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Tradition and Triumph: Japanese Women Artists from the John Fong and Colin Johnstone Collection

Tradition and Triumph: Japanese Women Artists from the John Fong and Colin Johnstone Collection

Maske, Andrew L.

Hardcover

General ArtJapanese HistoryJapanese Art

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ISBN10: 1945483075
ISBN13: 9781945483073
Publisher: Denver Art Museum
Published: Sep 30 2021
Pages: 208
Language: English

In pre-1900 Japan few women were encouraged to become professional artists and pursue art seriously. In some situations, male family members who recognized and supported the artistic talent of a female relative could arrange for her to receive further training. And some Buddhist nuns, freed from domestic duties, took up the brush. In a different social realm, courtesans at the highest levels were trained in the arts and attained recognition as poet-calligraphers. After the fall of the shogunate in the 1860s, women had more opportunities to practice art, albeit still limited by tradition.

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