The conundrum of Japan’s modernization: an examination of enlightenment prints of the 1870’s

The subject of investigation is a specific genre of Meiji period (1868-1912) woodblock prints known as Enlightenment prints (kaika nishiki-e), produced in Tokyo during the 1870s. While working with the technique and style of the previous century, they exploit themes of modernization and Westerniz...

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Main Author: Lo, Teresa Wing-Yan
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/3984