The Hundred Poets Compared

by Herwig, Henk J.

• ISBN13: 9789074822824
• ISBN10: 9074822827
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-05-30
• Publisher: Hotei Pub

Summary

"The Hundred Poets Compared discusses a print series by three of the most famous Japanese print artists of the 19th century: Kuniyoshi, Hiroshige, and Kunisada. This series of one hundred prints is known as the Ogura nazorae hyakunin isshu (Companions of the Ogura One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each) and constitutes a typical example of serial graphics from the world of Ukiyo-e." "Each print compares one of the poems from the most-beloved collection of Japanese poetry, The One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each (Hyahunin isshu), with a scene from Japanese history or theatre."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Joshua S. Mostow is Professor of Asian Studies at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Henk J. Herwig is a retired Lecturer of Zoology and Cell Biology at Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

Table of Contents

A remarkable adventure	p. 11
An anthology of poems	p. 11
Fujiwara no Teika and the One hundred poets, one poem each	p. 12
Mitate-e	p. 16
Serial works	p. 16
Parody pictures of the One hundred poets, one poem each	p. 18
The Tenpo reforms : publishers and actors under pressure	p. 18
The conception of the series	p. 21
Members of the team	p. 24
Ibaya Senzaburo, fan merchant and publisher	p. 24
Kuniyoshi, the unbridled	p. 25
Hiroshige, master of landscape	p. 26
Ryukatei Tanekazu, author of popular fiction	p. 27
Kunisada, master of the theatrical print	p. 28
Publishing dates of the series	p. 30
A re-evaluation halfway	p. 31
Chief literary sources	p. 31
Kabuki sub rosa	p. 32
Pictures, translations, explications and commentaries	p. 36
Overview of artists, censors, characters, and poets	p. 237
Overview of prints showing specific Kabuki actors	p. 239
Indices actors' stage-names and playwrights	p. 240
Overview of periods in which specific censor seals were used	p. 241
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