Ukiyo-e Paintings In The British Museum

by Timothy Clark

The British Museum's collections contain over 200 paintings of the Ukiyo-e school, including works by masters such as Utamaro, Hokusai and Moronobu. All are reproduced in color in this book, with details of signatures and seals, biographies of the artists and an annotated bibliography. In the two introductory essays Timothy Clark discusses the development and aesthetic qualities of Ukiyo-e painting and examines problems of authenticity. Oversized trade paperback with 223 colour and 224 black and white illustrations. Timothy Clark is a curator in the Department of Japanese Antiquities at the British Museum.

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Timothy Clark is a British curator and scholar specializing in Japanese art. He served at the British Museum from 1988 to 2019, including many years as Head of the Japanese Section overseeing a vast collection. An expert on Edo and Meiji period paintings and prints, he has curated major exhibitions and authored numerous studies. He later became an Honorary Research Fellow and received Japan’s Order of the Rising Sun for promoting Japanese culture in the United Kingdom.