Critical Perspectives on Classicism in Japanese Painting, 1600-1700 / / ed. by Elizabeth Lillehoj.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Allen, Laura W.,; Gerhart, Karen M.,; Lillehoj, Elizabeth,; Morse, Samuel C.,; Mostow, Joshua S.,; Nakamachi, Keiko,; Quitman, Eugene Phillips,; Tamamushi, Satoko,; Trede, Melanie,
• HerausgeberIn: Lillehoj, Elizabeth,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2003]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.) :; color & b/w illus.

In the West, classical art—inextricably linked to concerns of a ruling or dominant class—commonly refers to art with traditional themes and styles that resurrect a past golden era. Although art of the early Edo period (1600–1868) encompasses a spectrum of themes and styles, references to the past ar...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Illustrations
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Chapter One. Terminology and Ideology: Coming to Terms with “Classicism” in Japanese Art-Historical Writing
• Chapter Two. Tawaraya Sōtatsu and the “Yamato-e Revival”
• Chapter Three. The Patrons of Tawaraya Sōtatsu and Ogata Kōrin
• Chapter Four. Japanese Exemplars for a New Age: Genji Paintings from the Seventeenth-Century Tosa School
• Chapter Five. A New “Classical” Theme: The One Hundred Poets from Elite to Popular Art in the Early Edo Period
• Chapter Six. Classical Imagery and Tokugawa Patronage: A Redefinition in the Seventeenth Century
• Chapter Seven. Uses of the Past: Gion Float Paintings as Instruments of Classicism
• Afterword
• Appendix: Artists and Schools
• Glossary
• Kanji List
• Selected Bibliography
• Contributors
• Index