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The Hundred Poets Compared: A Print Series by Kuniyoshi, Hiroshige, and Kunisada


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Each of the one hundred prints in this publication compares one of the poems from the most-beloved collection of Japanese poetry, The One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each (Hyakunin Isshu), with a scene from Japanese history or theatre. The series includes many surreptitious portraits of popular Kabuki actors of the time. This work will be welcome to Ukiyo-e collectors and scholars, as well as those interested in Kabuki and Japanese legends.

Table of Contents:
Preface and acknowledgements Notes to the reader Introduction to the series A remarkable adventure An anthology of poems Fujiwara no Teika and the One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each Mitate-e Serial works Parody pictures of the One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each The Tenpô Reforms: publishers and actors under pressure The conception of the series Members of the team Ibaya Senzaburô, fan merchant and publisher Kuniyoshi, the unbridled Hiroshige, master of landscape Ryûkatei Tanekazu, author of popular fiction Kunisada, master of the theatrical print Publishing dates of the series A re-evaluation halfway Chief literary sources Kabuki sub rosa Conclusion Notes Pictures, translations, explications and commentaries Appendices Overview of artists, censors, characters, and poets Overview of prints showing specific Kabuki actors Indices actors’ stage-names and playwrights Overview of periods in which specific censor seals were used Bibliography Index

About the Author :
Henk J. Herwig is a retired Lecturer of Zoology and Cell Biology at Utrecht University, The Netherlands. Since 1992 he has been Editor-in-Chief of Andon, the renowned Bulletin of the Society for Japanese Art. With his wife he is also the author of Heroes of the Kabuki Stage (2004). Joshua S. Mostow is Professor of Asian Studies at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. He is also author of Pictures of the Heart: The Hyakunin Isshu in Word and Image (1996) and other works on Japanese art and literature.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9789074822824
  • Publisher: Brill
  • Publisher Imprint: Hotei Publishing,The Netherlands
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 1764 gr
  • ISBN-10: 9074822827
  • Publisher Date: 08 Jun 2007
  • Binding: Leather / fine binding
  • No of Pages: 256
  • Sub Title: A Print Series by Kuniyoshi, Hiroshige, and Kunisada


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