASUKO. MIRVISS, JOAN B. METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART (NEW YORK, N.Y.)
Title: Songs of the garden / Utamaro ; introduction, notes, and translations by Yasuko Betchaku and Joan B. Mirviss
Description: New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art 1984. Review Copy. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth in a lightly worn slip-case. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong.Physical description; [48] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. Notes; On double leaves. folding book. Japanese text. with English translation. Based on a 1st ed. copy in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Cf. Introd. In slipcase. In traditional format. Joint publisher: The Viking Press. Originally published as 'Picture Book of Selected Insects' in 1788 by Tsutaya Juzaburo. Subjects; Kitagawa. Utamaro (1753?-1806). Insects in art. Animals in art. Plants in art. Color prints. Japanese — Edo period. (1600-1868). Insects — Poetry. Animals — Poetry. Kyoka. Japanese poetry — Edo period. (1600-1868). Kyoka. Prints. Japanese. Ukiyoe. Kyeoka. Japanese woodcuts — Ukiyo-e style — to 1800. Japanese prints — Edo (Tokugawa) period (1615-1867). Genre; Illustrated. ISBN: 0436549419. Weight in Kg appr.:

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