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Empire Of The Senses: Beauty Prints From The Floating World (Ukiyo-e Master Series)
Empire Of The Senses Beauty Prints From The Floating World - Ukiyo-e Master Series
One of the most dominant strains of ukiyo-e - "pictures of the floating world? - in the early 19th century concerned itself with depictions of prostitutes and geisha, the denizens and queens of pleasure quarters such as the Yoshiwara in old Edo. A symbiosis between art and life helped form a new cult of the courtesan, an idealized icon whose sk...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781840683141
ISBN-10: 1840683147
Publication Date: 6/30/2014
Pages: 208
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Publisher: Shinbaku Books
Book Type: Paperback
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