Painting circles : Tsuchida Bakusen and Nihonga collectives in early twentieth century Japan / by JOhn D. Szostak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Szostak, John Donald, author.

Series:

Japanese visual culture ; volume 11.

Japanese visual culture ; volume 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Painters--Japan--Social conditions--20th century.

Painters.

Kokuga Sōsaku Kyōkai (Japan).

Tsuchida, Bakusen, 1887-1936--Criticism and interpretation.

Tsuchida, Bakusen.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Summary:

Painting Circles addresses the changing professional milieu of artists in early 20th century Japan, particularly the development of new social roles and networks, and how these factors informed the development of artistic identity. The focus of the study is the Nihonga painter Tsuchida Bakusen (1887-1936), who in 1918 founded an exhibition collective, the Kokuga Society, in response to increasing dissatisfaction with the nation’s government-sponsored exhibition salon. The study examines efforts by Bakusen and company to establish an independent position vis-à-vis the arts establishment by demonstrating their reflexive knowledge of Western modernist art movements on the one hand, and on the other, by showing their deep commitment to preserving traditional Japanese painting themes, media and techniques into the 20th century.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / John D. Szostak

Introduction / John D. Szostak

Bakusen’s Early Life and Works: Towards a Rural Genre Painting / John D. Szostak

Beyond Chikujōkai: Expanding Infl uences and New Encounters / John D. Szostak

Challenges, Changes, and Evolving Strategies at the Bunten / John D. Szostak

Gathering the Higashiyama Circle / John D. Szostak

The Inaugural Kokuten Exhibition of 1918: Content and Contexts / John D. Szostak

Artistic Flowering: The Second and Third Kokuten Exhibitions / John D. Szostak

Hiatus, Expansion, and Collapse: The Kokuten’s Middle and Final Stages / John D. Szostak

Conclusions / John D. Szostak

Documents Related to the Kokuga Sōsaku Kyōkai / John D. Szostak

List of Characters / John D. Szostak

Endnotes / John D. Szostak

Bibliography / John D. Szostak

Index / John D. Szostak.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-24945-1

OCLC:

970630647

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004249455 DOI