Written by Ishigami Aki and Sadamura Koto
Translated by Alfred Haft
Synopsis:
This book introduces the complete holdings of shunga by Kyōsai in the Israel Goldman collection, the largest private collection of the artist’s work in the world. The twenty-nine works presented here offer a way to approach the circumstances in which the pictures were made and enjoyed, and also allow one to imagine being a part of the boisterous crowds gathered around the pictures.
Israel Goldman
Israel Goldman is a leading dealer in the field of Japanese prints, paintings and illustrated books. He has lived in London since receiving his undergraduate degree from Harvard College in 1981. The Goldman Collection of the works of Kawanabe Kyōsai is one of the finest and most comprehensive in the world. Exhibitions of the collection have taken place in Japan in 2002 (Ōta Memorial Museum of Art, Tokyo) and 2017(Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo; Museum of Art, Kōchi; Museum ‘Eki’, Kyoto; and Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, Kanazawa). Significant loans were made to the major Kyōsai exhibitions at the British Museum in 1993 and the Kyoto National Museum in 2008. A selection of the finest animal paintings from the collection was published in A Japanese Menagerie: Animal Pictures by Kawanabe Kyōsai (London: British Museum Press, 2006). In addition to Japanese art, Goldman’s passions include classical music, fine wines and Welsh terriers.
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sheet size :200×200×20mmbinding : softcover
page : 225 pages
Japanese / English
Special online price:
2,500 yen (JPY) here
2,500 yen (JPY) here
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