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SUBJECTS PORTRAYED IN JAPANESE COLOUR-PRINTS, A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO ALL THE SUBJECTS ILLUSTRATED INCLUDING AN EXHAUSTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE CHUSHINGURA AND OTHER FAMOUS PLAYS , TOGETHER WITH A CAUSERIE ON THE JAPANESE THEATRE by Basil Stewart Descrizione libro: London Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. 1922., 1922. First Edition. One of the earliest attempts in which the author has made classifications of Japanese prints based on schools and subject matter. This volume is a revision of an earlier work, which the author published in 1920. With an extensive discussion of prints by various artists on the drama of the "Chushingura". Contains over 270 reproductions of prints from the author's collection and elsewhere (22 in color). Wear at extremities with partial splitting to hinges. Binding is folio, xvi, 380 pages. Codice libro della libreria 004511 Size: Folio