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Literati Modern

Bunjinga from Late Edo to Twentieth-Century Japan

Paul Berry author Michiyo Morioka author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Honolulu Academy of the Arts,US

Published:27th Oct '08

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Illustrates and examines an important collection of literati and shin nanga artworks from Japan, including examples of paintings, calligraphy, and ceramics

Illustrates and examines an important collection of literati and shin nanga artworks, including outstanding examples of paintings, calligraphy, and ceramics. This book includes translations of inscriptions and poems, detailed artist biographies, and photographic documentation of seals and signatures.

Literati painting, or bunjinga, flourished in Japan after its early 18th-century introduction from China. This book magnificently illustrates and examines an important collection of literati and shin nanga artworks, including outstanding examples of paintings, calligraphy, and ceramics.

"Visually stunning and intellectually riveting.. the catalogue elucidate[s] the intimate social and stylistic relations between classic Bunjinga and other contemporary schools such as Rinpa and Nihonga, as well as the historical, theoretical, and ideological connections with Modernism and with increased interest in individuality as an artistic and a social (if not political) value."

* CAA Reviews *

"A solid contribution to the later history of Japanese art. Highly recommended."

* Choi

ISBN: 9780937426845

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 2313g

368 pages