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Mirroring the Japanese empire : the male figure in yōga painting, 1930-1950 /

In this groundbreaking study of a subject intricately tied up with the controversies of Japanese wartime politics and propaganda, Maki Kaneko reexamines the iconic male figures created by artists of yo¿¿ga (Western-style painting) between 1930 and 1950. Particular attention is given to prominent yo¿...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kaneko, Maki
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2015.
Colección:Japanese visual culture ; v. 14.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Mirroring the Japanese Empire; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 INTRODUCTION; Framing Japanese "War Art"; New Studies on "War Art" after the 1990s; The Male Figure in Yōga; The "Men's World" of Yōga in the 1930s; Chapter Organization; 2 "JAPANESE" MEN ON DISPLAY: FUJITA TSUGUHARU'S CAMPAIGN-RECORD PAINTINGS; Introduction; A "Japanese" Artist in Bohemian Paris; Fujita's Return to Imperial Japan; Campaign-Record Painting as Battle for Yōga Artists; Representation of the Japanese Male Body; Fujita's Deathly Battle Pictures in the Last Phase of the Japanese Empire.
  • In/Visibility of the Racial and Sexual "Other"Conclusion; 3 MODERN PORTRAITURE AS THE SITE OF BATTLE: YASUI SŌTARŌ'S MALE PORTRAITS AND THE SHIRAKABA SCHOOL; Introduction; Yasui's "Atypical" Male Portraiture in the 1930s and 40s; Kojima Kikuo: Art Historian, Critic, and Arts Administrator; Kojima's Evaluation of Yasui's Portraiture; Yasui as an Artist of Male Portraits; Negotiation and Formulation of Male Alliance through Portraiture; Conclusion; 4 ARTISTS AS MADMEN: YAMASHITA KIYOSHI AND MATSUMOTO SHUNSUKE'S "DISABLED" BODIES; Introduction; Yamashita Kiyoshi and Wartime Society.
  • The Discourse of "Insanity" and Art in Prewar JapanArt and "Health" Policy in the 1930s; "The Living Painter": Matsumoto Shunsuke; Matsumoto Shunsuke's Resistance to"Abnormality" in Militant Japan; Matsumoto's Bodily Representation of "Health" and "Manhood"; Conclusion; 5 CONCLUSION: MALE ICONS OF JAPAN'S "LONG POSTWAR"; The Persistence of Modernity: Yasui Sōtarō; The Resurrection of Wartime Memory: Yamashita Kiyoshi; The Reconciliation with the Past: Fujita Tsuguharu; The "Discovery" of the Lone Protester: Matsumoto Shunsuke; Endnotes; Selected Bibliography; Illustration Credits; Index.