Japan at the dawn of the modern age : woodblock prints from the Meiji era, 1868-1912, selections from the Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston / essays by Donald Keene, Anne Nishimura Morse, and Frederic A. Sharf ; catalogue by Louise E. Virgin.

• Director's foreword / Malcolm Rogers -- The history of a collection / Frederic A. Scharf -- At the intersection of "Old Japan" and "New Japan" : the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Meiji era / Anne Nishimura Morse -- The reign of emperor Meiji / Donald Keene -- Emperor Meiji and his times / Donald Keene -- Japan at the dawn of the modern age / Louise E. Virgin. 

• "Woodblock prints from the Meiji era (1868-1912) challenge our notion of Japanese pictures as romanticized, timeless images of geisha, kabuki actors, and picturesque landscapes. Instead, they depicted current events with a propagandistic flair, and were printed in vivid colors reflecting the vibrancy of Japan's rush toward modernization at the turn of the century. As feudal Japan was transformed into a unified, modern state and emerged as a military and industrial power, woodblock printmakers chronicled and validated the introduction of Western technology, architecture, dress, and social practices, as well as the wars that propelled Japan into the international community. In keeping with the new spirit of the Meiji years, the woodblock prints often feature lurid colors that prefigure twentieth-century poster art and stylistically point the way toward contemporary Japanese manga and animation." "Japan at the Dawn of the Modern Age features over eighty Meiji-era prints in full color, along with two previously unpublished essays by the renowned literary critic, historian, and biographer Donald Keene on Meiji and his times. Additional writings by curators Anne Nishimura Morse and Louise E. Virgin, and the collector and historian Frederic A. Sharf place these prints in the context of their times, their collection, and their home at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston."--Jacket 

Ämnesord

Träsnitt  (sao)

Wood-engraving, Japanese  -- 19th century -- Exhibitions (LCSH)

Wood-engraving, Japanese  -- 20th century -- Exhibitions (LCSH)

Color prints, Japanese  -- Meiji period, 1868-1912 -- Exhibitions (LCSH)

Wood-engraving  (LCSH)

Japan 

1868-1912 (Meijiperioden, Japan)  (sao)

Personnamn

Sharf, Jean S. -- Art collections -- Exhibitions

Sharf, Frederic Alan -- Art collections -- Exhibitions

Institutionsnamn

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston -- Exhibitions

Klassifikation

NE1322 (LCC)

769.952 (DDC)

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