The Male Journey in Japanese Prints - Hardcover

Keyes, Roger S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520065123 ISBN 13: 9780520065123

Publisher: University of California Press, 1989

Synopsis

In this book, Roger Keyes gathers together some two hundred and fifty woodblock prints (ukiyo-e) from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to recreate the moments in a Japanese male's journey through life. At times the artists portray their subjects simply and realistically; at times their themes are dramatic and even mythic. Keyes draws on his lifelong study of Japanese prints to provide cultural and technical details. Equally important, he draws on his own emotional responses to bring the subjects to life and into a relationship with the world of twentieth-century Western men.

Published in association with The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

About this title

About the Author:

Roger Keyes is the director of the Center for the Study of Japanese Woodblock Prints in Woodacre, California. His many books on woodblock prints and Japanese art have appeared in English and Japanese.

Review:

"I strongly recommend this book . . . to those interested in Japanese prints (particularly those rare prints that they would have no other way of seeing. The range of the book (and the collection) is extreme, from the earliest prints right up to this century. . . . Many have never been photographed before, and several are the only extant copies. . . . Keyes knows his field as few others do, and his captions (as distinguished from the text) are impeccable, with full attribution and supported by a substantial index." -- Donald Richie, Japan Times

"Keyes has endeavored to . . . provide a fresh context for seeing, feeling, and understanding something about ourselves communicated directly by the prints." -- Nancy S. Allen, Art Documentation

About this edition

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0520065123
• ISBN 13: 9780520065123
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 190