Conflicts of Interest: Art and War in Modern Japan - Softcover

Hu, Philip With Rhiannon Paget Et Al.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0891780009 ISBN 13: 9780891780007

Publisher: Saint Louis Art Museum, 2016

Synopsis

This fascinating publication showcases the Saint Louis Art Museums collection of Japanese military prints and related materials, one of the largest collections of such works in the world. The 1,400 objects in the collection are mostly color woodblock prints, but the holdings also include paintings, lithographs, photographs, stereographs, books, magazines, maps, game boards, textiles, ceramics, toys, sketchbooks, and commemorative materials. This extraordinary body of visual works chronicles Japans rise as a modern nation from the beginning of the Meiji Restoration in 1868 through the aftermath of Pearl Harbor in 1942, with a focus on the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese wars. Conflicts of Interest will bring to light an important aspect of Japans visual culture and the narratives it circulated for its citizens, allies, and enemies on the world stage. 327 pages : color illustrations. Includes bibliographical references (pages308-322) and index.

About this edition

• Publisher: Saint Louis Art Museum
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0891780009
• ISBN 13: 9780891780007
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 327