Hokusai's Project
Biographical note
David Bell is director of Postgraduate Studies at the University of Otago’s Department of Education, New Zealand. He gained his PhD from the University of Otago for his research into ukiyo-e, which was subsequently published as Ukiyo-e Explained by Global Oriental (2004). His previous publications have focused on the history and theory of print-making, and include Alexander Hare McLintock: Printmaker (1994) and Chushingura and the Floating World (2001). He is currently engaged in research relating to aspects of sensibility in the Edo period.
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College/higher education
Table of contents
Preface; 1. Prologue: Hokusai’s Project; II Breaking away from Ukiyo-e ; 2. How Hokusai Learned His Trade; 3. Hokusai, Fuji and the Articulation of Pictorial Space; 4. Hokusai: Flowers, the Poets and Aesthetic Detachment; Glossary; Bibliography; Index to Hokusai’s Works; General Index
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