Ivory and the Aesthetics of Modernity in Meiji Japan [electronic resource] /
Chaiklin, M.author.
The opening of the ports of Japan in 1859 brought a flood of Japanese craft products to the world marketplace. For ivory it was a golden age. This book examines the role that ivory and ivory carvers played in the expression of nationalism and the development of sculpture in the later nineteenth and early twentieth century.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-Title; Title ; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Art, Ivory and the Meiji Period -An Introduction; 2 The Curiosity Shop - The Forces of Capitalism; 3 Transformations of the Craftsman; 4 Individualism, Orthodoxy and the Evolutionof Ivory Carving as Sculpture; 5 Ivory after Meiji - A Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The opening of the ports of Japan in 1859 brought a flood of Japanese craft products to the world marketplace. For ivory it was a golden age. This book examines the role that ivory and ivory carvers played in the expression of nationalism and the development of sculpture in the later nineteenth and early twentieth century.
Arts.
Asia-History.
Social history.
Japan-History.
History, Modern.
Aesthetics.
Arts.
Asian History.
Social History.
History of Japan.
Modern History.
Aesthetics.