Otsu-e: Collection of the Japan Folk Crafts Museum

This book features 138 Otsu-e paintings from the Japan Folk Crafts Museum's collection, all in full color, with many enlarged images. Includes commentary by Yanagi Muneyoshi, with English translations available. This book showcases valuable folk paintings, from Buddhist to secular. A popular second printing. "Otsu-e is one of the many types of folk painting that originated in Japan, and can be said to be one of the finest and most representative examples of folk painting." ...Yanagi Muneyoshi