Research Catalog

Title

Waves of renewal : modern Japanese prints, 1900 to 1960 : selections from the Nihon no hanga collection, Amsterdam / Chris Uhlenbeck, Amy Reigle Newland, Maureen de Vries.

Author

Uhlenbeck, Chris

Publication

• Leiden, The Netherlands : Hotei Publishing, [2016]
• ©2016

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Details

Additional Authors

• Newland, Amy Reigle
• Vries, Maureen de
• Fondation Baur, musée des arts d'Extrême Orient, host institution.

Description

318 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 31 cm

Summary

Waves of Renewal traces the re-emergence of Japanese printmaking following an era of decline beginning in the late nineteenth century. The early twentieth century witnessed the development of two main printmaking movements. The first--shin hanga (new print)--reinvented and revitalised the time-honoured genres of landscape, beauties and actors. These prints adhered to a traditional production method based on the cooperation between artist, publisher, block-cutter and printer, but one infused with a new language of style and technique. The second--sōsaku hanga (creative print)--was a child of the emerging dialogue between Western and Japanese art and aesthetics. In the main, sōsaku hanga artists sought control of design and production as part of the creative process. Waves of renewal represents the first publication of this size and scope to draw on the extensive holdings of the Nihon no Hanga collection in Amsterdam. The some three hundred prints included showcase the sophistication of shin hanga and the boldness of sōsaku hanga. An introductory essay sets the stage for this rich period in the history of Japanese prints, with ten shorter contributions by noted scholars in the field that focus on aspects integral to our understanding of twentieth-century Japanese printmaking. The selected prints are documented and annotated in a catalogue section.

Alternative Title

Modern Japanese prints, 1900 to 1960

Subject

• Nihon no Hanga (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
• Prints, Japanese > 20th century
• Prints, Japanese > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Prints > Netherlands > Amsterdam > Exhibitions

Note

• Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Baur Foundation, Museum of Far Eastern Art in Geneva in 2016.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-309) and indexes.

Call Number

MDBV+ 16-4163

ISBN

• 9789004307711
• 9004307710

LCCN

2016387393

OCLC

929592963

Author

Uhlenbeck, Chris, author.

Title

Waves of renewal : modern Japanese prints, 1900 to 1960 : selections from the Nihon no hanga collection, Amsterdam / Chris Uhlenbeck, Amy Reigle Newland, Maureen de Vries.

Publisher

Leiden, The Netherlands : Hotei Publishing, [2016]

Copyright Date

©2016

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-309) and indexes.

Added Author

Newland, Amy Reigle, author.

Vries, Maureen de, author.

Fondation Baur, musée des arts d'Extrême Orient, host institution.

Research Call Number

MDBV+ 16-4163