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Storytelling in Japanese art / Masako Watanabe ; [edited by Marcie M. Muscat].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Metropolitan Museum of Art publicationsPublication details: New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven and London : Distributed by Yale University Press, 2011.Description: viii, 112 p. (some folded) : col. ill., map ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0300175906 (Yale)
  • 1588394409 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
  • 9780300175905 (Yale)
  • 9781588394408 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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Contents:
The art of Japanese storytelling -- Illustrated legends of Kitano Shrine = Kitano tenjin engi -- The legend of the origin of Kumano Shrine = Kumano honji -- The story of the ascetic En no Gyōja = En no Gyōja -- The great woven cap = Taishokan -- The tale of Urashima Tarō = Urashima Tarō -- The nun who lost two sons at the Battle of Yashima = Yashima nikō monogatari -- The drunken demon = Shuten dōji -- The tale of Giō = Giō monogatari -- The new piece = Shinkyoku -- The battles of the twelve animals = Jūnirui gassen -- A long tale for an autumn night = Aki no yo naga monogatari -- The tale of Genji = Genji monogatari -- The tale of mice = Nezumi no sōshi shesse monogatari -- Tale of a strange marriage = Konkai zōshi.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 759.952 W324 Available 33111006725150
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Nearly as old as humanity itself is the impulse to tell and illustrate stories. In Japan, the narrative drive has been expressed both in sweeping literary sagas (such as the celebrated Tale of Genji ) and in long, detailed, stunningly beautiful handscrolls. Storytelling in Japanese Painting presents seventeen classic Japanese stories--tales romantic and horrifying, epic and meditative--as told through 30 remarkable scrolls, ranging from the 13th to 19th centuries. Among them are the supernatural Great Woven Cap ; the story of the valiant Peach Boy and his battle against the ogres; the 11th-century psychological novel The Tale of Genji ; and the political allegory Tale of a Strange Marriage . Each scroll is accompanied by a brief relation of the tale being illustrated, while the book's introduction discusses the history and tradition of storytelling in Japanese art. A series of multiple gatefolds allows many of these scrolls to be appreciated in detail, while preserving the sweep and grandeur of these complex, colorful, evocative works of visual and narrative wonder.

Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Nov. 19, 2011-May 6, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-112).

The art of Japanese storytelling -- Illustrated legends of Kitano Shrine = Kitano tenjin engi -- The legend of the origin of Kumano Shrine = Kumano honji -- The story of the ascetic En no Gyōja = En no Gyōja -- The great woven cap = Taishokan -- The tale of Urashima Tarō = Urashima Tarō -- The nun who lost two sons at the Battle of Yashima = Yashima nikō monogatari -- The drunken demon = Shuten dōji -- The tale of Giō = Giō monogatari -- The new piece = Shinkyoku -- The battles of the twelve animals = Jūnirui gassen -- A long tale for an autumn night = Aki no yo naga monogatari -- The tale of Genji = Genji monogatari -- The tale of mice = Nezumi no sōshi shesse monogatari -- Tale of a strange marriage = Konkai zōshi.

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