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- catalog abstract ""Woodblock prints from the Meiji era (1868-1912) challenge our notion of Japanese pictures as romanticized, timeless images of geisha, kabuki actors, and picturesque landscapes. Instead, they depicted current events with a propagandistic flair, and were printed in vivid colors reflecting the vibrancy of Japan's rush toward modernization at the turn of the century. As feudal Japan was transformed into a unified, modern state and emerged as a military and industrial power, woodblock printmakers chronicled and validated the introduction of Western technology, architecture, dress, and social practices, as well as the wars that propelled Japan into the international community. In keeping with the new spirit of the Meiji years, the woodblock prints often feature lurid colors that prefigure twentieth-century poster art and stylistically point the way toward contemporary Japanese manga and animation." "Japan at the Dawn of the Modern Age features over eighty Meiji-era prints in full color, along with two previously unpublished essays by the renowned literary critic, historian, and biographer Donald Keene on Meiji and his times. Additional writings by curators Anne Nishimura Morse and Louise E. Virgin, and the collector and historian Frederic A. Sharf place these prints in the context of their times, their collection, and their home at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Woodblock prints from the Meiji era, 1868-1912".
- catalog contributor b12022078.
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- catalog contributor b12022082.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""Woodblock prints from the Meiji era (1868-1912) challenge our notion of Japanese pictures as romanticized, timeless images of geisha, kabuki actors, and picturesque landscapes. Instead, they depicted current events with a propagandistic flair, and were printed in vivid colors reflecting the vibrancy of Japan's rush toward modernization at the turn of the century. As feudal Japan was transformed into a unified, modern state and emerged as a military and industrial power, woodblock printmakers chronicled and validated the introduction of Western technology, architecture, dress, and social practices, as well as the wars that propelled Japan into the international community. In keeping with the new spirit of the Meiji years, the woodblock prints often feature lurid colors that prefigure twentieth-century poster art and stylistically point the way toward contemporary Japanese manga and animation." "Japan at the Dawn of the Modern Age features over eighty Meiji-era prints in full color, along with two previously unpublished essays by the renowned literary critic, historian, and biographer Donald Keene on Meiji and his times. Additional writings by curators Anne Nishimura Morse and Louise E. Virgin, and the collector and historian Frederic A. Sharf place these prints in the context of their times, their collection, and their home at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Director's foreword / Malcolm Rogers -- The history of a collection / Frederic A. Scharf -- At the intersection of "Old Japan" and "New Japan" : the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Meiji era / Anne Nishimura Morse -- The reign of emperor Meiji / Donald Keene -- Emperor Meiji and his times / Donald Keene -- Japan at the dawn of the modern age / Louise E. Virgin.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog extent "153 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Japan at the dawn of the modern age.".
- catalog identifier "0878466193 (pbk.)".
- catalog identifier "0878466207".
- catalog isFormatOf "Japan at the dawn of the modern age.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston, Mass. : MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts ; New York : Available through D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers,".
- catalog relation "Japan at the dawn of the modern age.".
- catalog subject "Color prints, Japanese Meiji period, 1868-1912 Exhibitions.".
- catalog subject "Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Exhibitions.".
- catalog subject "NE1322 .J36 2001".
- catalog subject "Sharf, Frederic Alan Art collections Exhibitions.".
- catalog subject "Sharf, Jean S. Art collections Exhibitions.".
- catalog subject "Wood-engraving, Japanese 19th century Exhibitions.".
- catalog subject "Wood-engraving, Japanese 20th century Exhibitions.".
- catalog subject "Wood-engraving, Japanese Exhibitions.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Director's foreword / Malcolm Rogers -- The history of a collection / Frederic A. Scharf -- At the intersection of "Old Japan" and "New Japan" : the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Meiji era / Anne Nishimura Morse -- The reign of emperor Meiji / Donald Keene -- Emperor Meiji and his times / Donald Keene -- Japan at the dawn of the modern age / Louise E. Virgin.".
- catalog title "Japan at the dawn of the modern age : woodblock prints from the Meiji era, 1868-1912 : selections from the Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston / essays by Donald Keene, Anne Nishimura Morse, and Frederic A. Sharf ; catalogue by Louise E. Virgin.".
- catalog title "Woodblock prints from the Meiji era, 1868-1912".
- catalog type "text".