Keene Frog in the Well

Portraits of Japan by Watanabe Kazan, 1793–1841
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-231-51103-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Asia Perspectives: History, Society, and Culture

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Keene, Donald

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Dutch Studies in Japan Before 1793
2. Japan in 1793: Kazan's Early Years
3. Genre Paintings and Early Portraits
4. Travels and Career
5. The Early 1830s
6. Foreign Influence and Major Portraits
7. The Meeting of East and West
8. Danger from Overseas
9. The Road to Prison
10. The Trial
11. Kazan the Painter
12. The Last Year
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Leseproben

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Über Autor(innen)

Donald Keene is Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and University Professor Emeritus at Columbia University. He is the author of more than thirty books, including Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World and the definitive multivolume history of Japanese literature.