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Poetic imagination in Japanese art : selections from the collection of Mary and Cheney Cowles /

"Assembled over the last four decades and still growing, the Mary and Cheney Cowles collection of Japanese art is one of the finest in private hands in North America. What began for Cheney Cowles as an almost casual interest in collecting early Imari ware evolved, over time, into a passion for...

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Other Authors: Graybill, Maribeth (Editor, Contributor), Kenmotsu, Jeannie (Editor), Morioka, Michiyo, 1949- (Editor, Contributor), Kim, Sangah (Editor), Berry, Paul, 1950- (Contributor), Mostow, Joshua S., 1957- (Contributor), Ohki, Sadako (Contributor), Shimao, Arata, 1953- (contibutor.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Portland, Oregon : Portland Art Museum, [2020]
Subjects:
Painting, Japanese > Exhibitions.
Calligraphy, Japanese > Exhibitions.
Art and literature > Japan > Exhibitions.
Painting > Private collections > United States > Exhibitions.
Calligraphy > Private collections > United States > Exhibitions.
Cowles, Cheney > Art collections > Exhibitions.
Cowles, Mary > Art collections.
Art and literature.
Art > Private collections.
Calligraphy, Japanese.
Calligraphy > Private collections.
Painting, Japanese.
Painting > Private collections.
Japan.
United States.
Exhibition catalogs.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Finding the poetic in Japanese visual art / Maribeth Graybill
  • A history of "poetic vision" in Japan / Joshua S. Mostow
  • Calligraphy as visual poetry / Sadako Ohki
  • The poet portrayed / Maribeth Graybill
  • The lyricism of ink painting / Arata Shimao
  • Japanese literati painting and its relationship to Chinese culture / Paul Berry
  • Modern visions : early twentieth-century ink painters of Japan / Michiyo Morioka
  • Appendix : Signatures and seals / Sangah Kim.