Keene, Donald.

Frog in the well portraits of Japan by Watanabe Kazan, 1793-1841 / [electronic resource] : Donald Keene. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2006. - 289 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. - Asia perspectives . - Asia perspectives. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-276) and index.

List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Dutch studies in Japan before 1793 -- Japan in 1793: Kazan's early years -- Genre paintings and early portraits -- Travels and career -- The early 1830s -- Foreign influence and major portraits -- The meeting of East and West -- Danger from overseas -- The road to prison -- The trial -- Kazan the painter -- The last year.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
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Watanabe, Kazan, 1793-1841.


Painters--Japan--Biography.


Japan--Intellectual life--1600-1868.


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