The Prints of Isoda Koryūsai
Author | : Allen Hockley |
Publisher | : University of Washington Press |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780295983011 |
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He may very well be the most productive artist of the eighteenth century. Refuting outmoded paradigms of connoisseurship and challenging the assumptions of conventional print scholarship, Allen Hockley elevates this important figure from the status of a minor Edo-period artist. He argues that Koryusai excelled by the most significant measure -- he was a highly successful creator of popular commodities. Employing an "active audience" model, Hockley reshapes the study of ukiyo-e as a.