Floating World
£9.99
Living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, sun, the cherry blossoms and the maple leaves, singing songs, drinking wine, and diverting ourselves just in floating, floating, caring not a whit for the pauperism staring us in the face, refusing to be disheartened, like a gourd floating along with the river current: this is what we call the floating world, 'ukiyo'. This 17th century Japanese writer is describing a remarkable phenomenon. Ukiyo-e are paintings and prints of 'the floating world' of Edo (Tokyo), which had transformed itself in just a century from a swampy village to a metropolis of about a million people - then one of the largest cities in the world. Ukiyo was a state of mind as well as a world of pleasure-seeking, promising release from the restraints imposed on urban life in a highly regulated society.
In Detail
Product code: cmc24346
Price category: Under £10
World culture: Japan
Title: Floating World
Subtitle: Japan in the Edo Period
Author: John Reeve
ISBN: 9780714124346
Number of pages: 96
Size: 185x150mm
llustrations: 45 colour
Standard UK delivery: 3-5 working days (overseas delivery times may vary)
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