| Description |
192 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 31 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / by Michiaki Kawakita -- Woodblock prints (Amusements -- City life -- Worship -- Elegance -- Countryside) / [by Clifton Karhu] -- Making a woodblock print -- A woodblock artist's life / by Clifton Karhu |
| Notes |
This book was originally published in Japanese in 1979 by Tankosha, Kyoto, under the title: Kyoto saiken |
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Translation of: Kyōto saiken |
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Mr. Karhu's text and commentaries, derived from taped interviews in Japanese, have been translated and adapted for this edition by Alex Kerr, who has also provided the introductory essays for the five topical sections (Amusements -- City life -- Worship -- Elegance -- Countryside) of Woodblock prints |
| Subject |
Karhu, Clifton, 1927-
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Color prints, American -- 20th century.
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Wood-engraving, American -- 20th century.
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| SUBJECT |
Kyoto (Japan) -- In art.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009128130
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Art.
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| Author |
Kawakita, Michiaki, 1914-1995, contributor
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河北倫明, 1914-1995, contributor
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Kerr, Alex, 1952- translator
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| LC no. |
80017382 |
| ISBN |
0834815214 |
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