Ôtsu-e. Popular imagery of Japan.
Picquier| N° d'inventaire | 22168 |
| Format | 11 x 17 |
| Détails | 289 p., numerous color illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Arles, 2019 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782809714555 |
Ôtsu-e are Japanese folk paintings in a naive and spirited style, sometimes satirical or moral in nature, which were produced between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries by anonymous artisans in small towns around Ôtsu, not far from Kyoto. They disappeared with the modernization of Japan and only a few hundred remain today. In 1920, a master seal engraver, Kusunose Nichinen, who lamented the loss of this unique testimony to the visual culture of the Edo period, copied the main themes of these paintings to create a series of stenciled engravings. These prints were acquired by the ethnologist André Leroi-Gourhan during his stay in pre-war Japan, for a study on Popular Forms of Religious Art in Japan. This book reproduces Nichinen's 78 engravings, accompanied by original commentaries and an introduction to their history. It constitutes the first publication in France on this forgotten imagery - contemporary with the famous ukiyo-e prints - which opens a window onto Japanese beliefs and popular humor.
Ôtsu-e are Japanese folk paintings in a naive and spirited style, sometimes satirical or moral in nature, which were produced between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries by anonymous artisans in small towns around Ôtsu, not far from Kyoto. They disappeared with the modernization of Japan and only a few hundred remain today. In 1920, a master seal engraver, Kusunose Nichinen, who lamented the loss of this unique testimony to the visual culture of the Edo period, copied the main themes of these paintings to create a series of stenciled engravings. These prints were acquired by the ethnologist André Leroi-Gourhan during his stay in pre-war Japan, for a study on Popular Forms of Religious Art in Japan. This book reproduces Nichinen's 78 engravings, accompanied by original commentaries and an introduction to their history. It constitutes the first publication in France on this forgotten imagery - contemporary with the famous ukiyo-e prints - which opens a window onto Japanese beliefs and popular humor.