{"product_id":"the-actors-image-9780691036274","title":"The Actor's Image","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \"floating world\"--the closely related pleasure and entertainment districts of Tokyo in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries--embodied and idealized fashion  chic  and urbanity for its habitus  and inspired a profusion of woodblock prints depicting renowned courtesans and adored matinee idols. Considered ephemera in their time  these prints are treasured works of art today. In this volume of \"floating world prints\" (ukiyo-e)  the authors present a selection of Kabuki actor portraits and theater scenes from The Art Institute of Chicagos world-renowned Buckingham Collection of Japanese Prints. Together with interpretive essays that place the prints in their historical and cultural context  the authors offer a catalog of 880 prints  136 of them in color  containing the most complete and up-to-date information available about each print.  Donald Jenkinss essay explains printmaking and explores the lives and milieu of the Katsukawa school print makers. Timothy Clark  in his essay  vividly depicts the world of Kabuki theater and describes a particular production of a popular play  from the vantage points of various participants. Osamu Ueda has provided dates and identification for the subjects of many of the prints in the collection  as well as biographies of the leading Kabuki actors and brief lives of the printmakers of the Katsukawa school.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45816295096373,"sku":"ByrdShop_0691036276","price":102.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780691036274.jpg?v=1785181804","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-actors-image-9780691036274","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}