Great Masters of Ukiyo-E. Zhirnov R.

Japanese engraving Ukiyo-E is one of the most recognizable types of traditional arts of this country. This book contains biographies and engravings of the most famous artists of Ukiyo-e.

engravings presented in the book, cover the period since the 1660s, when the genre only was born, up to the day of the sunset of the glory of Ukiyo-e at the end of the 19th century. Thanks to this book, the reader can get a fairly detailed idea not only about the artists themselves, but also about the evolution of the genre as a whole. The book can be considered an encyclopedia for Japanese artists of the XVII-XIX century. In Russia, similar encyclopedia books were not published.

The artists about which the book tells and whose works are presented in our publication: Master of the period of the Kambun, Hisikava Moromonobu, Okumura Masanobu, the Kayghetsudo school, Kyyenobo II and Toria Kyynoba II, Toria Kiyomas I and Toria Kiyomas II, Nisimura, Nisimura Sigenaga, Ishikawa Tomonobu, Suzuki Harunobu, Katsukava Sunsyo, Ippitsusai Bunto, Tosyusai Syaraku, Katsukava Suunay, Toria Kiyunaga, Kitagava Utamaro, Utagava Toyohara, Katsusika Hokusai, Totagava Tomokuni I, Utagawa Kunisada Eisai Eisen, Utagawa Hiroshisige, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Utagava Yoshiter, Kavanabe Kösai, Toyohara Cunitics, Tsukioka Yoshitosi, Kobayashi Kiytik.