{"product_id":"utamaro-and-the-spectacle-of-julie-nelson-davis-9781789142358","title":"Utamaro and the Spectacle of Beauty","description":"Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) was one of the most influential artists working in the genre of ukiyo-e, \"pictures of the floating world,\" in late eighteenth-century Japan, and was widely appreciated for his prints of beautiful women. In 1804, at the height of his success, Utamaro published a set of prints related to a banned historical novel. The prints, titled \u003ci\u003eHideyoshi and his Five Concubines\u003c\/i\u003e, depicted the military ruler Toyotomi Hideyoshi's wife and concubines, and consequently, he was accused of insulting Hideyoshi's dignity. Utamaro was sentenced to be handcuffed for fifty days and is thought to have been briefly imprisoned. According to some sources, the experience crushed him emotionally and ended his career as an artist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this new expanded edition, Julie Nelson Davis draws on a wide range of period sources, makes a close study of selected print sets, and reinterprets Utamaro in the context of his times. Reconstructing the place of the ukiyo-e artist within the commercial print market, she demonstrates how Utamaro's images participated in a larger spectacle of beauty in the city of Edo (present-day Tokyo).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julie Nelson Davis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1789142350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781789142358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/11\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 5.83w x 0.87d","brand":"Julie Nelson Davis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986449957119,"sku":"9781789142358","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_150d0075-2e88-49a0-b3e0-db53981d011e.jpg?v=1683283413","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/utamaro-and-the-spectacle-of-julie-nelson-davis-9781789142358","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}