喜多川歌麿

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喜多川歌麿

[喜多川歌麿画] ; 浅野秀剛, ティモシー・クラーク執筆・編集

朝日新聞社 , ブリティッシュ・ミュージアム・プレス, c1995

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  • 解説編

Other Title

The passionate art of Kitagawa Utamaro

「喜多川歌麿」展図録

Catalogue: "The passionate art of Kitagawa Utamaro"

The passionate art of Kitagawa Utamaro

Title Transcription

キタガワ ウタマロ

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展覧会カタログ

会期・会場: (英国展) 1995年8月31日-10月22日:大英博物館, (日本展) 1995年11月3日-12月10日:千葉市美術館

主催: (英国展) 大英博物館, 千葉市美術館, (日本展) 千葉市美術館, 大英博物館, 朝日新聞社

英文併記

図版編: 260p, 解説編: 296p

参考文献目録 (ティモシー・クラーク, 伊藤紫織編): 解説編: p286-290

Bibliography of works relating to Utamaro (Shiori Itō, Timothy Clark) : 解説編: p291-296

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Kitagawa Utamaro (?1754-1806) is the pivotal artist of the Ukiyo-e school. His sensuous and sharp-witted portrayal of women in all walks of life both celebrate and comment on those of the "Floating World". Discovered early in his career, Utamaro was soon collaborating with the leading writers of the 1790s. The culmination was a sequence of deluxe poetry anthologies, which he illustrated in colour woodblock with figure and nature subjects and erotic scenes. In the 1790s Utamaro transformed the style of Ukiyo-e art with his prolific ouput of print series: often portraits in the new bust and half-length formats. High-ranked courtesans, lovers from literature and ordinary domestic scenes - all these themes are explored. Boastful of his talents, Utamaro finally came into collision with the feudal authorities, suffering house arrest that accelerated his artistic decline and led to his death. This text is published to accompany a British Museum exhibition in two parts, organized with the Chiba City Museum, Japan. The work includes rare surviving hanging scroll paintings, wood-block prints in complete series and all of Utamaro's illustrated books. The introductory essays and catalogue appear both in English and Japanese.

Table of Contents

  • Volume 1 (text): introductory essays - Nobuo Tsuji
  • Tadashi Kobayashi
  • Shugo Asano
  • Timothy Clark. Catalogue: 450 colour woodblock prints and surimono
  • 20 hanging scroll paintings
  • 40 illustrated books and albums (including erotica). Volume 2 (plates): 600 colour plates of exhibited works.

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