{"product_id":"playthings-and-pastimes-in-japanese-prints","title":"Playthings and Pastimes in Japanese Prints","description":"\u003cp\u003eOf all the arts of Japan, woodblock prints were among the first to be widely known and appreciated in the West. The bright colors, vibrant forms. and exotic figures in the prints attracted Westerners even when they knew little about the subject matter of the images. But woodblock prints are more than pretty pictures; they are also fascinating and detailed accounts of the life and customs of old Japan, many of which have survived to the present day. Playthings and Pastimes in Japanese Prints offers a delightful visual catalogue of an enormous variety of toys, games, puppets, dolls, talismans, folk crafts, and artifacts of daily life, as well as the craftsmen who made them. It also illustrates many of the annual festivals, popular children's stories, folk tales, and characters and plots of the best-known plays of kabuki and the puppet theater-events and narratives that are indispensable in appreciating and enjoying Japanese art and culture on every level.\u003cbr\u003ePrints of the great masters of ukiyo-e have been selected to illustrate this cornucopia of playthings and pastimes: Ogata Korin (1658-1716), Suzuki Harunobu (1725-70), Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858), Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-92), Fujita Tsuguji (1886-1968), and Shibuya Eichi (b. 1928) are just a few of the more than 50 artists\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lea Baten","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48508399354106,"sku":"SW-A2\/26\/03202026","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/3387\/5450\/files\/IMG_1705_23cb0b05-9dd7-4902-b4db-d335d0f839f6.jpg?v=1774036895","url":"https:\/\/flippedpages.com\/products\/playthings-and-pastimes-in-japanese-prints","provider":"Flipped Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}