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This essay, through a thorough examination of primary and secondary sources, presents analyses of three orchestral works from Hovhaness' "fourth-period," a period of time spanning approximately ten years, from 1960 to 1970. This essay focuses on three works from this period: Meditation on Zeami, Floating World, and Ode to the Temple of Sound, written in 1963, 1964 and 1965, respectively. This essay gathers information from various primary and secondary sources in order to provide performers who are preparing works from this period with a single source of information, bringing clarity to theoretical and musicological problems. Analyses of this sort are made all the more necessary by the fact that there are currently no extant recordings of any of the works being studied here, and that two of the works, Meditation on Zeami and Floating World, have never been commercially recorded. Without an aural precedent and guide to follow, analyses of these musics will be a welcome resource for the conductor preparing a performance.

Taking Utagawa Yoshikazu's woodblock printed game board Monster Yarns as my case study, I will analyze how existing imagery and game play work together to create an interesting and engaging game. I will analyze the visual aspect of this work in great detail, discussing how the work is created from complex and disparate parts. I will then present a mechanical analysis of game play and player interaction with the print to fully address how this work functions as a game. While some elements of game play are problematic, I propose that the highly visual nature of Monster Yarns counteracts these issues to create an enjoyable game.

Esta dissertação dedica-se ao estudo da obra \"Cem Vistas do Monte Fuji\" (Fugaku Hyakkei) (1834-47?), de Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), pintor japonês do século XVIII-XIX. Trata-se de um livro-imagem (ehon), com cento e duas estampas impressas em preto-e-branco (sumizukuri) e tons de cinza (em sua 1ª edição), produzidas com a técnica da xilogravura japonesa, dentro do estilo ukiyo-e (pinturas do mundo-flutuante). O foco da pesquisa está em (1) estudar os assuntos presentes nas estampas, reconhecendo suas categorias dentro de tópicas tradicionais da pintura japonesa, suas referências temáticas, literárias, mitológicas, religiosas e particularidades; (2) analisar os aspectos temáticos e estéticos, em relação à espacialidade, perspectivas e composições, para identificar e refletir acerca das influências ocidentais, chinesas e da tradição japonesa presentes na obra. Ao final do projeto propõe-se uma revisão de nomenclatura para as vistas do mundo natural (shizen), produzidas por Hokusai, em sua última fase de criação (século XIX) comumente chamadas, pelos especialistas, de sansuiga (pinturas de montanhas-e-águas), no Japão, ou \"pintura de paisagem\", no Ocidente. Para tanto, na primeira parte contextualiza-se a vida e obra do pintor, apresentando brevemente características da sociedade japonesa, do período Edo (1603-1868), o estilo artístico ukiyo-e, a técnica utilizada, os sistemas tradicionais de transmissão de saberes nas artes e os nomes de artistas (go) do pintor, para então realizar um estudo sobre os gêneros \"pintura de paisagem\", da tradição ocidental, e \"pinturas de montanhas-e-águas\", da tradição chinesa (shanshuihua) e japonesa (sansuiga), a fim de compará-los e reconhecer as influências estéticas e temáticas presentes nas estampas do pintor. Na segunda parte analisa-se a obra \"Cem vistas do Monte Fuji\", elencando-se assuntos dentro de tópicas da tradição pictórica japonesa, para que assim fosse possível reconhecer as camadas e composições das estampas, tal como suas referências formais e temáticas, debatidas no primeiro capítulo. Foi realizado, para fins metodológicos, uma classificação em sete categorias, para cada uma delas foram selecionadas algumas imagens que melhor exemplificam temas e tratamentos formais que se pretendeu discutir: (i.) Cenas históricas, figuras mitológicas e lendárias; (ii.) Pinturas de montanhas-e-águas e de flores-e-pássaros; (iii.) Cenas de homens-letrados, de contemplação e de lugares-famosos; (iv.) Cenas de assuntos religiosos; (v.) Cenas de usos-e-costumes, de viajantes e trabalhadores; (vi.) Os disfarces e as linhas do Mt. Fuji; (vii.) Geometria, carpintaria e arquiteturas. / This dissertation is dedicated to the study of \"Hundred Views of Mount Fuji\" (Fugaku Hyakkei) (1834-47?), by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), a 18th-19th century Japanese painter. It is a picture-book (ehon), with one hundred and two prints in black-and-white (sumizukuri) and shades of gray (in its 1st edition), produced with the Japanese woodcut technique, in the style of ukiyo-e (floating-world paintings). The focus of the research is to (1) study the subjects present in the prints, recognizing their categories within traditional Japanese painting topics, their thematic, literary, mythological, religious, and particular references; (2) to analyze the thematic and aesthetic aspects, in relation to spatiality, perspectives and compositions, to identify and reflect on the Western, Chinese and Japanese influences present in the work. At the end of the project is proposed a review of nomeclature for the views of the natural world (shizen), produced by Hokusai, in their last phase of creation (19th century) commonly called by experts, sansuiga (mountains-and-waters paintings), in Japan, or landscape painting, in the West. Therefore, the first part contextualizes the work and life of the painter, briefly presenting characteristics of Japanese society in the Edo period (1603-1868), the ukiyo-e artistic style, the technique used, traditional transmission systems of knowledge in arts and the artist\'s names (g) of the painter, to carry out a study of the \"landscape painting\" genres, of the Western tradition, and \"mountains-and-waters paintings\", of the Chinese tradition (shanshuihua) and Japanese (sansuiga) traditions, in order to compare them and to recognize the aesthetic and thematic influences present in the painter\'s prints. In the second part, the work \"Hundred Views of Mount Fuji\" is analyzed, listing subjects within topics of Japanese painting tradition, so that it would be possible to recognize the layers and compositions of the paintings, as well as their formal and thematic references discussed in the first chapter. For methodological purposes, a classification was made in seven categories, for each one of them was selected some images that best exemplified formal themes and treatments that were intended to be discussed: (i) Historical scenes, mythological figures and legendary; (ii.) Mountains-and-waters and flowers-and-birds paintings; (iii.) Scenes of literate men, contemplation and famous-places; (iv.) Scenes of religious subjects; (v.) Scenes of uses-and-customs, travelers and workers; (vi.) Fujis disguises and lines; (vii.) Geometry, carpentry and architectures.

A presente pesquisa investiga o movimento de gravura moderna japonesa Shin-hanga, que se iniciou na Era Meiji (1868 1912) e foi desenvolvido nas duas eras subsequentes, Taish (1912 1926) e Shwa (1926 1989), em um momento em que o Japão passava por um processo de ocidentalização. Tal contexto histórico é explicado no primeiro capítulo, o qual nos ajuda a entender o desenvolvimento do Shin-hanga e suas relações com o mundo e a arte ocidental, principalmente a europeia. O movimento em si é explicado no segundo capítulo: o seu início, o desenvolvimento e os principais artistas. A paisagem, ou as vistas de lugares, foi o tema escolhido para a análise das imagens. Como exemplo do movimento, destacou-se o artista Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 1950), o qual teve muitas oportunidades para viajar para fora do Japão, tendo a vivência no Ocidente e no Oriente. Yoshida fez pinturas e xilogravuras e utilizou a técnica tradicional japonesa em sua produção, mas também incorporou conceitos ocidentais no estudo de luz, por exemplo. Suas obras foram estudadas estabelecendo comparações com as estampas Ukiyo-e e algumas pinturas impressionistas europeias. / The present research investigates the modern Japanese print movement Shin-hanga, which began in the Meiji Era (1868 1912) and was developed in the two subsequent eras, Taish (1912 1926) and Shwa (1926 1989), at a time when Japan underwent a process of westernization. Such a context is explained in the first chapter, which helps us understand the development of Shin-hanga and his relations with the world and Western art, mainly European. The movement itself is explained in the second chapter: its beginning, development and the leading artists. The landscape, or the views of places was the theme chosen for the analysis of the images. As an example of the movement, the highlight is on the artist Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 - 1950), who had many opportunities to travel outside Japan, having experience in the West and East. Yoshida made paintings and prints and used the traditional Japanese technique in his production, but also incorporated Western concepts in the study of light, for example. His works were studied alongside Ukiyo-e prints and some Impressionist paintings by European artists.

Esta dissertação dedica-se ao estudo da obra \"Cem Vistas do Monte Fuji\" (Fugaku Hyakkei) (1834-47?), de Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), pintor japonês do século XVIII-XIX. Trata-se de um livro-imagem (ehon), com cento e duas estampas impressas em preto-e-branco (sumizukuri) e tons de cinza (em sua 1ª edição), produzidas com a técnica da xilogravura japonesa, dentro do estilo ukiyo-e (pinturas do mundo-flutuante). O foco da pesquisa está em (1) estudar os assuntos presentes nas estampas, reconhecendo suas categorias dentro de tópicas tradicionais da pintura japonesa, suas referências temáticas, literárias, mitológicas, religiosas e particularidades; (2) analisar os aspectos temáticos e estéticos, em relação à espacialidade, perspectivas e composições, para identificar e refletir acerca das influências ocidentais, chinesas e da tradição japonesa presentes na obra. Ao final do projeto propõe-se uma revisão de nomenclatura para as vistas do mundo natural (shizen), produzidas por Hokusai, em sua última fase de criação (século XIX) comumente chamadas, pelos especialistas, de sansuiga (pinturas de montanhas-e-águas), no Japão, ou \"pintura de paisagem\", no Ocidente. Para tanto, na primeira parte contextualiza-se a vida e obra do pintor, apresentando brevemente características da sociedade japonesa, do período Edo (1603-1868), o estilo artístico ukiyo-e, a técnica utilizada, os sistemas tradicionais de transmissão de saberes nas artes e os nomes de artistas (go) do pintor, para então realizar um estudo sobre os gêneros \"pintura de paisagem\", da tradição ocidental, e \"pinturas de montanhas-e-águas\", da tradição chinesa (shanshuihua) e japonesa (sansuiga), a fim de compará-los e reconhecer as influências estéticas e temáticas presentes nas estampas do pintor. Na segunda parte analisa-se a obra \"Cem vistas do Monte Fuji\", elencando-se assuntos dentro de tópicas da tradição pictórica japonesa, para que assim fosse possível reconhecer as camadas e composições das estampas, tal como suas referências formais e temáticas, debatidas no primeiro capítulo. Foi realizado, para fins metodológicos, uma classificação em sete categorias, para cada uma delas foram selecionadas algumas imagens que melhor exemplificam temas e tratamentos formais que se pretendeu discutir: (i.) Cenas históricas, figuras mitológicas e lendárias; (ii.) Pinturas de montanhas-e-águas e de flores-e-pássaros; (iii.) Cenas de homens-letrados, de contemplação e de lugares-famosos; (iv.) Cenas de assuntos religiosos; (v.) Cenas de usos-e-costumes, de viajantes e trabalhadores; (vi.) Os disfarces e as linhas do Mt. Fuji; (vii.) Geometria, carpintaria e arquiteturas. / This dissertation is dedicated to the study of \"Hundred Views of Mount Fuji\" (Fugaku Hyakkei) (1834-47?), by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), a 18th-19th century Japanese painter. It is a picture-book (ehon), with one hundred and two prints in black-and-white (sumizukuri) and shades of gray (in its 1st edition), produced with the Japanese woodcut technique, in the style of ukiyo-e (floating-world paintings). The focus of the research is to (1) study the subjects present in the prints, recognizing their categories within traditional Japanese painting topics, their thematic, literary, mythological, religious, and particular references; (2) to analyze the thematic and aesthetic aspects, in relation to spatiality, perspectives and compositions, to identify and reflect on the Western, Chinese and Japanese influences present in the work. At the end of the project is proposed a review of nomeclature for the views of the natural world (shizen), produced by Hokusai, in their last phase of creation (19th century) commonly called by experts, sansuiga (mountains-and-waters paintings), in Japan, or landscape painting, in the West. Therefore, the first part contextualizes the work and life of the painter, briefly presenting characteristics of Japanese society in the Edo period (1603-1868), the ukiyo-e artistic style, the technique used, traditional transmission systems of knowledge in arts and the artist\'s names (g) of the painter, to carry out a study of the \"landscape painting\" genres, of the Western tradition, and \"mountains-and-waters paintings\", of the Chinese tradition (shanshuihua) and Japanese (sansuiga) traditions, in order to compare them and to recognize the aesthetic and thematic influences present in the painter\'s prints. In the second part, the work \"Hundred Views of Mount Fuji\" is analyzed, listing subjects within topics of Japanese painting tradition, so that it would be possible to recognize the layers and compositions of the paintings, as well as their formal and thematic references discussed in the first chapter. For methodological purposes, a classification was made in seven categories, for each one of them was selected some images that best exemplified formal themes and treatments that were intended to be discussed: (i) Historical scenes, mythological figures and legendary; (ii.) Mountains-and-waters and flowers-and-birds paintings; (iii.) Scenes of literate men, contemplation and famous-places; (iv.) Scenes of religious subjects; (v.) Scenes of uses-and-customs, travelers and workers; (vi.) Fujis disguises and lines; (vii.) Geometry, carpentry and architectures.

A presente pesquisa investiga o movimento de gravura moderna japonesa Shin-hanga, que se iniciou na Era Meiji (1868 1912) e foi desenvolvido nas duas eras subsequentes, Taish (1912 1926) e Shwa (1926 1989), em um momento em que o Japão passava por um processo de ocidentalização. Tal contexto histórico é explicado no primeiro capítulo, o qual nos ajuda a entender o desenvolvimento do Shin-hanga e suas relações com o mundo e a arte ocidental, principalmente a europeia. O movimento em si é explicado no segundo capítulo: o seu início, o desenvolvimento e os principais artistas. A paisagem, ou as vistas de lugares, foi o tema escolhido para a análise das imagens. Como exemplo do movimento, destacou-se o artista Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 1950), o qual teve muitas oportunidades para viajar para fora do Japão, tendo a vivência no Ocidente e no Oriente. Yoshida fez pinturas e xilogravuras e utilizou a técnica tradicional japonesa em sua produção, mas também incorporou conceitos ocidentais no estudo de luz, por exemplo. Suas obras foram estudadas estabelecendo comparações com as estampas Ukiyo-e e algumas pinturas impressionistas europeias. / The present research investigates the modern Japanese print movement Shin-hanga, which began in the Meiji Era (1868 1912) and was developed in the two subsequent eras, Taish (1912 1926) and Shwa (1926 1989), at a time when Japan underwent a process of westernization. Such a context is explained in the first chapter, which helps us understand the development of Shin-hanga and his relations with the world and Western art, mainly European. The movement itself is explained in the second chapter: its beginning, development and the leading artists. The landscape, or the views of places was the theme chosen for the analysis of the images. As an example of the movement, the highlight is on the artist Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 - 1950), who had many opportunities to travel outside Japan, having experience in the West and East. Yoshida made paintings and prints and used the traditional Japanese technique in his production, but also incorporated Western concepts in the study of light, for example. His works were studied alongside Ukiyo-e prints and some Impressionist paintings by European artists.

The text investigates the history of the Canterbury Museum’s collection of Japanese ukiyo-e prints and paintings focusing mainly on four major contributors: Sir Joseph Kinsey (1852-1936), Frances May Bailey (c.1891-1967), Greggory Kane (1921-1978) and Ronald J Scarlett (1911-2002). The images are set in the context of the ‘floating world’ (ukiyo). The introduction examines the early directors of the Museum and how their interests and policies influenced the collections. The method of grading the prints and the process by which the data base was formed are explained. Chapter One examines the way New Zealand was influenced by a growing interest in Japan during the early twentieth century, the effects of Japanese activity in the Pacific and the way the collectors responded. It also looks at the local cultural context in which the collectors acquired and exhibited their works. Exhibitions of Japanese and Chinese art occurred in 1935 and 1952 in Christchurch; such events widened the knowledge and aesthetic appreciation of Asian art. Chapter Two considers the subjects, scope, and range of ukiyo-e art and the artists represented in the Museum’s collection. It looks at the condition of the images, how they were made, the formats used, and whether they were printed from original or recut blocks. Japanese Government censorship and works of particular interest are discussed. Comparisons are made with the Dunedin Public Art Gallery’s and Auckland Art Gallery’s collections. Works by major artists including Hiroshige (1797-1858), Hokusai (1760-1849), Eizan (1787-1867), Eishi (1756-1829), Chikanobu (1838-1912), Toyokuni I (1769-1825), Kunisada (1786-1864) and Kuniyoshi (1798-1861) are evaluated. By reconstructing the collections of Japanese art in the Museum, the chapter reveals the collectors’ diverse interests and individual preferences. The research presented in this discussion stems from an extensive study of the 427 images in the collection and is supported by an illustrated database of all the Museum’s ukiyo-e works.

abstract: After the opening of Japan in the mid-1800s many foreigners flocked to the nation. San Franciscan Helen Hyde (1868-1919) joined the throng in 1899. Unlike many of her predecessors, however, she went as a single woman and was so taken with Japan she made it her home over the span of fourteen years. While a number of cursory studies have been written on Helen Hyde and her work, a wide range of questions have been left unanswered. Issues regarding her specific training, her printmaking techniques and the marketing of her art have been touched on, but never delved into. This dissertation will explore those issues. Helen Hyde's success as a printmaker stemmed from her intense artistic training, experimental techniques, artistic and social connections and diligence in self-promotion and marketing as well as a Western audience hungry for "Old Japan," and its imagined quaintness. Hyde's choice to live and work in Japan gave her access to models and firsthand subject matter which helped her audience feel like they were getting a slice of Japan, translated for them by a Western artist. This dissertation provides an in depth bibliography including hundreds of primary newspaper articles about Hyde who was lauded for her unique style. It also expands and corrects the listing of her printed works and examines the working style of an American working in a Japanese system with Japanese subjects for a primarily American audience. It also provides a listing of known exhibitions of Hyde's works and a listing of stamps and markings she used on her prints. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Art History 2016

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