Japan at the dawn of the modern age : woodblock prints from the Meiji era, 1868-1912, selections from the Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston / essays by Donald Keene, Anne Nishimura Morse, and Frederic A. Sharf ; catalogue by Louise E. Virgin.
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Keene, Donald
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Virgin, Louise Erica, 1953-
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Morse, Anne Nishimura
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Sharf, Frederic Alan
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- ISBN 0878466207
- 1st ed.
- Publicerad: Boston, Mass. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, ©2001
- Engelska 153 pages
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- Director's foreword / Malcolm Rogers -- The history of a collection / Frederic A. Scharf -- At the intersection of "Old Japan" and "New Japan" : the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Meiji era / Anne Nishimura Morse -- The reign of emperor Meiji / Donald Keene -- Emperor Meiji and his times / Donald Keene -- Japan at the dawn of the modern age / Louise E. Virgin.
- "Woodblock prints from the Meiji era (1868-1912) challenge our notion of Japanese pictures as romanticized, timeless images of geisha, kabuki actors, and picturesque landscapes. Instead, they depicted current events with a propagandistic flair, and were printed in vivid colors reflecting the vibrancy of Japan's rush toward modernization at the turn of the century. As feudal Japan was transformed into a unified, modern state and emerged as a military and industrial power, woodblock printmakers chronicled and validated the introduction of Western technology, architecture, dress, and social practices, as well as the wars that propelled Japan into the international community. In keeping with the new spirit of the Meiji years, the woodblock prints often feature lurid colors that prefigure twentieth-century poster art and stylistically point the way toward contemporary Japanese manga and animation." "Japan at the Dawn of the Modern Age features over eighty Meiji-era prints in full color, along with two previously unpublished essays by the renowned literary critic, historian, and biographer Donald Keene on Meiji and his times. Additional writings by curators Anne Nishimura Morse and Louise E. Virgin, and the collector and historian Frederic A. Sharf place these prints in the context of their times, their collection, and their home at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston."--Jacket
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- Träsnitt (sao)
- Wood-engraving, Japanese -- 19th century -- Exhibitions (LCSH)
- Wood-engraving, Japanese -- 20th century -- Exhibitions (LCSH)
- Color prints, Japanese -- Meiji period, 1868-1912 -- Exhibitions (LCSH)
- Wood-engraving (LCSH)
- Japan
- 1868-1912 (Meijiperioden, Japan) (sao)
Personnamn
- Sharf, Jean S. -- Art collections -- Exhibitions
- Sharf, Frederic Alan -- Art collections -- Exhibitions
Institutionsnamn
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston -- Exhibitions
Klassifikation
- NE1322 (LCC)
- 769.952 (DDC)
- If (kssb/8 (machine generated))
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