Visual Culture of Meiji Japan
This volume examines the visual culture of Japan’s transition to modernity, from 1868 to the first decades of the twentieth century.
Through this important moment in Japanese history, contributors reflect on Japan’s transcultural artistic imagination vis-a-vis the discernment, negotiation, assimilation, and assemblage of diverse aesthetic concepts and visual pursuits. The collected chapters show ho...
This volume examines the visual culture of Japan’s transition to modernity, from 1868 to the first decades of the twentieth century.
Through this important moment in Japanese history, contributors reflect on Japan’s transcultural artistic imagination vis-a-vis the discernment, negotiation, assimilation, and assemblage of diverse aesthetic concepts and visual pursuits. The collected chapters show ho...