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Samurai, stars of the stage and beautiful women : Kunisada und Kuniyoshi : masters of the color woodblock print /

The early 1960s was the former art museum in Düsseldorf an extensive donation of Japanese woodblock prints (ukiyo-e), the founder of the added generously to 1988. Among them are 220??works of the artist Kunisada (1786-1865) and Kuniyoshi (1798-1861), which are distinguished by their finely tuned col...

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Corporate Authors: Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, Germany; Galerie Stihl Waiblingen
Group Author: Luyken, Gunda; Wismer, Beat
Published: Hatje Cantz ; Museum Kunstpalast,
Publisher Address: Ostfildern : Düsseldorf :
Publication Dates: [2012]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Utagawa, Toyokuni, > 1786-1865 > Exhibitions
Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, > 1798-1861 > Exhibitions
Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, > 1798-1861
Utagawa, Toyokuni, > 1786-1865
1600 - 1868
Ukiyoe > Exhibitions
Color prints, Japanese > Edo period, 1600-1868 > Exhibitions
Samurai in art > Exhibitions
Actors in art > Exhibitions
Women in art > Exhibitions
Actors in art
Color prints, Japanese > Edo period
Samurai in art
Ukiyoe
Women in art
Exhibition catalogs
Summary: The early 1960s was the former art museum in Düsseldorf an extensive donation of Japanese woodblock prints (ukiyo-e), the founder of the added generously to 1988. Among them are 220??works of the artist Kunisada (1786-1865) and Kuniyoshi (1798-1861), which are distinguished by their finely tuned color and the expressive gestures of the figures represented. The leaves lead the viewer into a colorful, imaginative world of dreams and work occasionally as early examples of today's popular manga (Japanese comics). The publication offers a rare opportunity to compare images of both artists toget
Item Description: Published in conjunction with the exhibition held in Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, September 10, 2011-January 15, 2012; and in Galerie Stihl, Waiblingen, June 23, 2012-September 9, 2012.
Carrier Form: 283 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9783775732390 (English) :
377573239X (English)
Index Number: NE1325
CLC: K313.36-28
J237(313)-28
Call Number: J237(313)-28/S193
Contents: Amusement and morality -- Theater -- The golden age of the Utagawa school -- Literature -- Japan grotesque -- Everyday life -- The Samurai code of honor as exemplified in the forty-seven rōnin -- Heroes -- Japanese woodblock prints as the source of contemporary popular culture -- Beautiful women -- Utagawa Kuniyoshi as draftsman -- Drawings -- Inventory.

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