Tosa Mitsunobu and the Small Scroll in Medieval Japan by Melissa Mccormick

Tosa Mitsunobu and the Small Scroll in Medieval Japan by Melissa Mccormick

Focuses on short-story small scrolls (ko-e), one of the most complex but visually appealing forms of early Japanese painting. This book offers an examination of Tosa Mitsunobu's extensive and underappreciated body of artistic achievements.

"McCormick has demonstrated tremendous originality in interpreting the background to each individual work, and her writing brims with the spirit of an author breaking new territory. . . a remarkable vision of Muromachi culture . . ."

-- Masahiko Aizawa * Monumenta Nipponica *

"I found her combination of visual and literary analysis to be brilliant, bringing the various scrolls alive and resonant in the way the stories alone were not . . . This book would be a valuable additional to the libraries of all concerned with Japanese literary and visual arts."

-- Donald F. McCallum * Journal of Japanese Studies *

"… it is very welcome that Melissa McCormick has developed a full monograph to an early member of the bloodline-cum-atelier of the Tosa School…. Few works of Japanese art have been subjected to such close readings in English, and this … set of studies deserves to be widely used."

* Art Bulletin *

"This book, beautifully designed and illustrated, is indispensable for any student or scholar of Japanese art, literature, and culture. Summing up: Essential."

* Choice *

Melissa McCormick is professor of Japanese art and culture, Harvard University.

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ISBN 13	9780295989020
ISBN 10	0295989025
Title	Tosa Mitsunobu and the Small Scroll in Medieval Japan
Author	Melissa Mccormick
Series	Tosa Mitsunobu And The Small Scroll In Medieval Japan
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	University of Washington Press
Year published	2009-10-13
Number of pages	320
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