Japanese Bestiary: Animals in Japanese Mythology, Arts and Literature

日本动物志 日本神话、艺术和文学中的动物

✦产品信息——

出版社 ‏ : ‎ Hoaki

语言 ‏ : ‎ 英语

精装 ‏ : ‎ 208页

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 8419220876

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-8419220875

商品重量 ‏ : ‎ 788 g

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

✦内容简介——

本书介绍了二十八种真实存在的动物以及它们启发一些日本艺术家和作家创作的神话和文学、绘画、素描、纺织品和陶瓷。

自从日本民间传说诞生以来，日本人就与自然和野生动物建立了特殊的联系，部分原因是日本群岛的自然资源丰富。每一种动物，从可怕的乌鸦到崇高的鹤，都是神圣的，在日本神话、文学、艺术和工艺中占据着中心地位。在这本文字丰富的艺术书中，读者可以找到 28 种真实存在的动物，包括狐狸、青蛙、猫、猴子和萤火虫，这些动物的描述结合了俳句、日常生活中的传说和轶事，并配有一些日本工匠和艺术家制作的物品，如葛饰北斋、歌川广重和大原耕村。读者将看到动物——从短暂到雄伟、从野性到驯服——对日本传说和文学以及漫画和动画电影有多么重要。在某些情况下，动物被改造并被赋予人类属性；在其他一些展览中，我们通过精选日本艺术作品（绘画、版画、时装和日本常见的物品，如根付（微型雕塑））描绘了自然环境中的动物：乡村、山脉、森林、河流和海洋，甚至当今城市的典型动物。虽然这本日本动物寓言集中的大多数动物都是好兆头，但有些动物有点淘气，还有一些动物则非常神圣，比如梅花鹿和鹤。所有动物都具有强烈的象征意义，在一个一切都短暂易逝但又永存的国家，它们非常受欢迎。《日本动物寓言集》是任何对日本素描和绘画、动物插图和野生动物艺术与文学感兴趣的人来说都是一本理想的书。 

This book features twenty-eight real-life animals, and the myths and literature, paintings, drawings, textiles and ceramics they have inspired some of the most celebrated Japanese artists and writers to create.

Since the dawn of Japanese folklore and religion, the Japanese soul has cultivated a special connection with nature and wildlife, in part due to the natural abundance of the Japanese archipelago. Every animal, from the frightening crow to the sublime crane, is sacred, occupying a central place in Japanese mythology, literature, arts, and crafts. In this text-rich art book, readers will find twenty-eight real-life animals, including the fox, frog, cat, monkey, and firefly, described in texts combining haikus, tales and anecdotes from everyday life and illustrated with objects produced by the some of the most celebrated Japanese craftsmen and artists, such as Hokusai, Utagawa Hiroshige and Ohara Koson. Readers will see just how central animals –from the most fleeting to the most majestic, from the wildest to the most domesticated –are to Japanese legends and literature but also in the latest manga and animated films. In some cases, the animals are transformed and endowed with human attributes; in others, through a representative selection of Japanese art –paintings, prints, fashion and common Japanese objects such as netsuke (miniature sculptures)– they appear lovingly portrayed in their natural environment: typical animals of the countryside, mountains, forests, rivers and sea, and even today's cities. While most of the animals in this Japanese bestiary are good omens, some are a tad mischievous and others uniquely sacred, such as the sika deer or the crane. All are invested with strong symbolism and have become extremely popular in a country where everything is ephemeral and transient, yet everything remains. Japanese Bestiary is an ideal book for anyone interested in Japanese drawing and painting, animal illustrations and wildlife art and literature.