Description: The book makes a critical assessment of American art theorist Ernest F. Fenollosa's work in Meiji Japan and offers the first English translation of the Bijutsu shinsetsu speech for which he became known. The author argues that Fenollosa's acclaimed reputation as the savior of ...
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"Nara's masterful translation and contextualization of Bijutsu shinsetsu finally makes this seminal document of modern Japanese art history available to a wider Western readership. Scrupulously researched, authoritatively interpreted and lucidly written, it is a must-read study for those interested in modern Japanese etymology and historical linguistics as well as Meiji period art history."