Japanese prints from the michener collection james a. During the summer vacation a finelooking young man, who was majoring in literature at a top university, asked for an interview, and before we had talked for five minutes, he launched into his complaint. Michener was an avid collector of these prints, published two important books on the subject, and eventually donated 5,400. A prodigious collector of the japanese woodblock, james michener, popular author of sayonara and other books on the far east, offers the reader a panoramic view of the acomplishments of the ukiyoe pictures of the fleeting world masters over a period of two centuries. Michener, james, japanese prints, rutland, 1959, stated. An appreciation and millions of other books are available for. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. Due to their fragility and sensitivity to light, woodblock print displays are changed every two months in the robert f. Michener collection, honolulu academy of arts exhibition that took place at the asian art museum filmed at former museum location in golden. Printed 1904 hokusai woodblock prints collection of 6 antique. Michener, james, japanese prints, rutland, 1959, stated first printing, dust jacket, book. Japanese prints early masters modern by michener james. There is no reason big beautiful pictures cant be included. Michener collection, honolulu academy of arts exhibition that took place at.
Navy after pearl harbor, and was stationed in the south pacific. Michener collection, honolulu academy of arts white, julia m. Lange foundation gallery of japanese woodblock prints gallery 21. Woodblock prints of japan and their modern successors. Aside from the artists whose works are shown, the author discusses many others who are contributing to the continuing development of this art form. Michener described the print collections at the boston museum of fine arts and the art institute of chicago as stupendous, stating that.
Compilation of original japanese woodblock prints surveys recent outstanding. The japanese word ukiyoe translates as floating world, and is the name given to the art documenting urban japanese life during the edo era, from the 1600s to 1867 notably the exquisite woodblock prints which would later influence european artists such as toulouselautrec, degas and van gogh. As michener conducted his research for the floating world, he was stunned to find that the greatest museum holdings of japanese woodblock prints in the entire world were not in japan, but in his own homeland of the united states. Find the modern japanese print by michener, james a at biblio. Find japanese prints from the early masters to the modern by michener, james at biblio. During vacation i have to write a threethousandword term paper about your books. Handsomely illustrated with 10 tippedin, color reproductions of woodblock prints by.