Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print Itomasu often featuring natural beauty

often featuring natural beauty

Height = 10"

confident cobalt blue on white

Japanese kushi (combs) and kanzashi (hairpins) became expressions of a woman's character

The overall design reflects traditional sometsuke brushwork with a simplified

Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print Itomasu often featuring natural beautyTitle: Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print Subtitle: The Japanese Print Author: Richard Lane Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York (1st ed.); also published by Konecky & Konecky, Dorset Press, and others Publication Date: 1978 (first edition) Format: Hardcover Pages: 364 Illustrations: 900+ illustrations, color and black and white; includes illustrated dictionary of ukiyo e ISBN 13: 978 0914427544 (Konecky ed.) 978 0880290074 (Dorset