THE HOTEI ENCYCLOPEDIA OF JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS. 2 Vols.

Foreword by J. Suzuki; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Editorial Notes. Vol. I: Historical Overview: The Edo Period (1600-1868); The Meiji and Taisho Periods (1868-1925); History of Japanese Prints in The Edo Period; The Birth of Ukiyo-e to the Development of Full-colour printing (mid-17th to mid-18th centuries); Birth of Full-colour Print: Suzuki Harunobu and His Artistic Milieu (1740s to late 18th century); Kitagawa Utamaro and His Contemporaries (late 18th to early 19th centuries); The First Half of the 19th Century; The Meiji Period: 1868-1912; The Early 20th Century and the Taisho Period (1912-26); Japanese Print Production; The Publishing Trade; Conservation. Vol. II: Reference Section; Approximately 2000 encyclopedia entries; Chronological Tables; Charts & Appendices; Contributors; Bibliography; Artist's Index.