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Fashion and the Floating World

Japanese ukiyo-e Prints

Anna Jackson Masami Yamada

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English
Victoria & Albert Pubs
07 January 2025
This sumptuous book explores the important role that woodblock prints played in the fashionable world of Edo-period Japan (1603–1868). 140 ukiyo-e – ‘pictures of the floating world’ – offer us a vivid view of the culture of entertainment, style and glamour that developed in bustling urban centres. Expert curators bring to life the scenes and figures depicted, and highlight the fashions, dress accessories and hairstyles shown in these colourful and compelling images by artists such as Utagawa Kunisada and Utagawa Hiroshige. Benefitting from the V&A’s world-leading collection and including many rarely seen prints, this is a fascinating glimpse into an exciting world of celebrity actors, courtesans, geisha, kimono retailers, fabric workshops, makeup brands, theatre managers, brothel keepers and restaurant owners.
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Imprint:   Victoria & Albert Pubs
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 320mm,  Width: 240mm, 
ISBN:   9781838510503
ISBN 10:   1838510508
Pages:   240
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Anna Jackson is Deputy Keeper of the V&A's Asian Department. She co-curated Encounters: the Meeting of Asia and Europe 1500-1800 with Amin Jaffer and co-edited the accompanying book (V&A 2004). She is also the author of Japanese Textiles (V&A 2000) and EXPO (V&A 2008) and a contributor to Art Deco (V&A 2003). Amin Jaffer is International Director of Asian Art at Christie's. He was previously Senior Curator in the V&A's Asian Department and is the author of Furniture from British India and Ceylon (V&A 2001) and Made for Maharajas (2006).

Reviews for Fashion and the Floating World: Japanese ukiyo-e Prints

‘the prints are, it hardly needs saying, marvelous, and those selected are not always the usual suspects.’ Peter Gordon, Asian Review of Books, 24th November 2024 


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