Hokusai

by Calza, Gian Carlo; Forrer, Matthi; Keyes, Roger S

• ISBN13: 9780714844572
• ISBN10: 0714844578
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-01
• Publisher: Phaidon Press

Summary

Katsushika Hokusai (1769-1849) was one of the greatest of the Japanese printmakers, painters and book illustrators. This richly illustrated monograph provides an overview of the master's life and works. Comprising introductory essays, seven chapters embracing Hokusai's entire career and some 700 illustrations, it presents and analyses a large selection of Hokusai's finest works in all media, covering his whole career and giving a scholarly and up-to-date interpretation of the artist and his significance.Gian Carlo Calza is Professor of East Asian Art History at the University of Ca' Foscari, Venice, and Director of the International Hokusai Research Centre in Milan. A distinguished authority on Hokusai and Japanese art, he has published many books, exhibition catalogues and articles on Hokusai, and is currently preparing a catalogue raisonn+ of Hokusai's paintings.In addition to Calza's eight introductory essays and his catalogue of the artist's works, the book includes discussions of various aspects of Hokusai's art by inter-nationally respected authorities in the field, namely Roger S. Keyes, Visiting Professor in the History of Art at Brown University; Matthi Forrer, Curator at the National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden; John M. Rosen-field, Professor Emeritus of East Asian Art at Harvard University; Richard Lane, independent scholar; Asano Shugo, Curator of the Municipal Museum of Art, Chiba; Tsuji Nobuo, Rector of Tama University of Fine Arts, Tokyo; and Kobayashi Tadashi, Director of the Muni-cipal Museum of Art, Chiba, and Professor of East Asian Art History at the University Gakushuin of Tokyo.

Author Biography

Gian Carlo Calza is Professor of East Asian Art, Ca' Foscari University, Venice, and Director of the International Hokusai Research Centre in Milan. A distinguished authority on Hokusai and Japanese art, he has published many books, exhibition catalogues and articles on Hokusai Roger S. Keyes is Visiting Professor in the History of Art at Brown University, and Director of the Center for the Study of Japanese Prints Matthi Forrer is Curator of the Japanese Department at the National Museum of Ethnology, University of Leiden John M. Rosenfield is Emeritus Professor of East Asian Art, Harvard University, and Curator of Asian Art at the Harvard University Art Museums Richard Lane is an Independent scholar, Kyoto Asano Shugo is Curator of the Municipal Museum of Art, Chiba Tsuji Nobuo is Rector of Tama University of Fine Arts. Tokyo, and Emeritus Professor of East Asian Art at the University of Tokyo Kobayashi Tadashi is Director of the Municipal Museum of Art, Chiba, and Professor of East Asian Art History at Gakushuin University, Tokyo

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	4	(3)
Hokusai: a Universe	7	(6)
Gian Carlo Calza
The Young Hokusai	13	(10)
Roger S. Keyes
Western Influences in Hokusai's Art	23	(9)
Matthi Forrer
`All Creation is the Teacher': Hokusai the Individualist in Two of his Painting Manuals	32	(18)
John M. Rosenfield
Love's Labours Found: the Erotic Art of Hokusai	50	(8)
Richard Lane
Surimono Art and Literary Circles: the Genroku kasen kai awase and Umazukushi Series	58	(7)
Asano Shugo
In a Fantasy World: Hokusai's Late Works	65	(10)
Tsuji Nobuo
Hokusai's Letters	75	(349)
Kobayashi Tadashi
Under the Sign of the Dragon: the Shunro Period	83	(20)
Individualism and Autonomy: the Soi Period	103	(22)
Maturity: the Hokusai Period	125	(64)
Handbooks, Handbooks, Handbooks: the Taito Period	189	(36)
Revolution in Landscape: the Iitsu Period	225	(112)
Beyond the Impossible: the Manji Period	337	(62)
Beyond the Margins of the Western Sea: Hokusai and Japonisme	399	(25)
List of Works	424	(83)
Glossary	507	(4)
Bibliography	511	(2)
Index of Works by Hokusai	513	(4)
General Index	517