Literati Modern

Paul Berry is an independent scholar specializing in Japanese painting. Michiyo Morioka is an independent scholar of Japanese art with expertise in nihonga and gender issues in modern Japanese art.

• Foreword / Stephen LittleThoughts on the Terry Welch Collection / Uchiyama TakeoCollector's View: East of the Moon / Terry WelchArtists in the Exhibition The Meeting of Chinese and Japanese Literati: Hu Gongshou, Yasuda Rozan, and the Controversy over National Style / Paul BerryThe Transformation of Japanese Literati Painting in the Twentieth Century / Michiyo MoriokaCatalogue-- Literary Pursuits-- Landscapes-- Plants and Animals-- FiguresAppendices-- Biographies of the Artists-- Seals: Art of the Microcosm / Paul Berry-- Signatures and SealsAuthors' Acknowledgments / Paul Berry and Michiyo MoriokaSelected BibliographyIndex

"Visually stunning and intellectually riveting.. the catalogue elucidate[s] the intimate social and stylistic relations between classic Bunjinga and other contemporary schools such as Rinpa and Nihonga, as well as the historical, theoretical, and ideological connections with Modernism and with increased interest in individuality as an artistic and a social (if not political) value."(CAA Reviews) "A solid contribution to the later history of Japanese art. Highly recommended."(Choice)