As a world-famous Japanese-born British novelist and also the winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize,Kazuo Ishiguro has attracted great attention with his 8 excellent works.This paper,a research review on his second novel An Artist of the Floating World from both abroad and at home,aims to offer a systematic classification of relevant studies by means of literature collection and detailed reading.As a result,existing journal articles and dissertations are put into different categories with distinct focuses,thereby facilitating future studies.