Tradition and Triumph: Japanese Women Artists from the John Fong and Colin Johnstone Collection

by Andrew L. Maske

In pre-1900 Japan few women were encouraged to become professional artists and pursue art seriously. In some situations, male family members who recognized and supported the artistic talent of a female relative could arrange for her to receive further training. And some Buddhist nuns, freed from domestic duties, took up the brush. In a different social realm, courtesans at the highest levels were trained in the arts and attained recognition as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1945483075
• ISBN13: 9781945483073
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Denver Art Museum
• Length: 208 Pages