Fashion and the Floating World

This sumptuous book explores the important role that woodblock prints played in the fashionable world of Edo-period Japan (1603-1868). 140 ukiyo-e - 'pictures of the floating world' offer us a vivid view of the culture of entertainment, style and glamour that developed in bustling urban centres.

Aceasta carte somptuoasa exploreaza rolul important pe care l-au jucat gravurile in lemn in lumea la moda a Japoniei din perioada Edo (1603-1868). 140 ukiyo-e - ,,imagini ale lumii plutitoare" ne ofera o imagine vie asupra culturii divertismentului, stilului si glamourului care s-a dezvoltat in centrele urbane pline de viata.