Japanese Woodblock Prints in Miniature: The Genre of Surimon

With dozens of classic miniature Japanese woodblock prints and informative text, this Japanese art book is an essential for print collectors.

Of the many genres of ukio-e, perhaps the least known is that of the diminutive surimono produced by Utamaro, Kiyonaga, Hokusai, Hiroshige, and others. They were the small, relatively little-known woodblock prints of the Tokugawa era, produced in smaller numbers and better quality than the ukiyo-e prints as we know them today.

This beautifully illustrat...