Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

by Matthi Forrer

Surimono (literally 'printed things') constitute one of the most delicate genres in Japanese printmaking. This genre fascinates because it combines poetry and image and because it presents a pictorial puzzle, which provides the viewer with a particular insight into the intellectual and literary world of late 18th- and early 19th-century Edo (today's Tokyo). Major artists such as Katsushika Hokusai, Utagawa Kunisada, Totoya Hokkei and Yashima...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9074822401
• ISBN13: 9789074822404
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Brill Hotei
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 4.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 10.2" x 11.6"