The album offers a different look at the world inhabited by elegant priestesses of love, elegant artists of the Kabuki theater, sensual lovers, ordinary people whose life takes place against the backdrop of lyrical landscapes. 335 color illustrations trace the 250-year history of Japanese graphics, from the 17th to the beginning of the 20th century. A fascinating historical sketch describes the sophisticated world of the Land of the Rising Sun. The book also contains information about famous and less famous artists, tells about the origin, development and a kind of "Renaissance" of Japanese graphics at the beginning of the 20th century.