Word in Flower: The Visualization of Classical Literature in Seventeenth Century Japan

edited by Carolyn Wheelwright

ISBN 10: 0894670514 / ISBN 13: 9780894670510

Published by New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Art Gallery, 1989

About this Item

Catalogue of an exhibition held at Yale University Art Gallery, 22 Sept.-12 Nov. 1989. Description: 123 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 28 cm.

Seller Inventory # 2ts709

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Word in Flower: The Visualization of Classical Literature in Seventeenth Century Japan
• Publisher: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Art Gallery
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0894670514
• ISBN 13: 9780894670510
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Nature
  • Art
  • Japan

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Synopsis

Calligraphed ideograms picture words with painted poems in 17th century Japan. Artists in this period used the great 13th century poet, Fujiware Teika, as a source for their paintings. Essays in Japanese and English. Distributed by Woodstocker Books.