{"product_id":"aesthetic-life-miya-elise-mizuta-lippit-9780674975163","title":"Aesthetic Life: Beauty and Art in Modern Japan","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis study of modern Japan engages the fields of art history, literature, and cultural studies, seeking to understand how the \"beautiful woman\" (\u003ci\u003ebijin\u003c\/i\u003e) emerged as a symbol of Japanese culture during the Meiji period (1868-1912). With origins in the formative period of modern Japanese art and aesthetics, the figure of the \u003ci\u003ebijin\u003c\/i\u003e appeared across a broad range of visual and textual media: photographs, illustrations, prints, and literary works, as well as fictional, critical, and journalistic writing. It eventually constituted a genre of painting called \u003ci\u003ebijinga\u003c\/i\u003e (paintings of beauties). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAesthetic Life\u003c\/i\u003e examines the contributions of writers, artists, scholars, critics, journalists, and politicians to the discussion of the \u003ci\u003ebijin\u003c\/i\u003e and to the production of a national discourse on standards of Japanese beauty and art. As Japan worked to establish its place in the world, it actively presented itself as an artistic nation based on these ideals of feminine beauty. The book explores this exemplary figure for modern Japanese aesthetics and analyzes how the deceptively ordinary image of the beautiful Japanese woman--an iconic image that persists to this day--was cultivated as a \"national treasure,\" synonymous with Japanese culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Miya Elise Mizuta Lippit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674975162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674975163\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.10h x 7.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2019","brand":"Miya Elise Mizuta Lippit","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086762815743,"sku":"9780674975163","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f4eecaab-3ad4-4375-bd5e-63f956c119a9.jpg?v=1769096433","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/aesthetic-life-miya-elise-mizuta-lippit-9780674975163","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}