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Ukiyo-E Master Ser.: Massacres in Manchuria : Sino-Japanese War Prints 1894-1895 by Jack Hunter (2014, Trade Paperback)

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The first Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 was Japan's first modern war, and their first military action overseas for over 300 years. One notable result of this conflict was a huge burst in popularity for senso-e ("war pictures"), a genre of ukiyo-e which first evolved as a mutation of musha-e ("warrior pictures") with the need in the 1870s to document the contemporary conflicts which had raged in Japan as a result of the Meiji Restoration, in particular the Seinan War of 1877. Dozens of artists, from the celebrated to the obscure, added to the mass of images which circulated as the Sino-Japanese War progressed (an estimated 3,000 prints were created in just 10 months). Most of the scenes depicted were based on news reports sent back from the front, with artists rushing to replicate events as quickly as possible. The triptych, with its almost cinematic visual scope, was the preferred format for depicting such scenes of turmoil and carnage. Whilst there is a huge range in quality between the prints made by various artists, the very best senso-e of the Sino-Japnese War remain amongst the finest in ukiyo-e, providing a bold, if brief, resurrection for an artform which was in danger of dying out due to the advent of new imaging technologies. MASSACRES IN MANCHURIA features over 200 rare and exceptional Japanese woodblock prints of war. The artists featured in the book include Kiyochika, Gekko, Toshihide, Toshikata, Nobukazu, Chikanobu, Ginko, and numerous others - a list of many of the most outstanding ukiyo-e artists of the late Meiji period, each of whom used their immense artistic talent and imagination to brilliantly illuminate contemporary conflict as it unfurled.

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Scb Distributors
ISBN-10
1840683171
ISBN-13
9781840683172
eBay Product ID (ePID)
204273325

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Book Title
Massacres in Manchuria : Sino-Japanese War Prints 1894-1895
Author
Jack Hunter
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Asian / General, Asian / Japanese, Prints
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Art
Number of Pages
128 Pages

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Item Length
11in
Item Height
0.3in
Item Width
8.5in
Item Weight
12 Oz

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Series Volume Number
13
Copyright Date
2014
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
769.49951035
Series
Ukiyo-E Master Ser.
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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