Flames Speaker Series | United States

Date: Tuesday, October 5, 2021. 4:00 PM. Location: Zoom Webinar The Hoover Institution Library & Archives invites you to the fourth event in the  The Fanning the Flames Speaker Series “A Visual Revolution: The Emperor in Popular Prints” and Launch of Online Exhibition Fanning the Flames: Propaganda in Modern Japan Speaker: Alice Tseng, professor of Japanese Art and Architecture at Boston University Moderator: Matthew Sommer, Bowman Family Professor of History at Stanford University The popularization of images of the reigning emperor of Japan was one among many radical changes of the Meiji period. But it was not a simple matter of indiscriminately showing his face and form in commercial prints. This talk investigates the various ways that the emperor became visible and legible, by considering Japanese and foreign conventions of portraiture and visual representation. It also considers the effects and limitations of the new visibility. This event also celebrates the launch of the Fanning the Flames: Propaganda ...