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Dora Amsden. The Heritage of Hiroshige
The Heritage of Hiroshige
Table of Contents
TO. IRENE CARPENTER MERRIMAN
INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS • ILLUSTRATIONS
Illustrations
The HERITAGE OF HIROSHIGE
NARA, THE CRADLE OF JAPANESE ART
THE HIERATIC SCHOOLS OF JAPANESE PAINTING
THE RIVAL GLORIES OF TOSA AND KANO
INFLUENCES THAT LED TO COLOUR-PRINTING
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES UPON HIROSHIGE
MEMORIAL PORTRAIT OF HIROSHIGE [BY TOYOKUNI]
FOREWORDS TO SOME OF HIROSHIGE'S BOOKS
NOTES UPON HIROSHIGE'S MASTERPIECES
APPENDIX
AKITSU
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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Dora Amsden, J. S. Happer
Published by Good Press, 2021
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The Chinese and Buddist schools of art dated from the sixth century, and in Japan the Emperor Heizei founded an imperial academy at Kyoto in 808. Religious fervour, glowing in the paintings of the Buddhist school, restricted the motives of its masters, but the Chinese range of subject was unlimited, including landscapes, birds and flowers conventionally painted in quiet tones.
