Woodblock Kuchi-E Prints: Reflections of Meiji Culture - Rilegato

Merritt, Helen; Yamada, Nanako

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ISBN 10: 0824820738 ISBN 13: 9780824820732

Casa editrice: Univ of Hawaii Pr, 2000

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Woodblock Kuchi-e Prints: Reflections of Meiji Culture is a pioneer exploration of a previously neglected genre of late-Meiji art: the type of handmade multicolor book frontispieces known as kuchi-e. Early European collectors assumed that the Japanese woodblock tradition came to an end in Western-tainted prints. Although many crudely colored prints of subjects such as steam trains and men in derby hats did flood the Japanese market, the works introduced in this amply illustrated and readable volume make clear that there was another class of popular woodblock tradition unknown to foreigners that continued into the early twentieth century. In their examination of this late flowering of the woodblock print, the authors provide not only an introduction to a popular artistic tradition but also a new lens through which to view Japanese life at the end of the nineteenth century.

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A exploration of a neglected genre of late-Meiji art: the type of handmade multicolour book frontispieces known as kuchi-e. The authors provide not only an introduction to a popular artistic tradition but also a lens through which to view Japanese life at the end of the 19th century.

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• Editore: Univ of Hawaii Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0824820738
• ISBN 13: 9780824820732
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 284