The women of the pleasure quarter : Japanese paintings and prints of the floating world
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LC Subjects
880-01 -- Ukiyoe -- Exhibitions.
Color prints, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868 -- Exhibitions.
Exhibitions.
Geishas in art -- Exhibitions.
Japan -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works -- Exhibitions.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Color prints, Japanese -- Edo period.
Exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition, pictorial works.
Geishas in art.
Japan.
Manners and customs.
Ukiyoe.
Other Subjects
21.02 history of painting.
21.32 history of the graphic arts.
Color prints, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868 -- Exhibitions.
Estampe en couleurs japonaise -- 1600-1868 (Époque d'Edo) -- Expositions.
Exhibition catalogues (form)
Exhibition catalogues.
Japan -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works -- Exhibitions.
Japan -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works -- Exhibitions.
Japon -- Mœurs et coutumes -- Ouvrages illustrés -- Expositions.
Prenten.
Prostituees.
Schilderijen.
Ukiyo-e -- Expositions.
Ukiyoe -- Exhibitions.

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195 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
Language
English

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"In association with Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts."
General Note
"Worcester Art Museum, February 24-May 5, 1996, Equitable Gallery, New York, June 8-August 18, 1996, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, September 22-December 1, 1996"--Title page verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-192) and index.
Description
This volume is the first comprehensive study of the women of the pleasure quarters and entertainment districts of Japan of the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries. It examines the cultural and metaphorical meanings of courtesans and geisha and their appearance in art and Kabuki theater. These women were at the nexus of social relations, part of public culture, organized into institutions and transformed into emblems of femininity, personifications of the romantic ideal. The Women of the Pleasure Quarter reproduces paintings and woodblock prints by forty-six artists, virtually all the leading masters of the genre, including Miyagawa Choshun, Ando Hiroshige, Katsushika Hokusai, and Kitagawa Utamaro. These works, the most familiar forms of Japanese art to Westerners, are important both for their intrinsic aesthetic quality and for their value as documents of Japanese cultural history. Art and life were fundamentally intertwined in the floating world; it was a realm in which art not only influenced life but in which popular entertainment also transformed itself into art by inventing its own conventions and artistic forms. The Women of the Pleasure Quarter is published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by the Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, and also seen at Equitable Gallery, New York, and Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth. Every work in the exhibition, including several rare hand-colored photographs, is reproduced in full color and discussed in an individual commentary. Capsule biographies of each artist, a glossary, and a selected bibliography complete this enchanting survey of one of the most extraordinary bodies of work in art history.
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Also issued online.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Current Copyright Fee: GBP106.20,0.,Uk
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SACFinal081324

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Swinton, E. d. S., Campbell, K. E., Dalby, L. C., & Oshima, M. (1995). The women of the pleasure quarter: Japanese paintings and prints of the floating world . Hudson Hills Press ; Distributed by National Book Network.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Elizabeth de Sabato Swinton et al.. 1995. The Women of the Pleasure Quarter: Japanese Paintings and Prints of the Floating World. New York : [Lanham, MD]: Hudson Hills Press ; Distributed by National Book Network.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Elizabeth de Sabato Swinton et al.. The Women of the Pleasure Quarter: Japanese Paintings and Prints of the Floating World New York : [Lanham, MD]: Hudson Hills Press ; Distributed by National Book Network, 1995.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Swinton, E. d. S., Campbell, K. E., Dalby, L. C. and Oshima, M. (1995). The women of the pleasure quarter: japanese paintings and prints of the floating world. New York : [Lanham, MD]: Hudson Hills Press ; Distributed by National Book Network.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Swinton, Elizabeth de Sabato, Kazue Edamatsu Campbell, Liza Crihfield Dalby, and Mark Oshima. The Women of the Pleasure Quarter: Japanese Paintings and Prints of the Floating World Hudson Hills Press ; Distributed by National Book Network, 1995.

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