Japanese Woodcuts

by Basil Gray

Japanese woodcuts by Hiroshige, Kuniyoshi, Kiyonobu II, Masanobu, Harunobu, Buncho, Shunsho, Kiyonaga, Utamaro, Yeishi, Sharaku, Shunman, Hokusai, and, of course, Hokkei.

All woodcuts are in full color and have commentary. Basil Gray also provides a six-page introduction.

Hardcover

About the author

Basil Gray, CB, CBE, FBA (21 July 1904 – 10 June 1989), was an English art historian, Islamicist, author, and the head of the British Museum's Oriental department.

Basil Gray was married to a scholar of art and lettering, Nicolete Binyon, the daughter of Laurence Binyon, the poet, art scholar and dramatist.

They had five children, including the art historian Camilla Gray.