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The Shogun's Painted Culture: Fear and Creativity in the Japanese States, 1760-1829

Timon Screech

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Description:In this penetrating analysis of a little-explored area of Japanese cultural history, Timon Screech reassesses the career of the chief minister Matsudaira Sadanobu, who played a key role in defining what we think of as Japanese culture today. Aware of how visual representations could support or undermine regimes, Sadanobu promoted painting to advance his own political aims and improve the shogunate's image. As an antidote to the hedonistic "ukiyo-e, "or floating world, tradition, which he opposed, Sadanobu supported attempts to construct a new approach to painting modern life. At the same time, he sought to revive historical and literary painting, favouring such artists as the flamboyant, innovative Maruyama Okyo. After the city of Kyoto was destroyed by fire in 1788, its reconstruction provided the stage for the renewal of Japan's iconography of power, the consummation of the 'shogun's painted culture'.aOC ScreechOCOs ideas are fascinating, often brilliant, and well grounded. . . . ["ShogunOCOs Painted "Culture] presents a thorough analysis of aspects of the early modern Japanese world rarely observed in such detail and never before treated to such an eloquent handling in the English language.OCOOCo"CAA Reviews"""OC [A] stylishly written and provocative cultural history.OCOOCo"Monumenta Nipponica"aOC As in his admirable "Sex and the Floating World: Erotic Images in Japan 1700-1820," Screech lavishes learning and scholarly precision, but remains colloquial in thought and eminently readable.OCOOCo"Japan Times"aTimon Screech is Senior Lecturer in the history of Japanese art at SOAS, University of London, and Senior Research Associate at the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures. He is the author of several books on Japanese history and culture, including "Sex and the Floating World: Erotic Images in Japan 1700OCo1820" (Reaktion, 1999)."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Shogun's Painted Culture: Fear and Creativity in the Japanese States, 1760-1829. To get started finding The Shogun's Painted Culture: Fear and Creativity in the Japanese States, 1760-1829, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 313

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Release: 2014

ISBN: 1861896883

Description: In this penetrating analysis of a little-explored area of Japanese cultural history, Timon Screech reassesses the career of the chief minister Matsudaira Sadanobu, who played a key role in defining what we think of as Japanese culture today. Aware of how visual representations could support or undermine regimes, Sadanobu promoted painting to advance his own political aims and improve the shogunate's image. As an antidote to the hedonistic "ukiyo-e, "or floating world, tradition, which he opposed, Sadanobu supported attempts to construct a new approach to painting modern life. At the same time, he sought to revive historical and literary painting, favouring such artists as the flamboyant, innovative Maruyama Okyo. After the city of Kyoto was destroyed by fire in 1788, its reconstruction provided the stage for the renewal of Japan's iconography of power, the consummation of the 'shogun's painted culture'.aOC ScreechOCOs ideas are fascinating, often brilliant, and well grounded. . . . ["ShogunOCOs Painted "Culture] presents a thorough analysis of aspects of the early modern Japanese world rarely observed in such detail and never before treated to such an eloquent handling in the English language.OCOOCo"CAA Reviews"""OC [A] stylishly written and provocative cultural history.OCOOCo"Monumenta Nipponica"aOC As in his admirable "Sex and the Floating World: Erotic Images in Japan 1700-1820," Screech lavishes learning and scholarly precision, but remains colloquial in thought and eminently readable.OCOOCo"Japan Times"aTimon Screech is Senior Lecturer in the history of Japanese art at SOAS, University of London, and Senior Research Associate at the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures. He is the author of several books on Japanese history and culture, including "Sex and the Floating World: Erotic Images in Japan 1700OCo1820" (Reaktion, 1999)."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Shogun's Painted Culture: Fear and Creativity in the Japanese States, 1760-1829. To get started finding The Shogun's Painted Culture: Fear and Creativity in the Japanese States, 1760-1829, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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