Japanese Prints Coloring Book Review & Giveaway

Floating World Japanese Prints Coloring Book: Color your Masterpiece & Clear Your Mind Paperback – by Andrew Vigar (Author) released February 23, 2016 by TUTTLE Publishing. A magnificent collection of 22 authentic Japanese woodblock prints for you to color using your own colored pencils and/or fine markers. The 'floating world' refers to the term ukiyo-e "a school of Japanese art depicting subjects from everyday life, dominant in the 17th–19th centuries." Color a variety of subject matter rich in Japanese history such as geisha, kabuki actors, nature, landmarks and landscapes. Includes works by well-known masters such as Hiroshige and Hokusia. Arranged with a brief back story of the print first, followed by a copy of the original print, beside a large 8 1/2" x 12" uncolored print for you to color as you please. The prints are on good quality paper, single-sided and perforated so you can easily tear out, share, display and even frame your works-of-art. Relaxing and inspiring! Get your copy below.

View of Nihonbashi Tori-itchome Ryakuzu

Fuji from Kanaya on the Tokaido

Ichikawa Danjuro IX as Shirabyoshi Hanako

The Great Wave Off Kanagawa

Dawn Moon of Shinto Rites

Woman Applying Color to Her Lips

Plum Estate Kameido

Geisha and Her Servant Carrying Her Koto (below)

From the series Daydreams by Magic Lantern

Two Birds and Cherry Tree

Genji Viewing Snow from a Balcony

Suijin Shrine and Massaki on the Sumida River

From the series Daydreams by Magic Lantern

Asakusa Rice Fields and Torinomachi Festival

The Actor Danjuro Ichikawa VIII

Atagoshita and Yabu Lane (below)

Peonies and Canary (below)

The Otsuki Plain in Kai Province

Cat and Goldfish- Orange

Ryogoku Bridge and the Great Riverbank

Woman Making a Tray Landscape Showing the Full Moon

Morning Hair

Atagoshita and Yabu Lane

Utagawa Hiroshige

Uncolored Atagoshita and Yabu Lane

My Atagoshita and Yabu Lane, in progress.

Floating World Japanese Prints Coloring Book is available worldwide at Tuttle Publishing. Check out their unique catalog, rooted in Asian culture, language and history at Tuttle Publishing.

TUTTLE Publishing has generously offered to giveaway a copy of Floating World Japanese Prints Coloring Book. One winner will be selected at random. Good luck! Canadian and USA addresses. Until May 16, 2016.

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Geisha and Her Servant Carrying Her Koto
Kitao Shigemasa

Peonies and Canary
Katsushika Hokusai