JAPAN KULTUR OG KUNST I EDO-TIDEN (Culture and Art in the Edo Period). En Blomstringstid under Shogunens Herredømme (A Flowering during the Ruling of the Shoguns)

Author: Jenvol, Birgit & Hanne Posche, eds
Country: Denmark
Language: Danish/Some Japanese
Year Published: 2005
No. of pages: 125
Illustrations: 104 Color Illustrations. 0 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 11”x 8”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 8741364716
Biblio/Bio: Index. Cat. of exh. Bibl. Bios.
Code: 6425

Price: $29.50

The Edo period (1603-1867) experienced Japanese long-lasting peace, prosperity and a cultural golden age. The exhibition opens up a rare insight into traditions that are a fundamental part of modern Japan. The West has for centuries seen Japan as a distant and unfamiliar land. The fascination extends from images of heroic samurai struggling to dream about geisha and other beautiful women. Chapters on Tokaido - the main road from Edo to Kyoto, the time of the Edo Period, laquer and works on laquer, Fuji-san, samurais, sports of war, Ishikawa Jozan, tea, Chonin - city life, fashion and clothing, painting during the Edo Period, religion, cultural life, caligraphy, superstition, ceramics, Washi - Japanese handmade paper, food, Japonism in Denmark, Japanese contemporary inspiration and much more.