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Utamaro Revealed
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- 'Utamaro Revealed: A Guide to Subjects, Themes & Motifs'
Kitagawa Utamaro is one of the most well-known and admired figures in the history of Japanese art, renowned throughout the world for his portraits of beautiful women. Unrivalled at the height of his career, he is recognised as having been the leading light of the Ukiyo-e School during its golden age, and his influence upon the work of Western artists has been beyond measure. He produced in the region of two thousand woodblock prints during his lifetime, approximately one third of which take their subjects from the licensed pleasure quarter of Edo, with the remainder being made up of images of various popular beauties, pairs of famous lovers, historical and mythical figures, domestic scenes, and the physiognomic studies for which he is best-known.
With 90 reproductions of the artist’s prints, designs grouped and discussed according to subject, and with illustrations of publishers’ marks, artist’s signatures, and the names of figures commonly inscribed upon his works, this reference guide provides the most comprehensive resource for identifying the subjects portrayed in Utamaro’s prints to date.
'The Wonderful Demise of Benjamin Arnold Guppy'
Benjamin Arnold Guppy loved turnips. He loved eating them, but most of all he loved throwing them. He also loved money and pain... extorting a lot of the former and causing an equal amount of the latter. A foul, sour-faced old swindler with a penchant for clucking like a chicken and more than a passing interest in the local postman, he was determined to get his hands on his neighbours' money, regardless of the cost. As it turned out, the price was his life.
'The Wonderful Demise of Benjamin Arnold Guppy' is a tale of blackmail, turnip tossing, and the cold-blooded murder of an incredibly irritating old man.
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A friend asked several years ago, after commenting on a celebrity autobiography she'd been reading, if I would be willing to write my own life story. Having devoted my adult life to the study of Japanese art, spending most of my time with my nose in a book or hovering above a Japanese print, I considered it unlikely that my existence would be eventful enough to warrant lengthy disclosure to the entire world, and responded 'I should be so lucky, who'd read it?'
Less than six months later I found… Continue
Less than six months later I found… Continue
Posted on December 10, 2008 at 7:32pm —
A great big thank you...
I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who dropped by at the Utamaro Revealed book signing on Saturday. I would also like to express my deepest gratitude to Sarah and Annie Bavin, of the Willow Tree in Weston-super-Mare, for making me feel so welcome. It was a splendid day and I had a great time. It was lovely to have the signing at a venue where creativity is so actively encouraged and nurtured, and to take part in such lively discussion.
Posted on October 27, 2008 at 5:58pm —
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Pretty much everything that happens in the book is what happened in real life, so I'm afraid that the people who inspired the creation of Ben Guppy and his wife were just as bad. In fact, I think they were worse.
I just started reading the book, but goodness I hope your neighbours weren't this bad.
Hi everyone!
My first book, Utamaro Revealed, dealt with 18th century Japanese art - the subjects and themes portrayed in Utamaro's prints, which obviously included historical subjects.
I have a book coming out later this year, called 'Yoshiwara...
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Mostly nonfiction but fiction allowed too. Discussion can include research into archives, both academic and popular writing skills. Take time introduce yourself. I will be inviting other authors here
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