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A history of Japanese colour-prints

A history of Japanese colour-prints

by Woldemar von Seidlitz

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Author
Seidlitz, Woldemar von, 1850-1922
Original Publication
London: William Heinemann, 1910.
Credits
Tim Lindell, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
Language
English
LoC Class
NE: Fine Arts: Print media
Subject
Wood-engravers -- Japan
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 79936
Release Date
November 6, 2026
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.A HISTORY OF JAPANESE COLOUR-PRINTS
  2. 2.PREFACE
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. 5.ERRATA
  6. 6.CHAPTER I GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
  7. 7.CHAPTER II A SURVEY OF THE HISTORY OF JAPANESE PAINTING
  8. 8.CHAPTER III THE BEGINNING OF WOOD-ENGRAVING—BLACK AND WHITE (1582-1743)
  9. 9.CHAPTER IV THE DEVELOPMENT OF COLOUR-PRINTING (1743-1765)
  10. 10.CHAPTER V THE FIRST FLOWERING OF THE POLYCHROME PRINT
  11. 11.CHAPTER VI THE CULMINATION: KIYONAGA
  12. 12.CHAPTER VII THE PERIOD OF UTAMARO
  13. 13.CHAPTER VIII HOKUSAI
  14. 14.CHAPTER IX THE REMAINING ARTISTS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
  15. 15.FOOTNOTES
  16. 16.BIBLIOGRAPHY
  17. 17.ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE SIGNS WHICH COMPOSE THE NAMES OF THE MOST IMPORTANT JAPANESE ARTISTS
  18. 18.INDEX

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