LEADER 04025nam 22006494a 450 001 9910824150103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-231-51103-5 024 7 $a10.7312/keen13826 035 $a(CKB)1000000000465620 035 $a(EBL)908370 035 $a(OCoLC)818855890 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000158535 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11151703 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000158535 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10149794 035 $a(PQKB)11610100 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC908370 035 $a(DE-B1597)458991 035 $a(OCoLC)213306000 035 $a(OCoLC)979909841 035 $a(OCoLC)999359471 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231511032 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL908370 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10183560 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL666580 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000465620 100 $a20051126d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFrog in the well $eportraits of Japan by Watanabe Kazan, 1793-1841 /$fDonald Keene 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (289 pages) $cillustrations (some color) 225 1 $aAsia perspectives 311 0 $a1-322-35298-4 311 0 $a0-231-13826-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [269]-276) and index. 327 $aList 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. 330 $aFrog in the Well is a vivid and revealing account of Watanabe Kazan, one of the most important intellectuals of the late Tokugawa period. From his impoverished upbringing to his tragic suicide in exile, Kazan's life and work reflected a turbulent period in Japan's history. He was a famous artist, a Confucian scholar, a student of Western culture, a samurai, and a critic of the shogunate who, nevertheless, felt compelled to kill himself for fear that he had caused his lord anxiety. During this period, a typical Japanese scholar or artist refused to acknowledge the outside world, much like a "frog in the well that knows nothing of the ocean," but Kazan actively sought out Western learning. He appreciated European civilization and bought every scrap of European art that was available in Japan. He became a painter to help his family out of poverty and, by employing the artistic techniques of the West, achieved great success with his realistic and stylistically advanced portraits. Although he remained a nationalist committed to the old ways, Kazan called on the shogunate to learn from the West or risk disaster. He strove to improve the agricultural and economic conditions of his province and reinforce its defenses, but his criticisms and warnings about possible coastal invasions ultimately led to his arrest and exile. Frog in the Well is the first full-length biography of Kazan in English, and, in telling his life's story, renowned scholar Donald Keene paints a fascinating portrait of the social and intellectual milieus of the late Tokugawa period. Richly illustrated with Kazan's paintings, Frog in the Well illuminates a life that is emblematic of the cultural crises affecting Japan in the years before revolution. 410 0$aAsia perspectives. 606 $aPainters$zJapan$vBiography 607 $aJapan$xIntellectual life$y1600-1868 615 0$aPainters 676 $a759.952 676 $aB 700 $aKeene$b Donald$0479439 701 $aWatanabe$b Kazan$f1793-1841.$01682264 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824150103321 996 $aFrog in the well$94052263 997 $aUNINA