Format:
215 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Porträts
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30 cm
ISBN:
9780888545145
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0888545142
Content:
Gender relations were complex in Edo-period Japan (1603-1868). Wakashu, male youth, were desired by men and women, constituting a third gender; with their androgynous appearance and variable sexuality. For the first time outside Japan, A Third Gender examines the fascination with wakashu in Edo-period culture and their visual representation in art, demonstrating how they destabilize the conventionally held model of gender binarism.The volume will reproduce, in colour, over a hundred works, mostly woodblock prints and illustrated books from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries produced by a number of designers ranging from such well-known artists as Okumura Masanobu, Suzuki Harunobu, Kitagawa Utamaro and Utagawa Kunisada, to lesser known artists such as Shigemasa, Eishi and Eiri. A Third Gender is based on the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum, which houses the largest collection of Japanese art in Canada, including more than 2,500 woodblock prints
Note:
Rückseite des Titelblattes: "Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Royal Ontario Museum from May 7, 2016 to November 27, 2016"
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-211) and index
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Foreword
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Wakashu as third gender and gender ambiguity through the Edo period
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Catalogue of plates
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Section 1 : an introduction to the Edo period
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Section 2 : an introduction to wakashu, how to spot one
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Wakashu, chiefly alone
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Younger wakashu
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Kamuro
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Fleurs du mal : onnagata (female-role specialists) and nanshoku (male-male sex) in Edo-period kabuki
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Japanese art at the Royal Ontario Museum
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Introduction
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Wakashu as a third gender and gender ambiguity through the Edo period
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Catalogue of plates. Section 1: An introduction to the Edo period; Section 2: An introduction to wakashu--how to spot one: Wakashu, chiefly alone; Younger wakashu; Kamuro.
Language:
English
Subjects:
Art History
Keywords:
Ukiyo-e
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Junger Mann
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Ausstellungskatalog
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Ausstellungskatalog
