title: Ukiyo-e: An Introduction to Japanese Woodblock Prints
author: Tadashi Kobayashi
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  First published in the Japanese language as Kage no kisetsu (Season of
  Shadows) by Bungeishunju Ltd in Tokyo in 1998
  
  
  This ebook edition first published in 2019 by ![](images/00001.jpg)
  
  
  An imprint of
  
  
  Quercus Editions Ltd
  
  
  Carmelite House
  
  
  ## 50 Victoria Embankment
  
  
  ### London EC4Y 0DZ
  
  
  
  
  
  An Hachette UK company
  
  
  Copyright © 1998 Hideo Yokoyama
  
  
  English translation copyright © 2019 Jonathan Lloyd-Davies The moral right of
  Hideo Yokoyama to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted
  in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988.
  
  
  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or
  transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including
  photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without
  permission in writing from the publisher.
  
  
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