Frog in the well
Subtitle: portraits of Japan by Watanabe Kazan, 1793-1841
By: Donald Keene.
Contributors: Watanabe, Kazan, 1793-1841.
Series: Asia perspectives
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
Subjects: Watanabe, Kazan, 1793-1841.; Painters -- Japan -- Biography.; Japan -- Intellectual life -- 1600-1868.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: List of illustrations; title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction; title: Dutch studies in Japan before 1793; title: Japan in 1793: Kazan's early years; title: Genre paintings and early portraits; title: Travels and career; title: The early 1830s; title: Foreign influence and major portraits; title: The meeting of East and West; title: Danger from overseas; title: The road to prison; title: The trial; title: Kazan the painter; title: The last year.