Multidisciplinary Studies of the Environment and Civilization by Yoshinori Yasuda Mark J. Hudson

Author:Yoshinori Yasuda, Mark J. Hudson [Yoshinori Yasuda, Mark J. Hudson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781351748605
Barnesnoble:
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2017-08-14T00:00:00+00:00

Conclusions

In this chapter, I have examined the process of how images of Mount Fuji that were made in the Tokugawa ‘dynastic painting’ style by Kanō Tan’yū were created based on the understanding of Fuji symbolically overlapping itself with the Tokugawa shogun himself. As a result, these images obtained a quality which indicated a symbolic ‘Chinese emperor’ within the framework of the ‘Japan-Centred Middle Kingdom Suzerainty’. During the Pax Tokugawana, people widely recognized Mount Fuji as a symbol of a prosperous Edo and moreover as a symbol of Japan. Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (1831–1835) by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) and One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo (1856–1858) by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) were the ‘swan song’ of the Pax Tokugawana. When the time of peace that the Tokugawa made had ended, the symbolism of Mount Fuji was over-written as the body of the Emperor Meiji (1852–1912) and his ruling order. This process can be read through viewing Tsukioka Yoshitoshi’s (1839–1892) painting Scenery of TōkaidōŌigawa depicting the Meiji emperor’s move from Kyoto to Tokyo, although a discussion of that new chapter in the story of Mount Fuji and its images needs to await another opportunity.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.