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Reviving Rimpa: Kamisaka Sekka’s Books in the Tress Collection

Reviving Rimpa: Kamisaka Sekka’s Books in the Tress Collection

by Tim Zhang | Jan 1, 2019 | Uncategorized

Since the Meiji period, binary concepts such as “fine art” and “craft,” as well as “Nihonga (Japanese painting),” and “Yōga (Western painting)” have been institutionalized in Japan. However, Kamisaka Sekka (1866-1942), a painter and designer frequently recognized as...
ARTH 774 Japan and Paris, University of Pennsylvania