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Abstract: The discussion will survey some of the Japanese painters who studied with Hu Gongshou (1823-1886) in Shanghai with a focus on the controversial career of Yasuda Rozan (1830-1883). After seven years in Shanghai, Rozan achieved almost instantaneous acclaim and wealth in Tokyo. Yet his abrupt death in 1883 was eventually followed by a wave of criticism claiming that he was a careless painter who merely imitated his teacher unlike other Japanese literati who maintained the "correct" transmission of literati ideals. A comparison of Rozan's work with that by other Japanese students of Hu reveals the complexity of the mixed reception of his style in the Meiji and Taisho periods.
At Kyodai Kaikan, Room 217
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Sponsored by the Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies
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