Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900-1975

Merritt, Helen and Nanako Yamada

Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1990. Hardcover. Burnt orange cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; burnt orange dj with color illustration and white lettering. VG-/G (inscribed and signed by author on ffep, library label inside front cover. Binding tight and pages clean. DJ has overall shelfwear and tears.). Item #187138
ISBN: 9780824812003

Text is in English. Japanese 20th century color prints. "a reference work that is both comprehensive and rigorously chronological." -rear of book. Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-365) and index Contents: Part one : Introduction -- 1. Heritage -- 2. The collaborative system -- Part two : Shin-Hanga -- 3. The Watanabe Circle -- 4. The independents : Goyo and Yoshida -- 5. Beyond Watanabe's Circle -- Part three : Sosaku-Hanga -- 6. Overview of the movement -- 7. Yamamoto Kanae : champion of Hanga -- 8. Onchi Koshiro : artist and mentor -- 9. Hiratsuka and Munakata : masters of black and white -- 10. Leading artists -- 11. Publications -- 12. End of an Era.