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Rosenfield, John M.; Cranston, Fumiko E.; Cranston, Edwin A. COURTLY TRADITION IN JAPANESE ART AND LITERATURE: SELECTIONS FROM THE HOFER AND HYDE COLLECTIONS.
Fogg Art Museum /Harvard University 1973 Hardcover Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket
316 pp. Approx. 9 x 11in. Centered on calligraphy and painting of narrative and religious themes, this exhibition is drawn from the Hyde collection in Somerville, NJ, and the Hofer collection in Belmont, MA. It explores a current in Japanese art rarely seen in the West. Most of the artists, authors, and patrons represented here were aristocrats, members of the Japanese imperial family and courtiers of high rank, or else scholars and clergy of the metropolitan temples.Their work therefore represents what the Japanese call koten bungei, perhaps the most elegant, refined, and courtly aspect of the culture. In the education of the Japanese aristocracy, poetry and fine prose were taught from early childhood, and excellence as a calligrapher was one of the essential requirements for government and religious leaders, men and women of the court, and scholars. The indissoluble connections of calligraphy, literature, and narrative painting thus become an extraordinary area for examining the traditional concept of high culture in East Asia.
Appears unread. Gift inscription on inside front endpaper. Dust jacket lightly faded.
Price:
60.00 USD
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