The last Tosa : Iwasa Katsumochi Matabei, bridge to Ukiyo-e /
Iwasa Katsumochi Matabei (1578-1650) is one of the most controversial figures in Japanese art history. For more than half a century, historians have argued over Matabei's role in Japanese art: Was he, as he asserted, "The Last Tosa" (the school of painters who specialized in Yamato-e,...
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| التنسيق: | Licensed eBooks |
| اللغة: | الإنجليزية |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaiì Press,
©1999.
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| سلاسل: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| الوصول للمادة أونلاين: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt6wqgzb |
| الملخص: | Iwasa Katsumochi Matabei (1578-1650) is one of the most controversial figures in Japanese art history. For more than half a century, historians have argued over Matabei's role in Japanese art: Was he, as he asserted, "The Last Tosa" (the school of painters who specialized in Yamato-e, a kind of classical courtly painting) or, as others characterized him, "The Founder of Ukiyo-e," the style of painting associated with the urban commoner class. In this highly original and convincing study, Matabei emerges as both - an artist in whose work can be seen elements of both Yamato-e and Ukiyo-e. Extending its analysis beyond the individual artist, The Last Tosa examines the trends and artistic developments of a transitional period and makes heretofore unexamined connections between the world of the aristocrat and the merchant as well as the two artistic schools that reflected their tastes |
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| وصف مادي: | 1 online resource (xii, 412 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| بيبلوغرافيا: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-402) and index. |
| ردمك: | 058531232X 9780585312323 9780824865689 0824865685 9780824818265 0824818261 |