{"product_id":"making-modern-japanese-style-painting-chelsea-foxwell-9780226110806","title":"Making Modern Japanese-Style Painting: Kano Hogai and the Search for Images","description":"The Western discovery of Japanese paintings at nineteenth-century world's fairs and export shops catapulted Japanese art to new levels of international popularity. With that popularity, however, came criticism, as Western writers began to lament a perceived end to pure Japanese art and a rise in westernized cultural hybrids. The Japanese response: \u003ci\u003enihonga\u003c\/i\u003e, a traditional style of painting that reframed existing techniques to distinguish them from Western artistic conventions. \u003ci\u003eMaking Modern Japanese-Style Painting\u003c\/i\u003e explores the visual characteristics and social functions of \u003ci\u003enihonga\u003c\/i\u003e and traces its relationship to the past, its viewers, and emerging notions of the modern Japanese state. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Chelsea Foxwell sheds light on interlinked trends in Japanese nationalist discourse, government art policy, American and European commentary on Japanese art, and the demands of export. The seminal artist Kano Hogai (1828-88) is one telling example: originally a painter for the shogun, his art eventually evolved into novel, eerie images meant to satisfy both Japanese and Western audiences. Rather than simply absorbing Western approaches, \u003ci\u003enihonga\u003c\/i\u003e as practiced by Hogai and others broke with pre-Meiji painting even as it worked to neutralize the rupture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By arguing that fundamental changes to audience expectations led to the emergence of \u003ci\u003enihonga\u003c\/i\u003e--a traditional interpretation of Japanese art for a contemporary, international market--\u003ci\u003eMaking Modern Japanese-Style Painting\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fresh look at an important aspect of Japan's development into a modern nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chelsea Foxwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022611080X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226110806\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/20\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.37h x 8.60w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2016","brand":"Chelsea Foxwell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44075970527487,"sku":"9780226110806","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d7349c3f-f206-483c-81dc-823d397152d3.jpg?v=1685462464","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/making-modern-japanese-style-painting-chelsea-foxwell-9780226110806","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}