Author: Deirdre Cristin LeonardPublisher:
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Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
The Representation of Meiji Japan in the Photographic Work of Kusakabe Kimbei
Author: Deirdre Cristin LeonardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Staging Desires
Author: Mio WakitaPublisher: Dietrich Reimer
ISBN: 9783496014676
Category : Femininity in art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Closely examining staged images of Japanese femininity, this study centers on the mid-Meiji souvenir photography of Kusakabe Kimbei, approaching from the artist’s perspective while referencing his culture’s visual and traditional practices. The analysis attempts to construe visual material in its original context using various points of departure, including the sociocultural significance of the staged models, the visual display of the photographic models in relation to the visibility problem of Japanese women in Meiji visual media, and Kimbei’s visual encodings of Japanese femininity. By means of contextualized analysis, this survey seeks to illuminate the intricate structure of significations embedded on the visual plane, ultimately demonstrating how Kimbei’s female images present a locus of multilayered meanings.
Photographic Views of Meiji
Author: Master's Theses Directories
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Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
"Education, arts and social sciences, natural and technical sciences in the United States and Canada".
Newsletter, East Asian Art and Archaeology
Author: Publisher: UM Libraries
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Category : Art, East Asian
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
A Career of Japan
Author: Luke GartlanPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004300805
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
A Career of Japan is the first study of one of the major photographers and personalities of nineteenth-century Japan. Baron Raimund von Stillfried was the most important foreign-born photographer of the Meiji era and one of the first globally active photographers of his generation. He played a key role in the international image of Japan and the adoption of photography within Japanese society itself. Yet, the lack of a thorough study of his activities, travels, and work has been a fundamental gap in both Japanese- and Western-language scholarship. Based on extensive new primary sources and unpublished documents from archives around the world, this book examines von Stillfried’s significance as a cultural mediator between Japan and Central Europe. It highlights the tensions and fierce competition that underpinned the globalising photographic industry at a site of cultural contact and exchange – treaty-port Yokohama. In the process, it raises key questions for Japanese visual culture, Habsburg studies, and cross-cultural histories of photography and globalisation. A Career of Japan is the winner of the 2nd Professor Josef Kreiner Hosei University Award for International Studies (Kreiner Award). “Luke Gartlan’s book is a compelling and enjoyable read, and contributes major new perspectives to the growing field of Meiji photography. It will certainly be the authoritative work on Raimund von Stillfried, but it is also impressive for its contributions to other important areas of Meiji cultural studies, including representations of the emperor, photography of Hokkaido, and world’s fairs.” Bert Winther-Tamaki (University of California, Irvine)
Felice Beato
Author: Anne LacostePublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 160606035X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The fascinating life and work of an artist who captured some of the first photographs of the Far East are presented in this gorgeous volume.
The Journey of “A Good Type”
Author: David OdoPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0873654080
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
When Japan opened its doors to the West in the 1860s, delicately hand-tinted photographic prints of Japanese people and landscapes were among its earliest and most popular exports. David Odo studies the collection of Japanese photographs at Harvard’s Peabody Museum and the ways they were produced, acquired, and circulated in the nineteenth century.
Photography in Japan 1853-1912
Author: Terry BennettPublisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462907083
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Photography in Japan 1853-1912 is a fascinating visual record of Japanese culture during its metamorphosis from a feudal society to a modern, industrial nation at a time when the art of photography was still in its infancy. The 350 rare and antique photos in this book, most of them published here for the first time, chronicle the introduction of photography in Japan and early Japanese photography. The images are more than just a history of photography in Japan; they are vital in helping to understand the dramatic changes that occurred in Japan during the mid-nineteenth century. These rare Japanese photographs--whether sensational or everyday, intimate or panoramic--document a nation about to abandon its traditional ways and enter the modern era. Taken between 1853 and 1912 by the most important Japanese and foreign photographers working in Japan, this is the first book to document the history of early photography in Japan a comprehensive and systematic way.
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