Copying the Master and Stealing His Secrets: Talent and Training in Japanese Painting

Published by University of Hawaii Press 2003

Copying the Master and Stealing His Secrets

Talent and Training in Japanese Painting

Edited by: Brenda G. Jordan and Victoria Weston

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824862008

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Copying the Master and Stealing His Secrets examines the transmission of painting traditions in Japan from one generation to the next. The contributors emphasize the relationship between inborn abilities and those skills taught in the course of learning how to paint. They focus their discussion on a group of painting masters loosely associated with the prestigious Kano painting atelier, Japan's de facto painting academy throughout the Tokugawa period (1615-1868) and into the early modern era. By delving into why, how, and what these painters transmitted to students through their teaching, readers gain insight into artistic and aesthetic sensibilities active in Japanese painting and a fuller appreciation of extant paintings within their cultural and historical contexts.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Notes To The Reader Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
An Afterword Posing As A Foreword: Some Comparative And Miscellaneous Thoughts On Talent And Training J . Thomas Rimer Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
Introduction Brenda G. Jordan and Victoria Weston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Talent,Training, And Power: The Kano Painting Workshop In The Seventeenth Century Karen M. Gerhart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Chapter 2. Copying From Beginning To End?: Student Life In The Kano School Brenda G. Jordan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
Chapter 3. In The Studio Of Painting Study: Transmission Practices Of Tani Bunchō Frank Chance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
Chapter 4. Kawanabe Kyōsai’s Theory And Pedagogy: The Preeminence Of Shasei Brenda G. Jordan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	86
Chapter 5. Okuhara Seiko: A Case Of Funpon Training I N L Ate Edo Literat I Painting Martha J. Mcclintock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
Chapter 6. Institutionalizing Talent And The Kano: Legacy At The Tokyo School Of Fine Arts, 1889–1893 Victoria Weston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
Epilogue From Technique To Art Brenda G. Jordan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
Appendix. An Examination Of Records: Painting Commissions As Determinants Of Hierarchy In The Early-Seventeenth-Century Kano House Karen M. Gerhart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245

Language: English
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 288

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Published: November 30, 2002
ISBN: 9780824862008