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Addiss, Stephen was born on April 2, 1935 in New York City.
(Uragami Gyokudo (1745-1820) was captivated by the traditi...)
Uragami Gyokudo (1745-1820) was captivated by the tradition of the Chinese literati and strove to cultivate each of their high-falutin aesthetic pastimes--painting, calligraphy, poetry, and the 7-string zither ch'in-- eventually resigning his comfortable government position to become a wandering scholar-artist. Though Gyokudo has been recognized by Japanese art historians in this century as an important painter, much less attention has been paid to his work in other fields. The difficulties inherent in assessing such a multi-faceted character are extreme even for a Japanese scholar, for whom the studied archaism and foreignness are formidable barriers, compounded by Gyokudo's eccentric and quirky styles. One is hardly surprised, therefore, to learn that Addiss's work on Gyokudo is uniqueertainly in English, probably in any language, since book-length Japanese studies of Gyokudo have been either biographical or devoted to his nonmusical work. We are thus much in debt to Addiss for this remarkable work, the fruit of arduous preparation, which allows us at long last to meet and properly appreciate the fascinating artist-musician first glimpsed tantalizingly as item 14 in van Gulik's survey of Japanese performers on the Chinese chin (1968:237 38). Addiss introduces us to his subject with a sensitive biographical essay covering Gyokudo's career and its context in the political and artistic history of Tokugawa, Japan. Individual chapters then explore each of Gyokudo's art forms, in roughly chronological order: music, poetry, calligraphy, painting. An Afterword serves to summarize, and takes a first sounding of Gyokudo's general aesthetic principles.
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(When a Zen master puts brush to paper, the resulting imag...)
When a Zen master puts brush to paper, the resulting image is an expression of the quality of his or her mind. It is thus a teaching, intended to compassionately stop us in our tracks and to compel us to consider ultimate truth. Here, forty masterpieces of painting and calligraphy by renowned masters such as Hakuin Ekaku (1685–1768) and Gibon Sengai (1750–1837) are reproduced along with commentary that illuminates both the art and its teaching. The authors’ essays provide an excellent introduction to both the aesthetic and didactic aspects of this art that can be profound, perplexing, serious, humorous, and breathtakingly beautiful—often all within the same simple piece.
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(A furry, feathery, and scaly menagerie of creatures large...)
A furry, feathery, and scaly menagerie of creatures large and small captured in over forty-eight paintings and one hundered twenty haiku—with the delicacy, charm, and wisdom of the best of Japanese literature and art.
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Addiss, Stephen was born on April 2, 1935 in New York City.
Bachelor, Harvard University, 1957; Master of Arts, University of Michigan, 1973; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1977.
Traveling musician, Addiss & Crofut, 1961-1977; assistant professor, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1977-1980; associate professor, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1980-1992; professor art history, U. Kansas, Lawrence, since 1984; Tucker-Boatwright professor art, U. Richmond, Virginia, since 1993. Adjunct curator New Orleans Museum of Art, 1978-1986.
(Uragami Gyokudo (1745-1820) was captivated by the traditi...)
(In this volume, Stephen Addiss, former Professor of Art H...)
(A furry, feathery, and scaly menagerie of creatures large...)
(Some 120 haiku by such masters as Basho, Issa, and Buson—...)
(When a Zen master puts brush to paper, the resulting imag...)
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Member Bosai Society (executive secretary since 1980), Society for Ethnomusicology (life), Association for Asian Studies, International House, Japan, Bijutsushi Gakkai, Japan, Kokusai Bunka Kaikan, College Art Association.
Son of Edward Francis and Luise (Kraus) A. Divorced; 1 child, Yosa Christine.