This color-illustrated art coffee table book highlights items in the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum, home to the largest collection of Japanese art in Canada. The book features 100
works of art, many woodblock prints and illustrated books, by both well-known and less-known artists of the Edo period Japan, representing wakashu, beautiful male youth who were desired by both
men and women. In addition to color art on every page (many full page), the book offers essays on artists, styles, and themes of the period, plus an introduction to the Edo period as a whole.
The book also gives advice on how to spot a wakashu in art of the period. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
