A history of Japanese colour-prints, with illustrations in colour and black and white;

loo:O)looCD"ON SEIDU1''ZA HISTORY OFCOLOUR-PRINTSJAPANESETOYOKUNITHE A IN HIS TEETHACTOR TORAYA HOLDING LETTER-BOXBRITISH MUSEUMA OF JAPANESEHISTORYCOLOUR-PRINTSBYSEIDLITZW. VONWITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR AND BLACK AND WHITETRANSLATED BY ANNE HEARD DYER AND GRACE TRIPLERPHILADELPHIAB. LIPPINCOTT COMPANYJ.LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANNMCMXPRINTED IN ENGLANDPREFACETHE first ofcomprehensive survey Japanese Wood-Engraving,in the in TheAnderson's Portfolio, appeared 1895.monographwrite a offirst to this art washistoryattempt Strange'sIllustration of 1897.totally inadequate Japanese Unfortunately,had before he was able to takeStrange published advantageof the new thrown his in hisupon Fenollosa,light subject byof The Masters The1896,illuminating Catalogue of Ukiyoye.sources of information for the student were aonly remainingnumber of scattered exhibitionarticles, monographs, catalogues,and it toand sale seemed me that I do acatalogues, mightuseful work all thisby gathering together disjointed learninginto a coherent whole. art has become an element inJapaneseour culture it certain needs of our and;European supplies age,makes for its But in order todistinctly progress. appreciateto the we must know the inter-full,Japanese Wood-Engravingrelation between the various and the successive ofartists, stagesin their art we also a criterion which to;development require bytest that weindividual not rest content with weakessays, mayand ...