Black Robe, White Mist: Art of the Japanese Buddhist Nun Rengetsu

Maxwell, Robyn;Folan, Lucie

ISBN 10: 0642541396 / ISBN 13: 9780642541390

Published by National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2007

About this Item

Light general wear to covers. Spine not creased. Internally clean. 148pp Size: 225mm x 225mm.

Seller Inventory # 030309

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Black Robe, White Mist: Art of the Japanese Buddhist Nun Rengetsu
• Publisher: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0642541396
• ISBN 13: 9780642541390
• Binding: Soft Cover with French Flaps
• Edition: Exhibition Publication.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Asian, Tribal and Oceanic Art

About this title

Synopsis

Rengetsu (1791-1875), whose name translates as Lotus Moon, was a Japanese Buddhist nun whose tragic life inspired extraordinary creativity. One of a very few successful female artists in nineteenth-century Japan, Rengetsu was primarily a poet and calligrapher, but also excelled in pottery and scroll painting. Her idiosyncratic personal aesthetic attracted an enormous following in her own lifetime and was imitated by many of her admirers.

Black Robe, White Mist presents contemplative works on paper and clay inscribed with Rengetsu's elegant poetry and understated calligraphy, reflecting the beauty of the imperfect and unconventional. A number of distinguished contributors share their knowledge of and enthusiasm for Rengetsu's poetry and art.

About the Author

Melanie Eastburn is assistant curator of Asian art at the National Gallery of Australia. Other contributors include Chiaki Ajioka, Lucie Folan, Patricia J. Graham, Robyn Maxwell, Meher McArthur, Sandra Sheckter, John Stevens, and Saymi Takahashi.