The use of pictures to communicate a story has a long tradition in Japanese culture that dates back more than a thousand years. Such narrative illustrations draw on Buddhist texts, classic literature, poetry, and theatrical scenes to create rich visual imagery realised in a wide range of media and format. Quotations from and allusions to heroic epics and romances were disseminated through exquisite paintings, woodblock prints, and in pieces of applied arts such as lacquer ware or ceramics, thus becoming anchored in the collective consciousness. As story-telling art found expression in a variety of materialities, it became an integral part of daily life. A fascinating narrative space evolved that combined artistic excellence and aesthetic pleasure.<\/p>\n
Love, Fight, Feast<\/em><\/strong> features some one hundred paintings, woodblock prints, illustrated woodblock-printed books, as well as lacquer and metal objects, porcelain, and textiles from the 13th to the 20th century, alongside scholarly essays on a range of aspects of Japanese narrative art. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the renowned Museum Rietberg in Zurich, the book offers a unique survey of the multifaceted, colourful, and imaginative world of Japanese narrative art across eight centuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A uniquely comprehensive survey of Japanese narrative art (Monogatari-e, or story pictures) across eight centuries, featuring some 100 rarely or never before published art works, including paintings, woodblock prints, illustrated woodblock-printed books, lacquer and metal objects, porcelain, and textiles.
DIRECTOR’S FOREWORD Annette Bhagwati
\nSPONSOR’S STATEMENT Ishibashi Hiroshi, Ishibashi Foundation
\nACKNOWLEDGMENTS Khanh Trinh, Estelle Bauer, Melanie Trede
\nLENDERS TO THE EXHIBITION
\nNOTES TO THE READER
\nTHE MULTIFACETED WORLD OF JAPANESE NARRATIVE ART: AN INTRODUCTION Khanh Trinh
\nUNFOLDING TALES: AESTHETIC STRATEGIES IN JAPANESE HANDSCROLLS Estelle Bauer
\nNARRATING THROUGH TEXT AND IMAGE: CHARACTER AND SEQUENCE IN JAPANESE HANDSCROLLS Sebastian Balmes
\nCREATIVITY, HISTORIOGRAPHY, AND MASS PRODUCTION: THE WEALTH OF PICTORIAL NARRATIVES IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY JAPAN Melanie Trede
\nMANGA FLOWS: READING THE PANELED SPREAD AGAINST HANDSCROLL AND WEBTOON Jaqueline Berndt
\nTHE TALE OF JAPANESE NARRATIVE ART
\nTHE POWER OF FAITH
\nPOETS ON THE MOVE: THE ISE STORIES
\nLOVE AND INTRIGUE: THE TALE OF GENJI
\nHEROES VYING FOR POWER AND GLORY:
\nTHE TALE OF THE HEIKE
\nVANQUISHING DEMONS: SHUTEN DŌJI AND
\nRAJŌMON
\nIMAGINING CHINA
\nTHE REALM OF PARODY AND
\nENTERTAINMENT
\nCOLLECTING JAPANESE ART IN EUROPE
\nCHECKLIST
\nBIBLIOGRAPHY
\nINDEX
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