Title: Painters as envoys : Korean inspiration in eighteenth-century Japanese Nanga /
Authors: Jungmann, Burglind.
Publisher: Princeton University Press,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Painting, Japanese; Nanga.; Painting, Japanese Korean influences; Painting, Japanese Chinese influences; Japan Relations Korea.; Korea Relations Japan.
Abstract: "It is well known that Japanese literati painting of the eighteenth century was inspired by Chinese styles that found their way to Japan through trade relations. However, because Japanese and American art historians have focused on Japanese-Chinese ties, the fact that Japan also maintained important diplomatic - and aesthetic - relations with Korea during the same period has long been neglected. This illustrated, cogently argued book examines the role of Korean embassies in shaping the new Japanese literati style, known as Nanga in Japan."
Contents: Korean embassies to Japan in the eighteenth century -- Southern school painting in China, Korea, and Japan -- Gion Nankai and the Korean Embassy of 1711 -- Sakaki Hyakusen, Yanagisawa Kien, and the An Kyŏn school style -- Ike Taiga's circle and the Korean embassies -- Korean influence on Ike Taiga's painting style -- Korean true scenery painting and its spread to Japan.