| Description |
357 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm |
| Note |
"Published in cooperation with the International Hokusai Research Centre, University of Venice, Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The dragon and the goddess: using prints to date, identify and illuminate Hokusai's early paintings / Roger Keyes -- Painting and calligraphy of the pleasure quarters: interaction of image and text in Hokusai's early bijinga / John T. Carpenter -- Manipulation of form in Hokusai's paintings of beauties / Naitō Masato ; translated by Timothy Clark -- Frilly undergarments: some paintings by Hokusai's pupils / Timothy Clark -- The floating world in light and shadow: ukiyo-e paintings by Hokusai's daughter Ōi / Kobayashi Tadashi ; translated and adapted by Julie Nelson David -- Concerning the seals on Hokusai's paintings / Asano Shūgō ; translated by Timothy Clark -- Imitations, copies and fakes after paintings by Hokusai / Gian Carlo Calza -- Publishing activities of poetry groups in Edo: early illustrated kyōka anthologies and surimono series / Kobayashi Fumiko -- The 'surimono artist' Hokusai in the society of Edo kyōka poets / Kubota Kazuhiro ; translated by John T. Carpenter -- Hokusai and Takahashi Yuichi: changing concepts in still-life painting / Doris Croissant -- Hokusai and the blue revolution in Edo prints / Henry D. Smith II -- Manpuku wagōjin--The gods of myriad conjugal delights: an illustrated erotic story by Katsushika Hokusai / David Pollack -- The anatomy of humour in Hokusai's instruction manuals / John M. Rosenfield -- Hokusai and the microscope / Timon Screech -- The impact of Western book illustration on the designs of Hokusai--the key to his originality / Tsuji Nobuo ; translated by Timon Screech. |
| Subject |
Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Artists -- Japan.
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Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868.
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Art, Japanese -- 18th century.
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Art, Japanese -- 19th century.
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| Added Author |
Carpenter, John T.
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| ISBN |
9074822576 |
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