Painters as envoys

by Burglind Jungmann

"It is well known that Japanese literati painting of the eighteenth century was inspired by Chinese styles that found their way to Japan through trade relations. However, because Japanese and American art historians have focused on Japanese-Chinese ties, the fact that Japan also maintained important diplomatic - and aesthetic - relations with Korea during the same period has long been neglected. This illustrated, cogently argued book examines the role of Korean embassies in shaping the new Japanese literati style, known as Nanga in Japan." "Burglind Jungmann describes the eighteenth-century...

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