Ukiyo-e: Bibliography & Resources
Books, documentaries, and scholarly resources
Books
The Floating World
A wide-ranging popular history of the Japanese print and its makers by the novelist and collector, long a standard introduction to ukiyo-e for English readers.
Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print
A comprehensive illustrated survey of ukiyo-e from its origins through the 19th century, including a dictionary of artists, by a leading Western scholar of the print.
Japanese Woodblock Prints: Artists, Publishers and Masterworks 1680-1900
A richly illustrated reference surveying the major artists, schools, and publishers of the ukiyo-e tradition across more than two centuries.
Hokusai's Great Wave: Biography of a Global Icon
A cultural history tracing how Hokusai's Great Wave became one of the most reproduced and reinterpreted images in the world.
Hiroshige: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
A full color reproduction and study of Hiroshige's celebrated final landscape series, drawn from the Brooklyn Museum's collection.
Exhibition Catalogs
Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave
The catalogue of the British Museum's major Hokusai exhibition, focusing on the artist's late work and his enduring legacy.