TY  - BOOK
T1  - The Japanese sense of beauty
T2  - Japan library.
A1  - Takashina, Shuji 1932-
A2  - Treyvaud, Matt
LA  - English
LA  - Japanese
PP  - Tokyo
PB  - Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture
YR  - 2018
ED  - First English edition.
UL  - https://tuklas.up.edu.ph/Record/UP-8027390931312502993
AB  - "What makes Japanese art unique? In The Japanese Sense of Beauty, art critic and historian Takashina Sh?auji reflects on the aesthetic and philosophical sensibilities underlying Japanese art throughout its history, from the earliest calligraphy and painted screens to modern masters like Hishida Shunso and Yokoyama Taikan. Along the way, Takashina explores themes such as the relationship between subjective perspective and "flat" composition and the playful intermingling of word and image throughout the plastic arts of Japan. He also offers fresh critical perspectives on many individual artists, including Takeuchi Seih?ao, one of the first to fuse traditional techniques with Western realism, and Takahashi Yuichi, who combined a vivid mastery of texture with deceptively traditionalist compositions. Other essays in this wide-ranging collection touch on everything from the symbolism of Mount Fuji to the ancient music known as gagaku, showing how even the most disparate topics can shed new light on what is essential to Japanese culture. The Japanese Sense of Beauty is an important contribution to the study of aesthetics and cultural history, offering insights that will change the way you think about Japanese art." -- Publisher's description.
OP  - 255
NO  - "Originally published in Japanese under the title of Nihonjin ni totte utsukushisa to wa nanika by Chikumashobo Ltd., in 2015"--title page verso.
NO  - Includes bibliographical references.
CN  - BH221.J3 .T139 2018
SN  - 9784866580203 (hbk.)
KW  - Aesthetics, Japanese.
KW  - Arts, Japanese : Philosophy.
KW  - Art, Japanese : Philosophy.
ER  -