Description
Book SynopsisIllustrates 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.
Trade Review"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."
* Choice *
Table of ContentsForeword / Stephen Little
Thoughts on the Terry Welch Collection / Uchiyama Takeo
Collector's View: East of the Moon / Terry Welch
Artists in the Exhibition
The Meeting of Chinese and Japanese Literati: Hu Gongshou, Yasuda Rozan, and the Controversy over National Style / Paul Berry
The Transformation of Japanese Literati Painting in the Twentieth Century / Michiyo Morioka
Catalogue
-- Literary Pursuits
-- Landscapes
-- Plants and Animals
-- Figures
Appendices
-- Biographies of the Artists
-- Seals: Art of the Microcosm / Paul Berry
-- Signatures and Seals
Authors' Acknowledgments / Paul Berry and Michiyo Morioka
Selected Bibliography
Index
