Modern Beauty Ukiyo-e Print Collection

Product Description

From the Taisho era to the prewar Showa period, shin-hanga woodblock prints created through the collaboration of artists, carvers, and printers gained wide popularity, especially overseas. Alongside landscapes, bijin-ga—images of beautiful women—became one of the most iconic and sought-after themes in ukiyo-e style printmaking.

This expanded new edition is a landmark collection that brings together masterpieces of bijin-ga based on rare works seldom seen in Japan. In addition to all woodblock prints included in the previous edition, it features approximately 70 newly discovered works, presenting more than 330 bijin-ga pieces by 56 artists in total.

Published as a bilingual Japanese-English edition, this definitive volume also introduces newly discovered works and reference materials, making it an essential book for collectors, researchers, and admirers of Japanese print art.