208/308. Print Cultures in Early Modern and Modern Japan
Development of the woodblock prints in Japan from the Edo period (1615-1868) through the 20th century. We examine the technical, thematic and stylistic development of woodblock prints, the work of individual print designers and schools, the role of prints as reflection of and stimulus for the Edo period "Floating World" of urban popular culture, and the thematic, technical and other changes generated by wartime propaganda prints, and the New Print and Creative Print movements of the 20th century. Attention to issues of censorship, collaborative artistic production, representation of gender, sexuality and social status, and dilemmas of cultural identity and modernity. (Previously Arth 218)
(Sean McPherson)
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Conx 20072 Performativity and Visuality in Japanese Theatre