Georges Bigot and Japan, 1882-1899 : satirist, illustrator and artist extraordinaire
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Georges Bigot and Japan, 1882-1899 : satirist, illustrator and artist extraordinaire
Renaissance Books, 2018
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  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-229) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Incorporating over 250 illustrations, this is the first comprehensive study in English of French artist and caricaturist George Ferdinand Bigot (1860-1927) who, during the last two decades of the nineteenth century, was renowned in Japan but barely known in his own country. Even today, examples of his cartoons appear in Japanese school textbooks. Inspired by what he saw of Japanese culture and way of life at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1878, Bigot managed to find his way to Japan in 1882 and immediately set about developing his career as an artist working in pen and ink, watercolours and oils. He also quickly exploited his talent as a highly skilled sketch artist and cartoonist. His output was prodigious and included regular commissions from The Graphic and various Japanese as well as French journals. He left Japan in 1899, never to return. The volume includes a full introduction of the life, work and artistry of Bigot by Christian Polak, together with an essay by Hugh Cortazzi on Charles Wirgman, publisher of Japan Punch. Wirgman was Bigot's 'predecessor' and friend (he launched his own satirical magazine Tobae in 1887, the year Japan Punch closed). Georges Bigot and Japan also makes a valuable contribution to Meiji Studies and the history of both Franco- and Anglo-Japanese relations, as well as the role of art in modern international relations.
Table of Contents
Foreword
by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
PART I : TWO BIOGRAPHIES
Introduction: Georges Bigot - Satirist of Meiji Japan and Artist Extraordinaire by Christian Polak
Charles Wirgman (1835-1891): Artist, Journalist and Caricaturist - Forerunner to Georges Bigot in Japan by Hugh Cortazzi
PART II : ALBUMS AND ENGRAVINGS
Georges Bigot's 'Eternal Japan'
ASA Complete album
O-Ha-Yo Complete album (excluding ASA duplications)
Croquis Japonais Complete album
PART II Continued : OILS, WATERCOLOURS, GOUACHES AND PASTELS
PART III : FROM TO-BAE TO THE GRAPHIC
Georges Bigot's 'Modern Japan'
Tobae
Tobae Sport
La Journee d'une Guesha a Tokio Complete album
Le Potin
Potins de Yoko
La Vie Japonaise
Scenes de la Vie Japonaise Twelve dinner plates
Sketches from Siberia
Selection of Georges Bigot's illustrations for The Graphic
PART IV : FROM LA VIE EN ROSE TO TRADITIONAL PATTERNS
Georges Bigot's New Life in France
La Vie en Rose
Images d'Epinal
L'Illustration
Dans l'Oreille de Bouddha
Shocking au Japan
Journal des Voyages
L'Indiscret
Le Petit Parisien
'Le chemin de la gloire'
L'Album Marian
Coup de Balai
Villegiatures
Draft sketches for Bigot's Almanach des Postes et des Telegraphes series
Proposed illustrations for Pierre Loti's Les Derniers Jours de Pekin
Traditional design patterns
Bibliography
* Catalogues of the principal exhibitions relating to the works of Georges Bigot
* Publications about Georges Bigot
* List of albums of copperplate engravings and of humorous or satirical journals published periodically in Japan by Georges Bigot
* Journals and reviews to which Georges Bigot contributed in Japan
* Books illustrated by Georges Bigot published in Japan
* Illustrated books or compositions by Georges Bigot published in France or other countries
* Journals and reviews to which Georges Bigot contributed, published in France or outside Japan
Index
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