Japanese Kite Prints: Selections from the Skinner Collection by John A. Stevenson
Japanese Kite Prints: Selections from the Skinner Collection by John A. Stevenson
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- Title: Japanese Kite Prints: Selections from the Skinner Collection
- Subtitle: Selections from the Skinner Collection
- Author: John A. Stevenson
- Publisher: Drachen Foundation / University of Washington Press, Seattle
- Publication Date: August 2004
- Edition: First edition
- Printing:
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 200
- Illustrations: Full color throughout; includes fold-out plates
- ISBN-13: 978-0295984544
- Language: English
- Dimensions: 12.34 × 10.22 × 0.91 in.
- Series: N/A
- Condition: Very Good
- Notes:
- Contents: Introduction / The Prints / Anatomy of a Woodblock Print / Dating Japanese Prints / Bibliography / Index
- Description: A handsome large-format study at the intersection of two great Edo-period traditions: ukiyo-e (浮世絵, woodblock prints) and the culture of kite-flying. Drawing on the Skinner Collection, John Stevenson documents how kite-makers and printmakers of Tokugawa Edo (1603–1867) and Meiji Tokyo (1868–1912) mutually influenced one another — kite-makers borrowing woodblock imagery for their bamboo-and-paper constructions, printmakers incorporating kites as symbols of seasonal festival, theatrical celebrity, and everyday urban life. Subjects range from Kabuki actors and courtesans to New Year festivals and views of Fuji. Includes a seal-dating table and annotated "Anatomy of a Woodblock Print" — practical reference features for collectors. Choice: "indispensable for collectors and connoisseurs of Japanese woodblock prints."
