Ehon : the artist and the book in Japan /
Artist and the book in Japan
Roger S. Keyes.
- 320 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 32 cm
"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Ehon: The Artist and the Book in Japan presented at The New York Public Library ... October 20, 2006-February 4, 2007"--P. [5]. "Published on the occasion of the exhibition Ehon: The Artist and the Book in Japan presented at The New York Public Library...Oct. 20, 2006-Feb. 4, 2007."--Verso of t.p.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-311) and index.
Ehon : an introduction -- The distinctive components of Japanese books.
"Ehon - or "picture books," in Japanese - are part of an incomparable 1,230-year-old Japanese tradition. Created by artists and craftsmen, most ehon also feature essays, poems, or other texts written in beautiful, distinctive calligraphy. They are by nature collaborations: visual artists, calligraphers, writers, and designers join forces with papermakers, binders, block cutters, and printers. The books they create are strikingly beautiful, highly charged microcosms of deep feeling, sharp intensity, and extraordinary intelligence. In the elegant, richly illustrated Ehon: The Artist and the Book in Japan, renowned scholar Roger S. Keyes traces the history and evolution of these remarkable books through seventy key works, including many great rarities and unique masterpieces, from the Spencer Collection of The New York Public Library, one of the foremost collections of Japanese illustrated books in the West."--BOOK JACKET.
0295986247 9780295986241
2006014593
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