基本説明
This catalogue represents the first overview of Chikanobu's highly productive career spanning more than 30 years, with over 200 full-colour images of kabuki actors, warriors, the imperial court of Emperor Meiji, and the common people of Edo and Tokyo. The book also serves as the catalogue of a travelling exhibition on Chikanobu which opened in September 2006 at Scripps College in Claremont, California and closed at the International Christian University in Tokyo in the autumn of 2008.
Full Description
Two of Chikanobu's well known series of 50 prints each, Snow, Moon, Flowers (Setsugekka) and Eastern Brocades: Day and Night Compared (Azuma nishiki chūya kurabe) are illustrated in their entirety. And with over 270 full color illustrations, Chikanobu. Modernity and Nostalgia in Japanese Prints truly displays the richness of the intense Meiji print palette.
