Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-281) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : Utamaro, Ukiyo-e and the city of prints -- Constructing the artist known as Utamaro -- 'Pictures of beauties' and other social physiognomies -- Behind the brocade and other Yoshiwara illusions -- Utamaro and the feminine spectacle -- Making history into the pageant of the floating world.
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