Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Foreword xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter One. Terminology and Ideology: Coming to Terms with “Classicism” in Japanese Art-Historical Writing 21
7. Chapter Two. Tawaraya Sōtatsu and the “Yamato-e Revival” 53
8. Chapter Three. The Patrons of Tawaraya Sōtatsu and Ogata Kōrin 79
9. Chapter Four. Japanese Exemplars for a New Age: Genji Paintings from the Seventeenth-Century Tosa School 99
10. Chapter Five. A New “Classical” Theme: The One Hundred Poets from Elite to Popular Art in the Early Edo Period 133
11. Chapter Six. Classical Imagery and Tokugawa Patronage: A Redefinition in the Seventeenth Century 169
12. Chapter Seven. Uses of the Past: Gion Float Paintings as Instruments of Classicism 187
13. Afterword 207
14. Appendix: Artists and Schools 213
15. Glossary 217
16. Kanji List 225
17. Selected Bibliography 237
18. Contributors 261
19. Index 263