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1 online resource (v, 122 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
When is a statue not a statue? When it is made of ivory. Then it is called an "okimono", a term that suggests it is a curio but not art. The international interest in Japanese craft production after the opening of the ports in 1859 led to an explosion of ivory carving, everything from netsuke to entire tusks. Arguing that purchase by tourists does not inherently define the quality of an object, this book examines the efforts of the retailers and artisans to elevate the standard of the craft. Ivory carvers were not just bystanders to the changing demands of the art world, they were leaders in shaping the development of sculpture in Meiji Japan. |
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Preface -- 1. Art, Ivory and the Meiji Period: An Introduction -- 2. The Curiosity Shop: The Forces of Capitalism -- 3. Transformations of the Craftsman -- 4. Individualism, Orthodoxy and the Evolution of Ivory Carving as Sculpture -- 5. Ivory after Meiji: A Conclusion. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ivory carving -- Japan.
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Ivory carving. |
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Japan. |
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Aesthetics, Japanese -- 19th century.
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| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Art and society -- Japan -- History -- 19th century.
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Art and society. |
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History. |
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Aesthetics, Japanese. |
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CRAFTS & HOBBIES -- Carving. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Chaiklin, Martha, 1960- Ivory and the aesthetics of modernity in Meiji Japan. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshiare, England ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014 9781137363329 (DLC) 2014030385 (OCoLC)885092712 |
| ISBN |
9781137363336 (electronic book) |
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1137363339 (electronic book) |
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9781349472963 (print) |
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