Frog in the well : portraits of Japan by Watanabe Kazan, 1793-1841

Frog in the well : portraits of Japan by Watanabe Kazan, 1793-1841 / Donald Keene.

Author/creator	Keene, Donald
Other author/creator	Watanabe, Kazan, 1793-1841.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : Columbia University Press, ©2006.
Description	289 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	Watanabe, Kazan, 1793-1841. Painters--Japan --Biography. Japan--Intellectual life --1600-1868.

Series	Asia perspectives Asia perspectives. ^A467303
Contents	List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Dutch studies in Japan before 1793 -- Japan in 1793: Kazan's early years -- Genre paintings and early portraits -- Travels and career -- The early 1830s -- Foreign influence and major portraits -- The meeting of East and West -- Danger from overseas -- The road to prison -- The trial -- Kazan the painter -- The last year.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-276) and index.
LCCN	2005034247
ISBN	0231138261 (cloth : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	ND1059.W3 K44 2006	✔ Available	Place Hold