Utamaro and the spectacle of beauty / Julie Nelson Davis.

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2007], ©2007.

296 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-281) and index.

Introduction : Utamaro, Ukiyo-e and the city of prints -- Constructing the artist known as Utamaro -- 'Pictures of beauties' and other social physiognomies -- Behind the brocade and other Yoshiwara illusions -- Utamaro and the feminine spectacle -- Making history into the pageant of the floating world.