Strong Women, Beautiful Men: Japanese Portrait Prints from the Toledo Museum of Art

Author:   Laura J. Mueller
Publisher:   Brill
ISBN:  

9789074822787


Pages:   96
Publication Date:   01 January 2005
Format:   Paperback
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Strong Women, Beautiful Men: Japanese Portrait Prints from the Toledo Museum of Art


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Shin-hanga, literally meaning 'new prints', was the name given to a Japanese print artists' movement in the early years of the twentieth century. It sought to revive the traditional style of Ukiyo-e woodblock prints of the Edo period (1603-1868). The connection between shin-hanga and the Toledo Museum of Art began when Yoshida Hiroshi, one of the leaders of the movement, and his artist wife met J. Arthur MacLean and Dorothy Blair, at that time connected to the John Herron Art Museum in Indianapolis. When Mr. MacLean and Miss Blair established Toledo's Asian Art Department in 1927-28, they decided to collaborate with their friends the Yoshidas on two exhibitions of modern Japanese prints, which took place in 1930 and 1936. This book accompanies the Museum's exhibition, Strong Women, Beautiful Men, which explores the concept of the human form in Japanese woodblock prints. Many of the works in the extensive Toledo collection deal with the genre of popular figures, such as Kabuki actors in famous roles and bijin-ga, images of beautiful women.

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Author:   Laura J. Mueller
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Hotei Publishing,The Netherlands
Dimensions:   Width: 24.50cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 29.50cm
Weight:   0.572kg
ISBN:  

9789074822787


ISBN 10:   9074822789
Pages:   96
Publication Date:   01 January 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Laura J. Mueller is completing her Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin, Madison; the topic is Entertaining Virtue: The Naturalization of Confucianism in Edo Print Culture. She is also Van Vleck Curatorial Intern at the Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin.

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