The Last Tosa: Iwasa Katsumochi Matabei, Bridge to Ukiyo-e

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments ix Prologue 1 Part I The Problem 1 The Learned Gentleman 13 2 A Gentleman of Low Repute 39 3 Commoner Style 74 4 Courtly Subject Matter 127 Part II Matabei as Machishu 5 The Many Faces of the Machishu 141 6 De¤ning Matabei, 1578–1615 161 7 Machishu Subject Matter 170 8 Style Revisited 211 Part III The Last Tosa as Founder of Ukiyo-e 9 Echizen and Edo: Matabei’s Life, 1617–1650 227 10 The Chônin Painter 241 11 The Last Tosa 256 Epilogue 265 Appendix I Primary Sources 273 Appendix II Matabei’s Travel Diary 301 Notes 325 Character List 393 Selected Bibliography 397 Index 403 Colorplates follow page 212 viii c o n t e n t s ...