Kyoto Visual Culture in the Early Edo and Meiji Periods - 9780367026752

Taylor & Francis

Kyoto Visual Culture in the Early Edo and Meiji PeriodsThe arts of reinvention\nAuthor(s): Morgan Pitelka, Alice Y. Tseng\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367026752, 978-0367026752\nSynopsis\nThe city of Kyoto has undergone radical shifts in its significance as a political and cultural center, as a hub of the national bureaucracy, as a symbolic and religious center, and as a site for the production and display of art. However, the field of Japanese history and culture lacks a book that considers Kyoto on its own terms as a historic city with a changing identity.\n\nExamining cultural production in the city of Kyoto in two periods of political transition, this book promises to be a major step forward in advancing our knowledge of Kyotos history and culture. Its chapters focus on two periods in Kyotos history in which the old capital was politically marginalized: the early Edo period, when the center of power shif.