Hokusai’s Great Wave : : Biography of a Global Icon / / Christine M. E. Guth.

Hokusai’s “Great Wave,” as it is commonly known today, is arguably one of Japan’s most successful exports, its commanding cresting profile instantly recognizable no matter how different its representations in media and style. In this richly illustrated and highly original study, Christine Guth exami...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.) :; 70 color illustrations, 5 black and white
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. “Under the Wave off Kanagawa”
  • Chapter 2. International Nationalism
  • Chapter 3. America’s Japan
  • Chapter 4. Lifestyle Branding
  • Chapter 5. Placemaking
  • Epilogue: After the Tsunami
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index