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The floating world

The floating world

by James A. Michener

1954Color prints, JapaneseJapanese Color printsUkiyo-eGeschichteArt, japanese
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About this book

Account of the life and death of the Japanese art of print-making, the men who made it, and the lusty age in which they flourished.

Themes & subjects

Color prints, JapaneseJapanese Color printsUkiyo-eGeschichteArt, japaneseMethodology
First published 1954

About the author

James A. Michener
James A. Michener

1907-02-03 – 1997-10-1

**James A. Michener** was born in 1907 and raised by a Quaker woman in Pennsylvania. During World War II he served with the U.S. Navy and traveled across the Pacific. His *Tales of the South Pacific* won the Pulitzer Prize in 1947. He lived with his wife in Austin, Texas. He was director of the Texas Center for Writers at the University of Texas.

Author

James A. Michener

First published

1954

Pages

453

Read time

≈ 11h

Editions

10

Languages

English, Italian

Publisher

Random House

ISBN

9780394425221

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