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Telling stories through images:Japan’s multifaceted narrative artacross eight centuries
Edited by Khanh TrinhEssays by Sebastian Balmes,Estelle Bauer, Jaqueline Berndt,Melanie Trede, and Khanh TrinhIn cooperation withMuseum Rietberg, ZürichBook design by Studio Marie LusaFlexicover (Paperback)approx. 328 pages,170 color illustrations23 × 28 cm978-3-03942-024-7 English978-3-03942-023-0 GermansFr. 49.00 | € 48.00£ 45.00 | $ 50.00OCTOBER 2021 (Europe)DECEMBER 2021 (US)A uniquely comprehensive surveyof Japanese narrative art acrosseight centuriesHighlights the vast variety ofpicture worlds and of stories toldin Monogatari-e, or story picturesDemonstrates the entire range ofartistic media and techniques usedfor this type of Japanese artFeatures some 100 rarely or neverbefore published art works, includingpaintings, woodblock prints,illustrated woodblock-printedbooks, lacquer and metal objects,porcelain, and textilesExhibition: Love, Fight, Feast:The Multifaceted World of JapaneseNarrative Art, Museum Rietberg,Zürich (September 10, 2021 toDecember 5, 2021)ISBN 978-3-03942-024-7EnglishISBN 978-3-03942-023-0German9 783039 4202479 783039 420230Love, Fight, FeastThe Multifaceted World of Japanese Narrative ArtThe use of pictures to communicate a story has a long tradition in Japanese culturethat dates back more than a thousand years. Such narrative illustrations draw onBuddhist texts, classic literature, poetry, and theatrical scenes to create rich visualimagery realized in a wide range of media and formats. Quotations from and allusionsto heroic epics and romances were disseminated through exquisite paintings, woodblockprints, and in pieces of applied arts such as lacquerware or ceramics, thus becominganchored in the collective consciousness. As story-telling art found expressionin a variety of materialities, it became an integral part of daily life. A fascinatingnarrative space evolved that combined artistic excellence and aesthetic pleasure.Love, Fight, Feast features some one hundred paintings, woodblock prints, illustratedwoodblock-printed books, as well as lacquer and metal objects, porcelain, and textilesfrom the thirteenth to the twentieth century, alongside scholarly essays on a range ofaspects of Japanese narrative art. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at therenowned Museum Rietberg in Zurich, the book offers a unique survey of the multifaceted,colorful, and imaginative world of Japanese narrative art across eight centuries.Khanh Trinh is curator of Japanese and Korean Art at Zurich’s Museum Rietbergsince 2015. Prior to this she worked as curator and lecturer in Japanese Art Historyin Berlin (Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, 1997–2004), Tokyo (Waseda University,2006–07), and Sydney (Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2007–15).Scheidegger & SpiessAutumn 2021 9
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