The Relation of Art and Japanese National Identity in the Modern Era

This bachelor dissertation concentrates on the presentation of the new artistic techniques, which spread out in Japan during the Meiji period, and on their interaction with the traditional genres and forms. It briefly introduces the development of both western and Japanese art during this period and their respective foremost artists. It also describes the role of architecture in the consolidation of a new state internationally as well as domestically. It examines the role of individuals, particularly Ernest Fenollosa and Okakura Tenshin, societies and institutions in the process of creating a national identity. It also deals with the part of the culture in the developing of a modern ideology