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Title:

Japanese prints in transition : from the floating world to the modern world / edited by Karin Breuer with an essay by Rhiannon Paget.

Publisher:

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco ;

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

157 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plates ; 22 x 24 cm

Subject:

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Color prints, Japanese.
Art, Japanese--Western influences.
Color prints, Japanese--Meiji period, 1868-1912.
Color prints, Japanese--Edo period, 1600-1868.
Artists--Japan--History--Meiji period, 1868-1912.
Artists--Japan--History--Edo period, 1600-1868.
Prints--San Francisco.--San Francisco.
Art, Japanese--Western influences.
Color prints, Japanese.
Color prints, Japanese--Edo period.
Color prints, Japanese--Meiji period.
Japan.
1600-1912
History.

Other Authors:

Breuer, Karin, editor.
Paget, Rhiannon, author.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

Notes:

This catalogue is published by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco to document and celebrate the Japanese prints collection at the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts.

Summary:

A stunning introduction to the history of Japanese printmaking, with highlights from the de Young museum's vast collection. In 1868, Japan underwent a dramatic transformation following the overthrow of the shogun by supporters of Emperor Meiji, marking the end of feudal military rule and ushering in a new era of government that promoted modernizing the country and interacting with other nations. Japanese print culture, which had flourished for more than a century with the production of color woodcuts (the so-called ukiyo-e, or "floating world" images), also changed course during the Meiji era (1868-1912), as societal changes and the once-isolationist country's new global engagement provided a wealth of new subjects for artists to capture. Featuring selections from the renowned Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts' permanent collection, Japanese Prints in Transition: From the Floating World to the Modern World documents the shift from delicately colored ukiyo-e depictions of actors, courtesans, and scenic views to brightly colored images of Western architecture, modern military warfare, technology (railroad trains, steam-powered ships, telegraph lines), and Victorian fashions and customs. -- From publisher's website.

ISBN:

9781951836986
1951836987

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1299143514

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)