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The Western discovery of Japanese paintings at nineteenth-century world's fairs and export shops catapulted Japanese art to new levels of popularity. This volume explores the visual characteristics and social functions of nihonga and traces its relationship to the past, its viewers, and emerging notions of the modern Japanese state.

Making Modern JapaneseStyle Painting Kano Hogai

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      Publisher: University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 8/18/2015 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226110806, 978-0226110806
      ISBN10: 022611080X

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      Book Synopsis
      The Western discovery of Japanese paintings at nineteenth-century world's fairs and export shops catapulted Japanese art to new levels of popularity. This volume explores the visual characteristics and social functions of nihonga and traces its relationship to the past, its viewers, and emerging notions of the modern Japanese state.

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