"Japanese products posters fall into a group all by themselves. This because they were usually never signed by the artists making them. The reason why the artists did not sign these posters is that they did not want to get associated with the Japanese that occupied parts of China before and during WWII. Some artists even flatly refused to make paintings to be used for Japanese advertising and when Japanese troops occupied Shanghai they completely stopped their involvement in the advertising industry.
The women depicted in these posters are often Japanese in their looks and/or the way they dress. These posters will usually also have at least some Japanese writing on them. The more typical ones are in many ways quite distinct from other Chinese posters. A select few, such as the first two posters below, were painted and even printed in Japan and then exported to China for use there. These are the most rare of all of these Japanese products posters".
not knowing anything about the particular image, i wade in with a possible answer...
perhaps they are being defined as "chinese" in this sense: if they were produced for the chinese market, under commission from chinese companies, to sell chinese products in china; or if they were designed by chinese artists, even though they may have been printed (or even drawn to chinese commissions or inked) in japan.
this poster is "not one of the first two posters below" which were painted and printed in Japan. so in this case the painter is Chinese. that's enough, I hope?:) ooh... is it so difficult for you to have a look through the gallery before ask questions?:)
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Date: 2006-02-26 01:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-26 02:46 am (UTC)I'm not, but I've seen chinese illustrators names in the gallery.
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Date: 2006-02-26 03:41 am (UTC)from the gallery:
Date: 2006-02-26 03:55 am (UTC)The women depicted in these posters are often Japanese in their looks and/or the way they dress. These posters will usually also have at least some Japanese writing on them. The more typical ones are in many ways quite distinct from other Chinese posters. A select few, such as the first two posters below, were painted and even printed in Japan and then exported to China for use there. These are the most rare of all of these Japanese products posters".
Re: from the gallery:
Date: 2006-02-26 10:41 am (UTC)In what sense is that Chinese?
Re: from the gallery:
Date: 2006-02-26 05:33 pm (UTC)perhaps they are being defined as "chinese" in this sense: if they were produced for the chinese market, under commission from chinese companies, to sell chinese products in china; or if they were designed by chinese artists, even though they may have been printed (or even drawn to chinese commissions or inked) in japan.
in any case, i love them -- so pretty!
Re: In what sense is that Chinese?
Date: 2006-02-26 09:20 pm (UTC)so in this case the painter is Chinese. that's enough, I hope?:)
ooh...
is it so difficult for you to have a look through the gallery before ask questions?:)
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Date: 2006-02-26 08:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-26 09:14 am (UTC)