8. In Quest of the Real: Portrayal and Photography in Japanese Painting Theory

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Note on Transliteration xv
6. 1. Introduction: A Historiographical Overview 1
7. Part One. “History” Reviewed and Visualized
8. 2. Cultural Change in Nineteenth-Century Japan 31
9. 3. History Painting in the Meiji Era: A Consideration of the Issues 56
10. 4. Mori Ōgai’s Phantom Partner: The Development of a Public for Western-style Painting in Meiji Japan 65
11. Part Two. Resituating Yokohama
12. 5. Innovational Adaptations: Contacts between Japanese and Western Artists in Yokohama, 1859–1899 83
13. 6. Expectation and Authenticity in Meiji Tourist Photography 114
14. 7. Gorgeous with Glitter and Gold: Miyagawa Kōzan and the Role of Satsuma Export Ware in the Early Meiji Ceramic Industry 133
15. Part Three. Reconfiguring Painting Traditions
16. 8. In Quest of the Real: Portrayal and Photography in Japanese Painting Theory 153
17. 9. Meiji Response to Bunjinga 177
18. 10. The Image of Kannon as Compassionate Mother in Meiji Art and Culture 197
19. Part Four. Architecture and Expositions Intent and Implementation
20. 11. Reassessing the Rokumeikan 227
21. 12. Japanese Imperial Architecture: From Thomas Roger Smith to Itō Chūta 240
22. 13. Japan “Abroad” at the Chicago Exposition, 1893 254
23. Contributors 281
24. Index 283