Literati painting, or bunjinga, flourished in Japan after its early 18th-century introduction from China. This book magnificently illustrates and examines an important collection of literati and shin nanga artworks, including outstanding examples of paintings, calligraphy, and ceramics.
Authors & Contributors
Paul Berry is an independent scholar specializing in Japanese painting. Michiyo Morioka is an independent scholar of Japanese art with expertise in nihonga and gender issues in modern Japanese art.
Contents
Foreword / Stephen Little
Thoughts on the Terry Welch Collection / Uchiyama Takeo
Collector's View: East of the Moon / Terry Welch
Artists in the Exhibition
The Meeting of Chinese and Japanese Literati: Hu Gongshou, Yasuda Rozan, and the Controversy over National Style / Paul Berry
The Transformation of Japanese Literati Painting in the Twentieth Century / Michiyo Morioka
Catalogue
-- Literary Pursuits
-- Landscapes
-- Plants and Animals
-- Figures
Appendices
-- Biographies of the Artists
-- Seals: Art of the Microcosm / Paul Berry
-- Signatures and Seals
Authors' Acknowledgments / Paul Berry and Michiyo Morioka
Selected Bibliography
Index
Reviews
"Visually stunning and intellectually riveting.. the catalogue elucidate[s] the intimate social and stylistic relations between classic Bunjinga and other contemporary schools such as Rinpa and Nihonga, as well as the historical, theoretical, and ideological connections with Modernism and with increased interest in individuality as an artistic and a social (if not political) value."
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CAA Reviews
"A solid contribution to the later history of Japanese art. Highly recommended."