| Description |
320 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm |
| Contents |
Ehon : an introduction -- The distinctive components of Japanese books |
| Summary |
"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 |
| Notes |
"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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
New York Public Library. Spencer Collection -- Exhibitions.
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Picture books -- New York (State) -- New York -- Exhibitions.
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Picture books -- New Your (State) -- New York -- New York (State) -- Exhibitions
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Picture books -- New Your (State) -- New Yourk -- Exhibitions
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Illustrated books -- New York (State) -- New York -- Exhibitions.
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Illustrated books -- Japan -- Exhibitions.
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Picture books -- Japan -- Exhibitions.
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Illustrators -- Japan -- Exhibitions.
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| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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| Author |
New York Public Library.
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| LC no. |
2006014593 |
| ISBN |
9780295986241 cased |
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0295986247 cased |
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