The Tuttle Publishing Company was established in 1948 in Rutland,
Vermont and Tokyo, Japan and is today regarded as a premier
publisher and seller of books rooted in Asian culture, language and
history.
Since its founding in 1948, Tuttle has published more than 6,000
books and today maintains an active backlist of around 2,000
titles.
Today, Tuttle publishes 150 new titles each year focusing on Asian
languages, Asian food & cooking, gardening & flower arranging,
crafts & origami, children's books, martial arts, Asian literature,
games & graphic novels, Asian history & culture, health & fitness,
self-help & Eastern religion, Asian art & collectibles, interior
design & architecture, travel guides, maps, and business books.
Utagawa Kunisada (also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III) was born in
1786 in Edo (Tokyo). Utagawa school great master Toyokuni took
notice of Kunisada's sketches and soon took him on as an
apprentice. Though not much is known about his life, Kunisada rose
to fame as the most successful, popular and prolific ukiyo-e
woodblock print artist of his time, surpassing contemporaries such
as Hiroshige and Hokusai.
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