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With his sensual erotica , kabuki actor portraits , and depictions of Mount Fuji and life on the Tokaido Road , Katsushika Hokusai was the most celebrated artist of the Edo period. U nprecedented in its scope , this monograph selects the finest works from a prolific oeuvre of several thousand woodblock prints, paintings, sketches, and book illustrations.
From Edouard Manet's portrait of naturalist writer Ãmile Zola sitting among his Japanese art finds to Van Gogh's meticulous copies of the Hiroshige prints he devotedly collected, 19th-century pioneers of European modernism made no secret of their love of Japanese art. In all its sensuality, freedom, and effervescence, the woodblock print is single-handedly credited with the wave of japonaiserie that first enthralled France and, later, all of Europe--but often remains misunderstood as an "exotic" artifact that helped inspire Western creativity. The fact is that the Japanese woodblock print is a phenomenon of which there exists no Western equivalent. Some of the most disruptive ideas in modern art--including, as Karl Marx put it, that "all that is solid melts into air"--were invented in Japan in the 1700s and expressed like never before in the designs of such masters as Hokusai, Utamaro, and Hiroshige in the early 19th century. This volume lifts the veil on a much-loved but little-understood art form by presenting the most exceptional Japanese woodblock prints in their historical context. Ranging from the 17th-century development of decadent ukiyo-e, or "pictures of the floating world," to the decline and later resurgence of prints in the early 20th century, the images collected in this edition make up an unmatched record not only of a unique genre in art history, but also of the shifting mores and cultural development of Japan. From mystical mountains to snowy passes, samurai swordsmen to sex workers in shop windows, each piece is explored as a work of art in its own right, revealing the stories and people behind the motifs. We discover the four pillars of the woodblock print--beauties, actors, landscapes, and bird-and-flower compositions--alongside depictions of sumo wrestlers, kabuki actors, or enticing courtesans--rock stars who populated the "floating world" and whose fan bases fueled the frenzied production of woodblock prints. We delve into the horrifying and the obscure in prints where demons, ghosts, and otherworldly creatures torment the living--stunning images that continue to influence Japanese manga, film, and video games to this day. We witness how, in their incredible breadth, from everyday scenes to erotica, the martial to the mythological, these works are united by the technical mastery and infallible eye of their creators and how, with tremendous ingenuity and tongue-in-cheek wit, publishers and artists alike fought to circumvent government censorship. Derived from the original XXL monograph, this edition compiles the finest extant impressions from museums and private collections across the globe in a lightweight, accessible format, offering extensive descriptions to guide us through this frantic period in Japanese art history.
Von Edouard Manets Porträt des Schriftstellers Émile Zola, der inmitten seiner japanischen Kunstfunde hockt, bis hin zu Van Goghs akribisch gesammelten Hiroshige-Drucken - Pioniere der europäischen Moderne machten im 19. Jahrhundert kein Geheimnis aus ihrer Liebe zur japanischen Kunst. In all seiner sprudelnden Sinnlichkeit und Freizügigkeit schreibt man den Trend des Japonismus allein dem Holzschnitt zu, der zunächst Frankreich und später ganz Europa in seinen Bann zog - oft missverstandene, "exotische" Artefakte, die der westlichen Kreativität als Inspiration dienten. Tatsache ist, dass der japanische Holzschnitt ein Phänomen darstellt, zu dem es kein westliches Äquivalent gibt. Einige wegweisende Ideen der Moderne - darunter Karl Marx' Diktum, dass "alles, was fest ist, sich in der Luft auflöst" - wurden im Japan des 17. Jahrhunderts entwickelt und im frühen 19. Jahrhundert erstmals in den Werken von Meistern wie Hokusai, Utamaro und Hiroshige zum Ausdruck gebracht. Dieses Buch lüftet den Schleier dieser beliebten, aber wenig verstandenen Kunstform und präsentiert die außergewöhnlichsten japanischen Holzschnitte in ihrem historischen Kontext. Die hier versammelten Werke reichen von den Anfängen über den Höhepunkt der Entwicklung im Ukiyo-e, den "Bildern der schwebenden Welt", im 17. Jahrhundert bis zum Niedergang und späteren Wiederaufleben der Drucke im frühen 20. Jahrhundert. Dokumentiert wird nicht nur ein einzigartiges Genre der Kunstgeschichte, sondern auch die sich wandelnden Sitten und die kulturelle Entwicklung Japans. Wir entdecken die vier Säulen des Holzschnitts - Schönheiten, Schauspieler, Landschaften sowie Vogel- und Blumenkompositionen - neben Darstellungen von Sumo-Ringern, Kabuki-Schauspielern oder Edelkurtisanen - Popstars, welche die "schwebende Welt" bevölkerten und deren wachsende Anhängerschaft die explosive Produktion der Holzschnitte beflügelte. Wir tauchen ein in bedrohlich-obskure Szenen, in denen Dämonen und Geister Angst und Schrecken verbreiten und die japanische Mangas, Filme und Videospiele bis heute beeinflussen. Wir erleben, wie technische Meisterschaft und das unfehlbare Auge ihrer Schöpfer diese Werke in ihrer unglaublichen Breite - von Alltagsszenen über Erotik, Kampfkunst bis hin zur Mythologie - vereint und wie Verleger und Künstler mit enormem Einfallsreichtum und Augenzwinkern gleichermaßen darum gekämpft haben, die staatliche Zensur zu umgehen. Diese Ausgabe vereint die besten erhaltenen Drucke aus Museen und Privatsammlungen weltweit und bietet Beschreibungen, die uns durch diese rasante Periode der japanischen Kunstgeschichte führen.
Hiroshige: Nature and the City is the most extensive overview of the career of the famed Japanese print artist, Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) in the English language to date. It is based on the largest collection of Hiroshige in private hands outside Japan, the Alan Medaugh collection. The catalogue consists of 500 entries, with an emphasis on urban and rural landscapes, fan prints and prints of birds and flowers. Grouped chronologically by subject it presents Hiroshige's interpretation of the urban scenes from his hometown Edo (present-day Tokyo), the great series documenting travel along the famous highways of Japan, and the idylls of nature as represented in his bird-andflower prints. Hiroshige often incorporated poetry in his works and for the first time all textual content is transcribed and translated. Additionally, the catalogue pays due attention to the differences between variant editions of his prints. Thus, it provides essential comparative material for every scholar, dealer, and collector. Five essays precede the catalogue section, each written by specialists in the field. Rhiannon Paget (Curator of Asian Art at The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art) provides a general introduction to Hiroshige's life and career. Andreas Marks (Curator Minneapolis Museum of Art) contributes two essays: on the publishers of Hiroshige's prints and on Hiroshige's collaborative works designed with his colleagues. Shiho Sasaki (conservation specialist at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco) discusses the pigment use in Hiroshige's prints while John Carpenter (Curator of Japanese Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art) investigates the source of the poetry of Hiroshige bird-and-flower prints.
The most comprehensive book on Kodojin's art ever published--beautiful and mysterious--a collection of more than 100 paintings with English translations of the inscribed poems. The Art and Life of Fukuda Kodojin is the first publication in English to offer an in-depth examination of Kodojin's life, painting, and poetry. This fully illustrated publication draws from institutions and private collections worldwide, and is the result of fifteen years of extensive research into almost eight hundred works of inscribed poetry, literati landscapes, brush paintings and calligraphy. A beautiful and contemplative look into the world of Kodojin, this coveted edition accompanies a special exhibition held at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Fukuda Kodojin (1865--1944) was a multifaceted artist, recognized for his poetry, painting and calligraphy, and is one of a handful of artists who continued the tradition of Japanese literati painting (nanga) into the twentieth century. Kodojin's painting style is characterized by bizarrely shaped mountain forms rendered in vivid color or monochromatic ink, often with a solitary scholar enjoying the expansive beauty of nature and bits of inscribed poetry. Creating over 700 works in his lifetime, he also made simple paintings of plants and flowers in his dramatic brushwork, and distinctive literati landscapes. Kodojin literally means "Old Taoist" which seems to reflect the path he chose of resilience of an old tradition facing new conditions and new challenges, and is theme felt throughout his art. There is both beauty and mystery in his life and work, and his landscapes can be rich in costly green and blue pigments, detailed layers of ink shading and strokes, or purely abstract. Unique, mysterious and distinctively expressive, The Art and Life of Fukuda Kodojin offers an unprecedented walk through the Old Taoist's mind, sure to both surprise and enlighten the curious reader, scholar, or literati enthusiast. Featuring works from museums, libraries, and private collections worldwide, including: Minneapolis Institute of ArtHarvard Art MuseumSeattle Art MuseumFreer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian InstitutionBachmann Eckenstein Japanese Art, SwitzerlandThe Kura Art Gallery, KyotoShingu City Museum of History and Folkloreand more
Superb Yokai images from the world's leading museums and private collections! Japan's vast pantheon of supernatural creatures includes demons (yokai), monsters, ogres (oni), ghosts (yurei) and magicians--mythical beings from folklore and popular culture which continue to thrill readers of traditional stories and manga today. This richly illustrated book by Andreas Marks, the leading authority on Japanese woodblock prints, presents authentic illustrations and descriptions of 100 different creatures, including: Bakeneko: Monster cats in human form who lick lamp oil and prey on humans born in the year of the RatHan'nya: Female demons with sharp and pointed horns, metallic eyes and a smirking smileHihi: Large ape-like monsters who live in the mountains and have superhuman strength, enabling them to kidnap and kill humansMikoshi-nyudo: Yokai with an enormously extended necks who appear only at nightAnd many more!>Also included are two long handscrolls from the Minneapolis Institute of Art (A Collection of Monsters and Night Parade of One Hundred Demons) which are reproduced here for the very first time. Prints and Paintings sourced from the following list of museums, libraries and private collections: Art Institute of ChicagoChristie's, London & New YorkThe Cleveland Museum of ArtHarold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young UniversityKyoto University, Main LibraryLibrary of CongressLos Angeles County Museum of ArtThe Metropolitan Museum of ArtMinneapolis Institute of ArtNational Museum of Japanese HistoryPrinceton University LibraryRijksmuseum, AmsterdamSmithsonian Libraries
Von Edouard Manets Porträt des Schriftstellers Émile Zola, der inmitten seiner japanischen Kunstfunde hockt, bis hin zu Van Goghs akribisch gesammelten Hiroshige-Drucken - Pioniere der europäischen Moderne machten im 19. Jahrhundert kein Geheimnis aus ihrer Liebe zur japanischen Kunst. In all seiner sprudelnden Sinnlichkeit und Freizügigkeit schreibt man den Trend des Japonismus allein dem Holzschnitt zu, der zunächst Frankreich und später ganz Europa in seinen Bann zog - oft missverstandene, "exotische" Artefakte, die der westlichen Kreativität als Inspiration dienten. Tatsache ist, dass der japanische Holzschnitt ein Phänomen darstellt, zu dem es kein westliches Äquivalent gibt. Einige wegweisende Ideen der Moderne - darunter Karl Marx' Diktum, dass "alles, was fest ist, sich in der Luft auflöst" - wurden im Japan des 17. Jahrhunderts entwickelt und im frühen 19. Jahrhundert erstmals in den Werken von Meistern wie Hokusai, Utamaro und Hiroshige zum Ausdruck gebracht. Dieses Buch, basierend auf der ursprünglichen XXL-Monografie, lüftet den Schleier dieser beliebten, aber wenig verstandenen Kunstform und präsentiert die außergewöhnlichsten japanischen Holzschnitte in ihrem historischen Kontext. Die hier versammelten Werke reichen von den Anfängen über den Höhepunkt der Entwicklung im Ukiyo-e, den "Bildern der schwebenden Welt", im 17. Jahrhundert bis zum Niedergang und späteren Wiederaufleben der Drucke im frühen 20. Jahrhundert. Dokumentiert wird nicht nur ein einzigartiges Genre der Kunstgeschichte, sondern auch die sich wandelnden Sitten und die kulturelle Entwicklung Japans. Von mystischen Bergen bis hin zu schneebedeckten Pässen, von Samurai-Schwertkämpfern bis hin zu Sexarbeitern in Schaufenstern - dieser Band erkundet jedes Blatt als eigenständiges Kunstwerk und enthüllt die Geschichten und Menschen hinter den Motiven. Wir entdecken die vier Säulen des Holzschnitts - Schönheiten, Schauspieler, Landschaften sowie Vogel- und Blumenkompositionen - neben Darstellungen von Sumo-Ringern, Kabuki-Schauspielern oder Edelkurtisanen - Popstars, welche die "schwebende Welt" bevölkerten und deren wachsende Anhängerschaft die explosive Produktion der Holzschnitte beflügelte. Wir tauchen ein in bedrohlich-obskure Szenen, in denen Dämonen, Geister und Menschenfresser Angst und Schrecken verbreiten und die japanische Mangas, Filme und Videospiele bis heute beeinflussen. Wir erleben, wie technische Meisterschaft und das unfehlbare Auge ihrer Schöpfer diese Werke in ihrer unglaublichen Breite - von Alltagsszenen über Erotik, Kampfkunst bis hin zur Mythologie - vereint und wie Verleger und Künstler mit enormem Einfallsreichtum und Augenzwinkern gleichermaßen darum gekämpft haben, die staatliche Zensur zu umgehen. Diese Ausgabe stellt die besten erhaltenen Drucke aus Museen und Privatsammlungen weltweit in einem handlichen Format zusammen und bietet ausführliche Beschreibungen, die uns durch diese rasante Periode der japanischen Kunstgeschichte führen.
Presenting classic Japanese woodblock prints, Japan Journeys offers a unique perspective on the country's most famous travel destinations. This stunning art book gathers together approximately two hundred Japanese woodblock prints depicting scenic spots and cultural icons that still delight visitors today. Many of the prints are by masters such as Utagawa Hiroshige, Kitagawa Utamaro, and Utagawa Kunisada, and currently hang in prestigious galleries and museums worldwide. Katsuhika Hokusai, the artform's most celebrated artist, is also well represented, with many prints from his "e;Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road"e; series and "e;Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji"e; series, including his world-renowned "e;Great Wave"e; print. In addition to prints showcasing Japan's natural beauty, this carefully curated selection depicts roads and railways; favorite pastimes, such as blossom viewing and attending festivals; beloved entertainment, such as kabuki theater; the fashions they wore, and the food they ate. Author Andreas Marks is a leading expert on Japanese woodblock prints, and his Illuminating captions provide background context to the scenes depicted.
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