The Female Image: 20th Century Japanese Prints of Japanese Beauties

Hamanaka, Shinj and Newland, Amy Reigle

ISBN 10: 9074822207 / ISBN 13: 9789074822206

Edité par Hotei Publishing, Leiden, The Netherlands, 2000

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English and Japanese text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket).; 23 x 30.5 cm.; 1.5 kg.; 215 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with minor signs of wear. The dust jacket shows minor wear. Interior with minor signs of wear. Looks as new. The dust jacket is protected with a clearcover.; The female image is a comprehensive survey of the genre of bijinga ('prints of beautiful woman') produced for the shin hanga ('new print') tradition that evolved in the early 20th century. This bilingual (Japanese/English) publication is lavishly illustrated with works from Japanese, European and American public and private collections. Included are not only prints by major artists such as Ito Shinsui (1898-1972), Hashiguchi Goyo (1880-1921) and Torii Kotondo (1900-76) but also examples from more obscure print designers which have rarely been reproduced. An essay by Shinji Hamanaka of the Yamatane Museum of Art, Tokyo regarding the concept of bijinga and by Amy Reigle Newland on the appreciation of shin hanga in the West provides further insight into aspects of bijinga and shin hanga.

N° de réf. du vendeur 2403B

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Female Image: 20th Century Japanese Prints of Japanese Beauties
• Éditeur: Hotei Publishing, Leiden, The Netherlands
• Date de parution: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 9074822207
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9789074822206
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Dust Jacket Included
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Japanese Art
  • Asian Art

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Synopsis

The female image is a comprehensive survey of the genre of bijinga ('prints of beautiful women') produced in the Shin hanga tradition that evolved in the early 20th century. This bilingual (Japanese/English) publication is lavishly illustrated with works from Japanese, European and American public and private collections. Prints by major artists such as Hashiguchi Goyō (1880-1921), Torii Kotondo (1900-76) and Itō Shinsui (1898-1972) are included, as are examples from more obscure print designers which have rarely been reproduced.

À propos de l'auteur

Amy Reigle Newland has worked as a specialist editor and writer on Japanese woodblock prints for some fifteen years, with a particular interest in works of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In either and editorial and/or authorial role, her publications include Japanese Erotic Fantasies: Sexual Imagery of the Edo Period (2005), Printed to Perfection: Twentieth-century Japanese Prints from the Robert O. Muller Collection (2004), A Courtesan’s Day: Hour by Hour (2004), The Commercial and Cultural Climate of Japanese Printmaking (2004), Kawase Hasui: The Complete Woodblock Prints (2003), Crows, Cranes & Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson 1877-1945 (2001), Time Present and Time Past: Images of a Forgotten Master – Toyohara Kunichika 1835-1900 (1999), Heroes & Ghosts: Japanese Prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1797-1861 (1998), and The New Wave: Twentieth-century Japanese Prints from the Robert O. Muller Collection (1993). The Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints (2005) is her most ambitious project to date, one which was coordinated from her home in rural New Zealand where she lives with her husband, son and flock of sheep.
Shinji Hamanaka completed a postgraduate artcourse at the Tokyo University of Fine Art and Music. He is currently working for the Yamatane Museum of Fine Arts in Tokyo.He has written several articles on his major field of survey: Pre-modern and modern Japanese pictures.