Chikanobu : modernity and nostalgia in Japanese prints

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Chikanobu : modernity and nostalgia in Japanese prints

by Bruce A. Coats ; with essays by Allen Hockley, Kyoko Kurita and Joshua S. Mostow

Scripps College in association with Hotei, c2006

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  • : paperback

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"This exhibition and catalogue is a first attempt to survey the extremely productive and important career of the woodblock print designer Yōshū Chikanobu (1838-1912) ... "--P. 6

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-204) and index

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Two of Chikanobu's well known series of 50 prints each, Snow, Moon, Flowers (Setsugekka) and Eastern Brocades: Day and Night Compared (Azuma nishiki chuya kurabe) are illustrated in their entirety. And with over 270 full color illustrations, Chikanobu. Modernity and Nostalgia in Japanese Prints truly displays the richness of the intense Meiji print palette.

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