Gisela Jahn: Meiji Ceramics
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Pressure exerted by America in 1854 caused Japan to open its doors after 260 years of isolation. Virtually uninhabited receptiveness to everything Western was the driving force behind the modernisation of Japan initiated by the Meiji government, yet it also induced a rapid rediscovery of indigenous cultural values. At early Paris and London international exhibitions, the Japanese decorative and…