Freddie Mercury: A World of His Own | In Love with Japan

Freddie Mercury: A World of His Own | In Love with Japan

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Freddie Mercury—personal library | Books related to Japanese prints and art history, c. 22 volumes

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Freddie Mercury—personal library 


Books related to Japanese prints and art history, including:


Takahashi Sei’ichiro et al., Kindai Nihon hanga taikei [Compendium of modern Japanese prints], 3 vols., Tokyo, 1976, cloth covers


Muneshige Narazaki, The Japanese Print: Its Evolution and Essence, Tokyo, 1976


Richard Lane, Images from the Floating World, New York, 1978


Jack Hillier, Japanese Prints & Drawings from the Vever Collection, 3 vols., London, 1976


Genshoku Nihon no bijutsu [Primary Colours of Japanese Art], vols 1 – 5 (out of 30), 1967


Kokyo, Kyuden no kaiga [Paintings from the Imperial Palace], Tokyo, 1986wood case and cloth clover


Kurita Hideo (ed.), Kurita Rangaku: Tasai na majutsushi, sono hito to sakuhin [Kurita Rangaku: The Multicoloured Mage, His Life and Works], Ashikaga, Tochigi, 1986 with inscription from the editor Kurita Hideo