基本説明
江戸時代から大正時代をカバーする木版画百科事典。第一部が事項（歴史的背景、浮世絵美術史、版画生産、収集史）に充てられ、第二部はアルファベット順２千項目にて、個々の作家、流派、収集家などを網羅。補遺として、署名解説、地図、年譜を収録。
Full Description
The Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints will serve as a source of quick reference as well as an in-depth study of all aspects of Japanese prints from the Edo (1600-1868) to Taishō (1912-26) periods.
The first section of The Hotei Encyclopedia is divided into four main subject areas. Each subject area contains a longer survey article which is accompanied by shorter essays that highlight specific topics pertaining to Japanese prints and their development.
The second section of the book comprises an extensive alphabetical listing of well over a 2000 carefully cross-referenced entries on individual print designers and schools, publishers, carvers, printers and collectors, major Kabuki actors, materials and techniques, conservation, subject-matter/iconography, literature and miscellaneous print-related terminology. This is followed by various appendices, including such aspects as seals of publishers and carvers, signatures, maps and chronological tables.
Contents
Foreword by J. Suzuki; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Editorial Notes. Part I: Historical Overview: The Edo Period (1600-1868); The Meiji and Taisho Periods (1868-1925); History of Japanese Prints in The Edo Period; The Birth of Ukiyo-e to the Development of Full-colour printing (mid-17th to mid-18th centuries); Birth of Full-colour Print: Suzuki Harunobu and His Artistic Milieu (1740s to late 18th century); Kitagawa Utamaro and His Contemporaries (late 18th to early 19th centuries); The First Half of the 19th Century; The Meiji Period: 1868-1912; The Early 20th Century and the Taisho Period (1912-26); Japanese Print Production; The Publishing Trade; Conservation. Part II: Reference Section; Approximately 2000 encyclopedia entries; Chronological Tables; Charts & Appendices; Contributors; Bibliography; Artist's Index.
