Helen Merritt, Nanako Yamada
Description
<i>Woodblock Kuchi-e Prints: Reflections of Meiji Culture</i> is a pioneer exploration of a previously neglected genre of late-Meiji art: the type of
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handmade multicolor book frontispieces known as <i>kuchi-e.</i> 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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Genres
History
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History
Art
Techniques
Painting
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Adventurous & Action-Packed
Mysterious & Intriguing
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Publishing Info
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Month-Year
Jul, 2000
ISBN
ISBN-13: 9780824820732
ISBN-10: 0824820738
Language
English
No. of Pages
296
Format
Hardcover
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