Woodblock Kuchi-e Prints : : Reflections of Meiji Culture /

Woodblock Kuchi-e Prints : : Reflections of Meiji Culture / / Helen Merritt, Nanako Yamada.

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-ta...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015
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Merritt, Helen,
Yamada, Nanako,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2023]
©2000
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes on Names and Illustrations
  • 1 Setting the Stage
  • 2 Kuchi-e as Prints
  • 3 Glimpses of the Past
  • 4 Glimpses of the Present
  • 5 The Self and Expression of Feelings
  • 6 Bijin-ga and Their Messages
  • 7 Kuchi-e Artists the World of Meiji Painters
  • Appendix A: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
  • Appendix B: FACSIMILE SIGNATURES AND SEALS
  • Appendix C: SOURCES OF THE KUCHI-E
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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