Two-dimensional Public Space: The Kabuki Play "Kanadehon Chūshingura" Transposed into 19th-century Woodblock Prints

Authors

Aleksandra Görlich
Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology, Kraków

Synopsis

Author Biography

Aleksandra Görlich, Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology, Kraków

graduated in art history at the Jagiellonian University, formely curator at the Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology, a member of the Polish Institute of World Art Studies. Authoress of articles about Japanese art and culture such as Ichigo Ichie. Wchodząc na Drogę Herbaty (2008), Dramat zastygły w drzeworycie. Historia czterdziestu siedmiu roninów w serii drzeworytów Hiroshige (2009), Wielowątkowe piękno. Techniki dekoracyjne tkanin japońskich (2015). Researcher on the Chūshingura subject in Japanese woodblock print since 2003. In 2012 she prepared an exhibition de-voted to this topic, entitled Treasury of Loyal Retainers. The Drama of the 47 Ronin, accompanied by a catalog of a collection of woodblock prints from the collection of the National Museum in Krakow illustrating the Chūshingura subject.

Published

9 December 2019

How to Cite

Görlich, A. (2019) “Two-dimensional Public Space: The Kabuki Play ‘Kanadehon Chūshingura’ Transposed into 19th-century Woodblock Prints”, in Duc-Harada, P., Głuch, D., and Sonoyama, S. (eds.) Japanese Civilization: Tokens and Manifestations. Poland: Księgarnia Akademicka Publishing. doi:10.12797/978838138072.03.