Literati Modern

Bunjinga from Late Edo to Twentieth-Century Japan

Paul Berry and Michiyo Morioka

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• Published: 2008
• Subject Listing: Asian Art
• Bibliographic information: 368 pp., 584 illus., 209 in color, bibliog., index, 9 x 12 in.
• Distributed for: Honolulu Academy of Arts
• Contents

Literati painting, or bunjinga, flourished in Japan after its early 18th-century introduction from China. This book magnificently illustrates and examines an important collection of literati and shin nanga artworks, including outstanding examples of paintings, calligraphy, and ceramics.

Paul Berry is an independent scholar specializing in Japanese painting. Michiyo Morioka is an independent scholar of Japanese art with expertise in nihonga and gender issues in modern Japanese art.

Foreword / Stephen Little

Thoughts on the Terry Welch Collection / Uchiyama Takeo

Collector's View: East of the Moon / Terry Welch

Artists in the Exhibition

The Meeting of Chinese and Japanese Literati: Hu Gongshou, Yasuda Rozan, and the Controversy over National Style / Paul Berry

The Transformation of Japanese Literati Painting in the Twentieth Century / Michiyo Morioka

Catalogue
- Literary Pursuits
- Landscapes
- Plants and Animals
- Figures

Appendices
- Biographies of the Artists
- Seals: Art of the Microcosm / Paul Berry
- Signatures and Seals

Authors' Acknowledgments / Paul Berry and Michiyo Morioka
Selected Bibliography
Index