Ebook > Human Sciences > Art / Architecture > Art History > David Bell: Chushingura and the Floating World (ePUB)

David Bell
Chushingura and the Floating World
The Representation of Kanadehon Chushingura in Ukiyo-e Prints

Support

Cover of David Bell: Chushingura and the Floating World (ePUB)

Kanadehon Chushingura has been one of the most popular bunraku and kabuki plays. This fascinating study explores the full spectrum of ukiyo-e (floating world) representations of the Chushingura story. Essential reading for all students of Japanese theatre, the history of Japanese art and the social history of Japan.

€57.20

Format EPUB ● Pages 178 ● ISBN 9781134277858 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2013 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2822330 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

Requires a DRM capable ebook reader

More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor

9,365 Ebooks in this category

Cover of Dunsi Dai: Progressive Perspective Drawing for Theatrical Scene Design

Dunsi Dai: Progressive Perspective Drawing for Theatrical Scene Design

Progressive Perspective Drawing for Theatrical Scene Design provides theatrical scenic designers with the tools to create quick and precise perspective drawings. The book explores three methods of …

Cover of Lauren Daugherty & Mitra Reyhani Ghadim: Museum-based Art Therapy

Lauren Daugherty & Mitra Reyhani Ghadim: Museum-based Art Therapy

This practical and inspirational resource offers a wide range of information about museum-based art therapy and wellness programming in various museums. Featuring contributions from art therapists …

Cover of Sultan Sooud (Barjeel Art Foundation, UAE) Al-Qassemi & Roberto (Zayed University, UAE) Fabbri: Urban Modernity in the Contemporary Gulf

Sultan Sooud (Barjeel Art Foundation, UAE) Al-Qassemi & Roberto (Zayed University, UAE) Fabbri: Urban Modernity in the Contemporary Gulf

Urban Modernity in the Contemporary Gulf offers a timely and engaging discussion on architectural production in the modernization era in the Arabian Peninsula. Focusing on the 20th century as a start …

Cover of Ilenia (University of Central Florida, USA) Colon Mendoza & Lisandra (Winston-Salem State University, USA.) Estevez: Polychrome Art in the Early Modern World

Ilenia (University of Central Florida, USA) Colon Mendoza & Lisandra (Winston-Salem State University, USA.) Estevez: Polychrome Art in the Early Modern World

This book focuses on the techniques and materials of polychromy used in early modern Europe and the Americas from 1200 to 1800. Taking a trans-cultural approach, the book studies the production of …

Cover of Dr Alessandra Lopez y Royo: Contemporary Indonesian Fashion

Dr Alessandra Lopez y Royo: Contemporary Indonesian Fashion

Indonesian fashion has undergone a period of rapid growth over the last three decades. This book explores how through years of social, political, and cultural upheaval, the country”s fashion has …

Cover of Philip (University of Arizona, USA) Waddell: Tacitean Visual Narrative

Philip (University of Arizona, USA) Waddell: Tacitean Visual Narrative

Combining the studies of modern film, traditional narratology, and Roman art, this interdisciplinary work explores the complex and highly visual techniques of Tacitus” Annales. The volume opens …

Cover of Dr Tiziana Ferrero-Regis & Ms. Marissa Lindquist: Staging Fashion

Dr Tiziana Ferrero-Regis & Ms. Marissa Lindquist: Staging Fashion

The fashion show and its spaces are sites of otherness, representing everything from rebellion and excess through to political and social activism. This conceptual and stylistic variety is reflected …

Cover of Dr Geraldine (Central St Martins, London, UK) Biddle-Perry: A Cultural History of Hair in the Modern Age

Dr Geraldine (Central St Martins, London, UK) Biddle-Perry: A Cultural History of Hair in the Modern Age

Over the last century, there has been a revolution in self-presentation and social attitudes towards hair. Developments in mass manufacturing, advances in chemical science and new understandings of …

Cover of Polly Gould: Antarctica, Art and Archive

Polly Gould: Antarctica, Art and Archive

Antarctica, that icy wasteland and extreme environment at the ends of the earth, was – at the beginning of the 20th century – the last frontier of Victorian imperialism, a territory subjected to …