Fenollosa's Legacy in Late Nineteenth-Century Japan: An American Scholar's Role in Resurrecting the Art of Japan

by Hiroshi Nara

Fenollosa's Legacy in Late Nineteenth Century Japan: An American Scholar's Role in Resurrecting the Art of Japan makes a critical assessment of American art theorist Ernest F. Fenollosa's work in Meiji Japan. Ernest F. Fenollosa was first hired as a Tokyo University professor of political philosophy in 1878 but became an art theorist and policymaker for Japan's Education Ministry. His illustrious career as an art administrator began with...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1666948292
• ISBN13: 9781666948295
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"