Special Exhibition: Kano Eitoku (Momoyama Painter Extraordinaire)
by Watada, Minoru
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Japan: NHK Puromoshon, 2007. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. This review covers the Kano Eitoku, Momoyama Painter Extraordinaire exhibit ion held at the Kyoto National Museum from October 16 through November 18, 2007. Eitoku has been declared the "master artist representative of the Momoyama era" and his unique breakaway talent has been described by such phrases as "genius" and "new sensibility." However, the reviewer thinks, in general, t hat he should be considered within the context of his continuity from the M uromachi period. The author anticipated that this Kano Eitoku exhibition wo uld be a continuation of the 1996 Kano School in the Muromachi Period exhib ition, and from that viewpoint, hoped that it would further clarify Eitoku' s actual image. The exhibition had superb content beyond anticipation. Inde ed, this exhibition was truly epoch-making for its ability to present a com prehensive image of Eitoku, who has previously been known only on a fragmen tary basis given the fact that the majority of his major works have been lo st. The special characteristic of this exhibition was the fact that it fleshed out our image of Eitoku's oeuvre through the display of Muromachi period st yle works. The dating of the wall panel paintings of the Jukô-in main hall to 1583 can be considered noteworthy. However, if we strictly follow the ex hibition stance that seeks to make decisions by painting style, then there are a number of various other possibilities that must be considered, and it goes without saying that one of those is the fact that the 1583 arg.
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- Special Exhibition: Kano Eitoku (Momoyama Painter Extraordinaire)
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- Watada, Minoru
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- NHK Puromoshon
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- Date Published
- 2007
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