Copying the Master and Stealing His Secrets

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Copying the Master and Stealing His Secrets Talent and Training in Japanese Painting University of Hawai‘i Press Honolulu E d i t e d b y B R E N D A G . J O R D A N a n d V I C T O R I A W E S T O N Copying the Master and Stealing His Secrets © 2003 University of Hawai‘i Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 08 07 06 05 04 03 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Copying the master and stealing his secrets ; talent and training in Japanese painting / edited by Brenda G. Jordan andVictoria Weston. p. cm. ISBN 0–8248–2608–6 (alk. paper) 1. Kanô School. 2. Painting, Japanese—Edo period, 1600–1858. 3. Painting—Study and teaching—Japan—History. I. Jordan, Brenda G. II.Weston,Victoria Louise. ND1053.44.K35 C67 2003 759.952'071'052—dc21 2002006434 University of Hawai‘i Press books are printed on acid-free paper and meet the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Council on Library Resources. Designed by Diane Gleba Hall Printed by Thomson-Shore This book is dedicated to my father, Roy U. Jordan, courageous and creative, even in the face of opposition —B.G. J. ...