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Oliver Impey and Malcolm Fairley with contributions by
Gunhild Avitabile, Ellen Conant, Sato Doshin, Rupert Faulkner, Janet
Hunter, Anna Jackson and Hida Toyojiro
This collection of six illustrated essays provides essential background
information on the history of the Meiji period (1868-1912). Janet
Hunter of the London School of Economics describes the drastic changes
wrought by the Meiji revolution.
Sato Doshin of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
analyses the Meiji bureaucrats' efforts to promote the craft industries,
and Hida Toyojiro of the National Museum of Modern Art investigates
the motivations and working methods of Japanese entrepreneurs.
The next two essays, by Gunhild Avitabile and Ellen Conant, celebrate
the lives of two Westerners, the German Gottfried Wagener and the
Irishman Captain Frank Brinkley, who profoundly influenced the course
of Meiji-period craft industries.
The last essay, by Rupert Faulkner and Anna Jackson of the Victoria
and Albert Museum, explores the formation of that museum's extensive
Japanese holdings during the 1870s and 1880s.
This volume will serve as an invaluable starting-point for the further
study of the Meiji period and its art.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
The late Dr Oliver Impey was formerly Senior Curator at the Ashmolean
Museum, and Reader in Japanese Art, University of Oxford. Co-editor
of 'Meiji No Takara - The Khalili Collection of Japanese Art' and
the author of many books.
Malcolm Fairley is formerly of Sotheby's and Barry Davies Oriental
Art; he is now owner of Malcolm Fairley Ltd. - Japanese Works of
Art in London. Co-editor of 'Meiji No Takara - The Khalili Collection
of Japanese Art' and an expert on all aspects of Meiji period art.
Dr Gunhild Avitabile is formerly the Curator of Far Eastern Art
at the Museum of Applied Art in Frankfurt am Main, and since 1990
the Director of the Japan Society Gallery in New York.
Ellen Conant is an independant art historian in New York.
Sato Doshin is in the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Tokyo National
University of Fine Arts and Music, author of many publications and
has written articles on the theme 'painting and language'.
Dr Rupert Faulkner is Deputy Curator of the Far Eastern Collections
at the Victoria and Albert Museum; he was involved with the opening
of the Toshiba Gallery of Japanese Art and has been recently concerned
with extending the collection of contemporary Japanese studio crafts.
Dr Janet Hunter is the senior Lecturer in Japanese Economic and
Social History at the London School of Economics; she has written
on many aspects of Japan's modern development.
Hida Toyojiro is curator of the Crafts Gallery at the National Museum
of Modern Art in Tokyo; he is a prolific author who has mounted
many prestigious exhibitions.
Anna Jackson is Acting Deputy Keeper of the Asian Department at
the Victoria and Albert Museum, and responsible for the V&A's collection
of Japanese textiles and dress.
DETAILS
210 pages; fully illustrated in colour
40 x 30 cm
hardback with slipcase
1995
1-874780-01-3
£75 $150
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