Hokusai & Book Illustration

Дата публикации: 31-12-2014 01:43:19

Books figured significantly in the formation of the reputation of Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) among his contemporaries and subsequently in Europe and America. He provided illustrations for over 260 titles, encompassing novels, anthologies of Japanese and Chinese poetry, erotica, warrior tales, bilingual editions of Chinese classics, gazetteers, copybooks for aspiring artists, pattern books for artisans, model letter books, dance manuals and picture anthologies. For many decades after his death, publishers kept his books in print and even issued posthumous titles to cash in on his marketability.
This course will consider Hokusai as a publishing phenomenon. His achievement as a book illustrator—and print artist—will be situated squarely in the world of Edo-period publishing. [...]
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