Heroes of the Grand Pacification : Kuniyoshi's Taiheiki eiyū den /
Varshavskaya, Elena
Heroes of the Grand Pacification : Kuniyoshi's Taiheiki eiyū den / Kuniyoshi's Taiheiki eiyū den Elena Varshavskaya. - 1 online resource. - Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495 . - Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The book introduces the print-series Taiheiki eiyū den or Heroic Biographies from the 'Tale of Grand Pacification' , designed by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861), who is considered the founder of the heroic genre in Japanese prints. The series is devoted to the final years of the sixteenth century civil wars and the key figure of the day, Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536?-98). All fifty prints of the series are reproduced in full color. Each print is accompanied by a translation of the extensive texts incorporated into the composition and detailed historical and cultural commentaries. The introductory essay reviews the peculiarities of Kuniyoshi's warrior images, explores the roots of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's popularity and discusses the texts in the prints as a source of information on the late medieval warriors' outlook and battlefield practices.
9789004489189 9789074822695
10.1163/9789004489189 DOI
Color prints, Japanese--Edo period, 1600-1868.
Samurai in art.
NE1325
769.92
Heroes of the Grand Pacification : Kuniyoshi's Taiheiki eiyū den / Kuniyoshi's Taiheiki eiyū den Elena Varshavskaya. - 1 online resource. - Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495 . - Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The book introduces the print-series Taiheiki eiyū den or Heroic Biographies from the 'Tale of Grand Pacification' , designed by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861), who is considered the founder of the heroic genre in Japanese prints. The series is devoted to the final years of the sixteenth century civil wars and the key figure of the day, Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536?-98). All fifty prints of the series are reproduced in full color. Each print is accompanied by a translation of the extensive texts incorporated into the composition and detailed historical and cultural commentaries. The introductory essay reviews the peculiarities of Kuniyoshi's warrior images, explores the roots of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's popularity and discusses the texts in the prints as a source of information on the late medieval warriors' outlook and battlefield practices.
9789004489189 9789074822695
10.1163/9789004489189 DOI
Color prints, Japanese--Edo period, 1600-1868.
Samurai in art.
NE1325
769.92