The hundred poets compared : a print series by Kuniyoshi, Hiroshige, and Kunisada
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
The hundred poets compared : a print series by Kuniyoshi, Hiroshige, and Kunisada
Hotei Pub., 2007
Available at / 9 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
Bibliography: p. 242-244
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Each of the one hundred prints in this publication compares one of the poems from the most-beloved collection of Japanese poetry, The One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each (Hyakunin Isshu), with a scene from Japanese history or theatre. The series includes many surreptitious portraits of popular Kabuki actors of the time. This work will be welcome to Ukiyo-e collectors and scholars, as well as those interested in Kabuki and Japanese legends.
Table of Contents
Preface and acknowledgements
Notes to the reader
Introduction to the series
A remarkable adventure
An anthology of poems
Fujiwara no Teika and the One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each
Mitate-e
Serial works
Parody pictures of the One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each
The Tenpo Reforms: publishers and actors under pressure
The conception of the series
Members of the team
Ibaya Senzaburo, fan merchant and publisher
Kuniyoshi, the unbridled
Hiroshige, master of landscape
Ryukatei Tanekazu, author of popular fiction
Kunisada, master of the theatrical print
Publishing dates of the series
A re-evaluation halfway
Chief literary sources
Kabuki sub rosa
Conclusion
Notes
Pictures, translations, explications and commentaries
Appendices
Overview of artists, censors, characters, and poets
Overview of prints showing specific Kabuki actors
Indices actors' stage-names and playwrights
Overview of periods in which specific censor seals were used
Bibliography
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"