Masters Of The Japanese Print


	Masters Of The Japanese Print
BartendingBear
3-22-2008 1:50 AM
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Asian art... always worthwhile.
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/568d33c7-1c4a-4301-95f6-e707549272a7/D9EECDCD-9A8C-4CC0-BECE-536640F751CB/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/22/arts/design/22prin.html?_r=1&ex=1363838400&en=a84a1bee5643f3ee&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/22/arts/design/22prin.html?_r=1&ex=1363838400&en=a84a1bee5643f3ee&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/22/arts/design/22prin.html?_r=1&ex=1363838400&en=a84a1bee5643f3ee&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin">The cult of celebrity and the commercialization of art are not unique to the West. In 19th-century Japan kabuki actors and high-priced geishas were idolized by commoners, and the sale of colorful woodcut prints portraying them became a big, competitive business.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/22/arts/design/22prin.html?_r=1&ex=1363838400&en=a84a1bee5643f3ee&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nytimes.com/img/AFA18BE4-2BE8-4856-82E3-4DFCF3348A47" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/22/arts/design/22prin.html?_r=1&ex=1363838400&en=a84a1bee5643f3ee&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin">In 1842, fearing an erosion of national moral fiber, the government reacted to the mania for kabuki and for ukiyo-e, the paintings and prints that depicted the fleeting pleasures of life in the entertainment sectors of major cities. Laws were created to limit the extravagance of kabuki theater and to prohibit yakusha-e  (actor prints) and bijin-ga (pictures of beautiful women). It was as if the United States had clamped down on Hollywood movies, paparazzi and the tabloids.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/22/arts/design/22prin.html?_r=1&ex=1363838400&en=a84a1bee5643f3ee&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin">Looking at Japanese prints today, you might not realize what a rough-and-tumble commercial world they came out of. 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