Author: MAXWELL, ROBYN; EASTBURN, MELANIE; FOLAN, LUCIE
Title: Black Robe White Mist: Art of the Japanese Buddhist Nun Rengetsu
Description: National Gallery of Australia. 2007, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 9780642541390). Soft cover. Book, English text.; Paperback.; 23 x 23 cm.; 0.8 Kg. 148 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; Used with minor signs of wear on the exterior and interior. Very good condition overall.; Catalogue from the exhibition Black Robe, White Mist: Art of the Japanese Buddhist nun Rengetsu held at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra from 8 September 2007 to 27 January 2008.; Black robe white mist: art of the Japanese Buddhist nun Rengetsu displays ceramics, scroll paintings and poem sheets created by Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875) and her close collaborators. Rengetsu, whose name evocatively translates as Lotus Moon, was a Japanese Buddhist nun. Her life was one of great suffering and unusual creativity largely borne out of necessity. One of the few successful female artists of her time, Rengetsu was most famous for her poetry and distinctive calligraphy, and also produced delicate scroll paintings and rustic ceramics. Black robe white mist reveals the beauty of the understated and unconventional, and is significant as the first major exhibition of Rengetsu's work to be held outside Japan. The contemplative exhibition features works of art drawn mainly from private international collections in Europe, Japan and America, as well as a number of scroll paintings and ceramics from Australian public institutions and the National Gallery's own collection. Very Good.

Keywords: 9780642541390 rengetsu 1791-1875,rengetsu,japan,women artists,poets,edo period,1600-1868,buddhist nuns Asian Art Japanese Art


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