Japanese Art of the Edo Period

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The Edo period saw the growth of an urban culture of extraordinary richness, sophistication and cultural diversity, and an unprecendented flowering of the arts, in painting, woodblock prints, ceramics, laquer and textiles. This book offers an overview of the arts of the Edo period as they developed in the imperial city of Kyoto, the shogun capital of Edo, the mercantile centre of Osaka and the cosmopolitan port of Nagasaki. Illustrated with the work of artists such as Korin, Utamaro and Hokusai, as well as with lesser-known artists of the time.