Andreas Marks: Japanese Woodblock Prints (1680–1938)Uta Lauer

ASIEN – Nr. 154/155 (2020) pp. 170–72

TASCHEN, 2019. 622 pp., 150 EUR

Certainly a big splash and yes, the iconic „Great Wave (Under the Great Wave of Kanagawa / Kanagawa-oki nami-ura)“ by Hokusai (1760–1849) is also in the book (catalog number 111, pages 352–354). As a highly readable book review is already available (Laflamme 2020), I will here focus on a few points perhaps a bit off the beaten track but nevertheless noteworthy…