Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print Itomasu Minor surface wear and checking

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often featuring natural beauty

Japanese kushi (combs) and kanzashi (hairpins) became expressions of a woman's character

A handmade chawan (抹茶碗) in the sakura unofu (桜うの布) style

these mythical beasts were introduced to Japan through Korea along with Buddhism in the 6th to 8th centuries

Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print Itomasu Minor surface wear and checkingTitle: Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print Subtitle: The Japanese Print Author: Richard Lane Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York (1st ed.); also published by Konecky & Konecky, Dorset Press, and others Publication Date: 1978 (first edition) Format: Hardcover Pages: 364 Illustrations: 900+ illustrations, color and black and white; includes illustrated dictionary of ukiyo e ISBN 13: 978 0914427544 (Konecky ed.) 978 0880290074 (Dorset