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MODY, N.H. - A Collection of Nagasaki Colour Prints and Paintings, Showing the Influence of Chinese and European Art on That of Japan

Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc. of Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan. 1979, 1st Edition. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, English text; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket in slipcase); 26 x 33 cm; 2.6 Kg; 32 pages with introductory text plus 250 plates with black and white and colour illustrations and caption plus Index of the artists at the end.; Used with minor signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The carton slipcase shows sings of wear. Very good condition overall.; Here at long last is a dazzling one-volume reprint of the famous Nagasaki colour prints and paintings so greatly desired by collectors and art lovers, accessible at a fraction of the cost of the rare and extremely expensive originals. Containing 24 full colour plates and 225 black-and-white gravure plates, this is a handsome edition of the coveted two-volume set by N-H.N. Mody. First published in 1939, it contains the finest Nagasaki paintings, prints, maps, and other art objects showing the great influence of China and the West on Japanese art. Having a favourable geographic position, including one of the most picturesque harbours in the world, Nagasaki in the 17th century naturally was a fertile field for a new and exciting school of art. Chinese painters, lured to exotic Nagasaki, took with them and unusual kind of painting with a delicate technique of realistic tendency", as noted in the Index of Japanese Painters (Tuttle, 1958). Under this influence the Nagasaki school was born. But European influences were also at work in the 17th and 18th centuries, and these further enhanced the realistic tendency of the school. It follows that these prints, so excellent in themselves, are also of vast historical importance. Subjects of the early Nagasaki paintings were mostly religious in nature, and at first the Jesuits and other foreign missionaries were well treated. But the authorities were suspicious of anything connected with the Christian religion, and eventually the missionaries were accused of interfering in the internal affairs of the country. Finally the Shogunate termed them a danger to the country and expelled them, a ban exemplified by the notice-board (Plate 203) which prohibited Christianity and invited the exposure of Christians by informers. The Dutch and Chinese, however, were allowed to stay in Nagasaki; thus the school was able to continue and even thrive. The rarity and artistic significance of the unusual collection is highlighted by the fact that during the eradication of Japanese Christians, paintings in old suffered a similar eclipse. Authorities generally agree that "no Japanese oil painting executed between 1650 and 1850 is know to have survived, the art of oil painting was not revived until the end of the 18th century.". The paintings in this brilliant collection might be termed the result of a single artistic creation - that of the Chinese and Japanese. There can be no doubt that the Nagasaki school made an invaluable contribution to the technical development of Japanese painting - transforming its techniques until the art became a true expression of native Japanese genius. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.
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