Product Description

If sensuality had a name, it would be without a doubt Utamaro. Delicately underlining the Garden of Pleasures that once constituted Edo, Utamaro, by the richness of his fabrics, the long necks of swans, the mysterious looks, evoke in a few lines the sensual pleasure of the Orient.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1435006 in Books
• Published on: 2008-08-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

About the Author
Edmond de Goncourt was a French writer belonging to the naturalist movement. He was friends with Zola, Flaubert and Daudet. From 1850, he wrote on art history with his brother. Together, they were the witnesses of the artistic life of the second half of the nineteenth century. His last will was to create a literary academy to honour the memory of this brother. The Goncourt Prize is today the most prestigious literary distinction in France.

Customer Reviews

A disappointment
A note of warning to anyone thinking they're getting an English translation of de Goncourt's 1891 monograph when they buy this book. That's not what it is. This book is a book based on de Goncourt's book with bits of it changed. The parts that do come from de Goncourt's book are swapped around and everything's all over the place. The information's out of date and it's not a pleasant read. Buy it if you want a coffee table book - not one for serious Japanese print enthusiasts.