Georges Bigot and Japan, 1882-1899 : : Satirist, Illustrator and Artist Extraordinaire / / ed. by Hugh Cortazzi, Christian Polak.

Incorporating over 250 illustrations, this is the first comprehensive study in English of French artist and caricaturist George Ferdinand Bigot (1860-1927) who, during the last two decades of the nineteenth century, was renowned in Japan but barely known in his own country. Even today, examples of h...

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Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • PART I : TWO BIOGRAPHIES
  • INTRODUCTION: GEORGES BIGOT – SATIRIST OF MEIJI JAPAN AND ARTIST EXTRAORDINAIRE
  • Contributors
  • CHARLES WIRGMAN (1835–1891): ARTIST, JOURNALIST AND CARICATURIST – FORERUNNER TO GEORGES BIGOT IN JAPAN
  • PART II : ALBUMS AND ENGRAVINGS
  • GEORGES BIGOT’S ‘ETERNAL JAPAN
  • PART II Continued : OILS, WATERCOLOURS, GOUACHES AND PASTELS
  • PART III : FROM TO– BAÉ TO THE GRAPHIC
  • GEORGES BIGOT’S ‘MODERN JAPAN
  • PART IV : FROM LA VIE EN ROSE TO TRADITIONAL PATTERNS
  • GEORGES BIGOT’S NEW LIFE IN FRANCE
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX