{"id":72377,"date":"2026-03-20T18:11:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/the-japanese-woodblock-prints-companion\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T18:11:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:11:50","slug":"the-japanese-woodblock-prints-companion","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/the-japanese-woodblock-prints-companion\/","title":{"rendered":"The Japanese Woodblock Prints Companion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese woodblock prints, exemplified by iconic works such as Hokusai&rsquo;s <em>Great Wave<\/em>, Utamaro&rsquo;s portraits of beauties, Hiroshige&rsquo;s <em>Heavy Rain<\/em> <em>on<\/em> <em>Ohashi Bridge<\/em>, and <em>Kuniyoshi&rsquo;s <\/em>tattooed warriors, rank among the most influential art forms in history. While celebrated artists are widely known, the publishers, carvers, printers, and other collaborators who shaped production and distribution have often remained overlooked. Publishers drove the commercial print industry, assessing demand, commissioning designs, financing production, securing censor approval, and managing carving, printing, and sales. <strong><em>The Japanese Woodblock Prints Companion: Publishers, Carvers, Printers, Censors, Collectors<\/em><\/strong> examines this collaborative process and restores attention to these essential contributors. Andreas Marks profiles more than 1,900 publishers and nearly 900 carvers and printers, provides publication lists for almost 1,000 artists, and reproduces thousands of seals dating from the 1640s to the 1990s. Documenting places of operation, active periods, and professional networks, this extensive reference offers scholars and collectors a comprehensive guide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A concise reference revealing the collaborative networks behind Japanese woodblock prints, highlighting the publishers, carvers, printers, and external forces that shaped their production.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":72378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5523],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-72377","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-art","7":"author-by-author-andreas-marks","8":"publisher-ludion","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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