TY  - BOOK
AU  - Varshavskaya,Elena
TI  - Heroes of the Grand Pacification: Kuniyoshi's Taiheiki eiyū den 
T2  - Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
SN  - 9789004489189
AV  - NE1325 
U1  - 769.92 23
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Leiden; , Boston
PB  - Brill | Hotei
KW  - Color prints, Japanese
KW  - Edo period, 1600-1868
KW  - Samurai in art
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004489189
ER  -