TY - BOOK AU - Keyes,Roger S. ED - New York Public Library. TI - Ehon: the artist and the book in Japan SN - 0295986247 AV - NC961.N49 N495 2006 U1 - 741.6409520747471 22 PY - 2006///] CY - [New York], Seattle PB - New York Public Library, University of Washington Press KW - Illustrated books KW - New York (State) KW - New York KW - Exhibitions KW - Picture books KW - Japan KW - Illustrators N1 - "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 N2 - "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 ER -