In ukiyoe color prints tradition famous landscape views (meishoe) represent one of the most popular subjects that were acquired as souvenir images. This same subject, and mostly the same places, continued to be represented also when photography overcame woodblock print technique switching to the new support. A phenomenon which is unique of Japan, and which involved both Japanese and foreigner first photographers.
Japan’s True Views in the Imagery of Edo-Meiji Artists: from Ukiyo-e Famous Places Images (Meisho-e) to Landscape Photography (Meisho shashin) / R. Menegazzo. ((Intervento presentato al convegno Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting. Panel: Photographic Practices, Visual Transgression, and National Identity in Meiji Japan adn Early Republican China tenutosi a Chicago nel 2009.
Japan’s True Views in the Imagery of Edo-Meiji Artists: from Ukiyo-e Famous Places Images (Meisho-e) to Landscape Photography (Meisho shashin)
R. MenegazzoPrimo
2009
Abstract
In ukiyoe color prints tradition famous landscape views (meishoe) represent one of the most popular subjects that were acquired as souvenir images. This same subject, and mostly the same places, continued to be represented also when photography overcame woodblock print technique switching to the new support. A phenomenon which is unique of Japan, and which involved both Japanese and foreigner first photographers.
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