Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) was one of the most influential artists working in the genre of ukiyo-e, `pictures of the floating world', in late eighteenth-century Japan, and was widely appreciated for his prints of beautiful women. In this book, Julie Nelson Davis draws on a wide range of period sources, makes a close study of selected print sets and reinterprets Utamaro in the context of his times. Offering a new approach to issues of the status of the artist and the construction of gender, identity, sexuality and celebrity in the Edo period, and now in an updated edition containing a new preface and many new images, this book is a significant contribution to the field, and will be a key work for readers interested in Japanese arts and cultures.
- ISBN13 9781789142358
- Publish Date 18 January 2021 (first published 29 February 2008)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Reaktion Books
- Edition Second Edition, Revised and Expanded Edi
- Format Paperback
- Pages 296
- Language English