Kyoto Visual Culture in the Early Edo and Meiji Periods: The arts of reinvention

Examining cultural production in the city of Kyoto in two periods of political transition, this book promises to be a major step forward in advancing our knowledge of Kyoto's history and culture. Its chapters focus on two periods in Kyoto's history in which the old capital was politically marginalized: the early Edo period and the Meiji period.

Author: Morgan Pitelka
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 01/10/2019
Pages: 188
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.43d
ISBN: 9780367026752

About the Author

Morgan Pitelka is a Professor of Asian Studies and Director of the Carolina Asia Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. His publications include Spectacular Accumulation: Material Culture, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Samurai Sociability (2015).

Alice Y. Tseng is an Associate Professor of History of Art and Architecture at Boston University, USA. Her publications include The Imperial Museums of Meiji Japan: Architecture and the Art of the Nation (2008).