Excerpt from Japanese Color Prints, the Important Collection of Frederick W. Hunter, Esq., Of New York: Including as Well All of Mr. Hunter's Japanese Collections, Japanese Books, Japanese Ivories, Which Have Been Exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum and English Books on Japan With His Catalogues and Books of Reference on Japanese Prints The admiration for Japanese Ukiyoye prints in Europe and America awakened the impulse of native ar-t among the Japanese themselves, Who are now paying formidable prices when the resources of this long unap prec-i-ated art among them are nearly exhausted. It is impossible to expect now a days that prints of great merit can come from Japan. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.