Japanese Prints: Ukiyo-e in Edo, 1700-1900 Hardcover – November 28, 2010

...an excellent overview of Japanese woodblock prints in terms of their production, place in Japanese society and appreciation in the West. Very well written, a good selection of prints, well reproduced. A larger format, with bigger reproductions would have been nice, but would have meant a corresponding increase in price. All in all a very worthwhile publication.

If you want to learn about Japanese wood block printing, this is where you start. Like so many of the British Museum publications, it is written with such an easy authority. The author's name - Ellis Tinios - keeps cropping up in my searches. I believe he has an important collection of his own. And of course, the book is based on prints held in the museum itself. Whether and when they are available to view, I do not know. The published 100 colour illustrations are not full size, but are a good size and combine well as examples for the detailed text. I am sure the colours are exaggerated, but this may simpler take us towards their appearance when first printed 150 years ago. This book really is an excellent, readable education to be used as a starting reference for anyone who wishes to discover another world. I am so grateful.

Disappointing content. So much text and far too few prints which themselves are small.. I returned it and bought the ultimate tome on Hokusai which although is just one artists, he is probably the most important of this genre and period [...]

The author's scholarship is lightly worn in this beautifully illustrated and admirably clear introduction to Japanese woodcuts. The book is most intelligently structured and instructs without seeming to do so. A delightful volume.

A good review of various aspects of the Ukiyo-e art in Edol It focuses on the Brtish musemum as well as other collections. It provide them by themes as well as histroical periods. It is a scholarly crtic of the topic

Great images and clear text. The book is well structured and provides a good introduction to Ukiyo-e within this period. I felt that I learnt a lot, and enjoyed the process. Worth reading