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Frog in the well portraits of Japan by Watanabe Kazan, 1793-1841
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Title
Frog in the well [electronic resource] : portraits of Japan by Watanabe Kazan, 1793-1841 / Donald Keene.
ISBN
0231138261 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
New York : Columbia University Press, c2006.
Physical Description
289 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale Community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2008. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 03, 2008
Series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-276) and index.
Contents
List of illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Dutch studies in Japan before 1793
Japan in 1793: Kazan's early years
Genre paintings and early portraits
Travels and career
The early 1830s
Foreign influence and major portraits
The meeting of East and West
Danger from overseas
The road to prison
The trial
Kazan the painter
The last year.
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