Making modern Japanese-style painting Kano Hōgai and the search for images - Foxwell, Chelsea (Chicago London University of Chicago Press, 2015)
Introduction : Nihonga and the historical inscription of the modern -- Exhibitions and the making of modern Japanese painting -- In search of images -- The painter and his audiences -- Decadence and the emergence of Nihonga style -- Naturalizing the double reading -- Transmission and the historicity of Nihonga -- Conclusion.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-267) and index.
Keywords: Kanō, Hōgai -- 1828-1888 -- Criticism and interpretation; Painting, Japanese -- Meiji period, 1868-1912.; Painting, Japanese -- Exhibitions. -- Meiji period, 1868-1912.; Art and society -- History -- 19th century. -- Japan; Art and society -- History -- 20th century. -- Japan