NIHON RAITAI BIJITSU ZEN: COMPLETE COLLECTION OF JAPANESE NUDES IN ART. Covers W de UEMURA, Masuro

Tokyo 1931, Takami Zaioku Han Sha. Vol.4 from the series, brown cloth, 82 color & b.w. fold-out plates, Japanese text, no pagination, 4 cm. thick, 22 x 31 cm., very good, solid copy. FIRST & ONLY EDITION A very useful reference, covering some 400 years of the nude female as she appeared in various Japanese art forms: ie as in Japanese wood block prints, paintings and drawings. * Each picture is preceded by a numbered description sheet, giving artist, title, date, subject, type of medium and any other details of importance. * A highly useful resource. Each volume complete in itself, monographic. This work covers those Japanese woodblock prints which show nude or semi-nude women, those with their breasts exposed. A collection of 18-19th century Ukiyo-e prints, some are triptychs, diptychs, or single prints, all follow the single theme of the nude in the print. Examples are shown from all varieties artists, including Utamaro, Kunichika, Yoshitoshi, Toyoharu, Yoshitora, Kiyochika, Kunisada, Shunko, Kiyonaga, Toyokuni, and a host of others. * Each volume covers a different period: Vol. II: Kamakura to beginning of the Tokugawa era. Vol. III: Middle Tokugawa period. Vol. IV: End of the Tokugawa. Vol. VI: Taisho and Showa periods. Check with us to see which of these volumes are currently in stock. * A useful reference for any student or collector, collating a large number of nudes found in Japanese art works. * .