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Ivory and the Aesthetics of Modernity in Meiji Japan

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  1. Martha Chaiklin

    1. Independent Scholar, USA

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Art, Ivory and the Meiji Period — An Introduction

    • Martha Chaiklin
    Pages 1-18

  3. The Curiosity Shop — The Forces of Capitalism

    • Martha Chaiklin
    Pages 19-50

  4. Transformations of the Craftsman

    • Martha Chaiklin
    Pages 51-74

  5. Individualism, Orthodoxy and the Evolution of Ivory Carving as Sculpture

    • Martha Chaiklin
    Pages 75-96

  6. Ivory after Meiji — A Conclusion

    • Martha Chaiklin
    Pages 97-106

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 107-122
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About this book

The opening of the ports of Japan in 1859 brought a flood of Japanese craft products to the world marketplace. For ivory it was a golden age. This book examines the role that ivory and ivory carvers played in the expression of nationalism and the development of sculpture in the later nineteenth and early twentieth century.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Independent Scholar, USA

    Martha Chaiklin

About the author

Martha Chaiklin is a scholar of Japan, the East India Companies and material culture. She is the author of Cultural Commerce and Dutch Commercial Culture: The Influence of European Material Culture on Japan (2003), translator and annotator of A Pioneer in Yokohama (2012) and numerous shorter works.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ivory and the Aesthetics of Modernity in Meiji Japan

  • Authors: Martha Chaiklin

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137363336

  • Publisher: Palgrave Pivot London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-36332-9Published: 22 August 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-36333-6Published: 22 August 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 122

  • Topics: Arts, Asian History, Social History, History of Japan, Modern History, Aesthetics

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