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Book Synopsis Tosa Mitsunobu and the Small Scroll in Medieval Japan by : Melissa McCormick
Download or read book Tosa Mitsunobu and the Small Scroll in Medieval Japan written by Melissa McCormick and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tosa Mitsunobu and the Small Scroll in Medieval Japan is the first book-length study to focus on short-story small scrolls (ko-e), one of the most complex but visually appealing forms of early Japanese painting. Small picture scrolls emerged in Japan during the fourteenth century and were unusual in constituting approximately half the height of the narrative handscrolls that had been produced and appreciated in Japan for centuries. Melissa McCormick's history of the small scroll tells the story of its emergence and highlights its unique pictorial qualities and production contexts in ways that illuminate the larger history of Japanese narrative painting. Small scrolls illustrated short stories of personal transformation, a new literary form suffused with an awareness of the Buddhist notion of the illusory nature of worldly desires. The most accomplished examples of the genre resulted from the collaboration of the imperial court painter Tosa Mitsunobu (active ca. 1469-1522) and the erudite Kyoto aristocrat Sanjonishi Sanetaka (1455-1537). McCormick unveils the cultural milieu and the politics of patronage through diaries, letters, and archival materials, exposing the many layers of allusion that were embedded in these scrolls, while offering close readings that articulate the artistic language developed to an extreme level of refinement. In doing so, McCormick also offers the first sustained examination in English of Tosa Mitsunobu's extensive and underappreciated body of artistic achievements. The three scrolls that form the core of the study are A Wakeful Sleep (Utatane soshi emaki), which recounts the miraculous union of a man and a woman who had previously encountered each other only in their dreams; The Jizo Hall (Jizodo soshi emaki), which tells the story of a wayward monk who achieves enlightenment with the help of a dragon princess; and Breaking the Inkstone (Suzuriwari soshi emaki), which narrates the sacrifice of a young boy for his household servant and its tragic consequences. These three works are easily among the most artistically accomplished and sophisticated small scrolls to have survived.
Book Synopsis The Seven Tengu Scrolls by : Haruko Wakabayashi
Download or read book The Seven Tengu Scrolls written by Haruko Wakabayashi and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2012-04-30 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a study of visual and textual images of the mythical creature tengu from the late Heian (897–1185) to the late Kamakura (1185–1333) periods. Popularly depicted as half-bird, half-human creatures with beaks or long noses, wings, and human bodies, tengu today are commonly seen as guardian spirits associated with the mountain ascetics known as yamabushi. In the medieval period, however, the character of tengu most often had a darker, more malevolent aspect. Haruko Wakabashi focuses in this study particularly on tengu as manifestations of the Buddhist concept of Māra (or ma), the personification of evil in the form of the passions and desires that are obstacles to enlightenment. Her larger aim is to investigate the use of evil in the rhetoric of Buddhist institutions of medieval Japan. Through a close examination of tengu that appear in various forms and contexts, Wakabayashi considers the functions of a discourse on evil as defined by the Buddhist clergy to justify their position and marginalize others. Early chapters discuss Buddhist appropriations of tengu during the late twelfth and thirteenth centuries in relation to the concept of ma. Multiple interpretations of ma developed in response to changes in society and challenges to the Buddhist community, which recruited tengu in its efforts to legitimize its institutions. The highlight of the work discusses in detail the thirteenth-century narrative scroll Tengu zōshi (also known as the Shichi Tengu-e, or the Seven Tengu Scrolls), in which monks from prominent temples in Nara and Kyoto and leaders of “new” Buddhist sects (Pure Land and Zen) are depicted as tengu. Through a close analysis of the Tengu zōshi’s pictures and text, the author reveals one aspect of the critique against Kamakura Buddhism and how tengu images were used to express this in the late thirteenth century. She concludes with a reexamination of the meaning of tengu and a discussion of how ma was essentially socially constructed not only to explain the problems that plague this world, but also to justify the existence of an institution that depended on the presence of evil for its survival. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, Wakabayashi provides a thoughtful and innovative analysis of history and religion through art. The Seven Tengu Scrolls will therefore appeal to those with an interest in Japanese art, history, and religion, as well as in interdisciplinary approaches to socio-cultural history.
Book Synopsis How to Make Handmade Wall Scrolls by : Jonathan Maples
Download or read book How to Make Handmade Wall Scrolls written by Jonathan Maples and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-04-30 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered how they create the beautiful wall scrolls out of cloth and paper in Japan and China? Here is your chance to learn. This book shows the entire process from start to finish how to make your very own custom kakejiku, or Japanese scroll. With beautiful color pictures and graphs and simple to read instructions, now you can learn how to make these scrolls by hand using techniques learned in Japan. These Japanese scrolls can be used to frame art prints, photographs, Japanese Calligraphy (Shodou) or Sumie and are perfect for any home or office.
Book Synopsis Storytelling in Japanese Art by : Masako Watanabe
Download or read book Storytelling in Japanese Art written by Masako Watanabe and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2011 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents 17 classic Japanese stories as told through 30 illustrated handscrolls ranging from the 13th to 19th centuries.
Author :Masako Koyano Publisher :American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic W ISBN 13 : Total Pages :130 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Japanese Scroll Paintings by : Masako Koyano
Download or read book Japanese Scroll Paintings written by Masako Koyano and published by American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic W. This book was released on 1979 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Emaki, Narrative Scrolls from Japan by : Miyeko Murase
Download or read book Emaki, Narrative Scrolls from Japan written by Miyeko Murase and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Japanese Inros, Japanese Books and Colored Prints, Oriental and European Fans and Other Art Objects Collected by Mr. Trowbridge Hall by : Trowbridge Hall
Download or read book Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Japanese Inros, Japanese Books and Colored Prints, Oriental and European Fans and Other Art Objects Collected by Mr. Trowbridge Hall written by Trowbridge Hall and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Library of Congress Subject Headings by : Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office
Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 1662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Library of Congress Subject Headings by : Library of Congress
Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 1608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Japan Daily Mail written by and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Indian Influence on the Art of Japan by : Sampa Biswas
Download or read book Indian Influence on the Art of Japan written by Sampa Biswas and published by Northern Book Centre. This book was released on 2010 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Creating the Artful Home by : Karen Zukowski
Download or read book Creating the Artful Home written by Karen Zukowski and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2006 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creating the Artful Home: the Aesthetic Movement and Its Influence on Home Decor covers the history of a movement that emphasized "art for art's sake"-and the influence it had on home decor. The Aesthetic Movement in America lasted just a few decades (1870-1900), and served mainly as a bridge between the high Victorian sensibility and the radical shift to the Arts & Crafts style. The movement germinated among artists who used opulent color, decorative patterning, and lavish materials simply for the aesthetic effects they could evoke. It was commonly held that a home that expressed an artful, harmonious soul would instill high aesthetic and moral merit in its inhabitants. The Aesthetic Movement in America helped to popularize the idea that everyone should be able to enjoy beautiful, well-made homes and furnishings-not just the very wealthy. Artful homes could be composed from brilliant antique store finds, discriminating department store purchases, and gems hand-made by the ladies of the house. It was the moment when people embraced the idea that only a beautiful home could be a happy home. Karen Zukowski delves into the movement's establishment, evolution, and main characters, and shows how today's homes can incorporate Aesthetic principles: Through suggestion rather than statement, sensuality, massive use of symbols, and synaesthetic effects-that is, correspondence between words, colors and music. How influential designers such as Clarence Cook and Charles Eastlake popularized the idea that beautiful homes with tasteful furnishings could be available to practically everyone How today's designers, manufacturers, and retailers deploy the very same stylistic markers of the Aesthetic Movement: rich color, layered pattern and texture, mixtures of historical motifs
Book Synopsis Zen Buddhist Landscape Arts of Early Muromachi Japan (1336-1573) by : Joe Parker
Download or read book Zen Buddhist Landscape Arts of Early Muromachi Japan (1336-1573) written by Joe Parker and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1999-03-25 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining inscriptions on landscape paintings and related documents, this book explores the views of the "two jewels" of Japanese Zen literature, Gido Shushin (1325-1388) and Zekkai Chushin (1336-1405), and their students. These monks played important roles as advisors to the shoguns Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358-1408) and Yoshimochi (1386-1428), as well as to major figures in various michi or Ways of linked verse, the No theatre, ink painting, rock gardens, and other arts. By applying images of mountain retreats to their busy urban lives in the capital, these Five Mountain Zen monks provoke reconsiderations of the relation between secular and sacred and nature and culture.
Book Synopsis Chinese Romance from a Japanese Brush by : Shane McCausland
Download or read book Chinese Romance from a Japanese Brush written by Shane McCausland and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sumptuous book takes as its subject the pair of magnificent picture-scrolls entitled Song of Everlasting Sorrow (Chogonka gakan) held in the Chester Beatty Library's Japanese collection. Created by the Kyoto Kano School master Sansetsu (1590-1651) i
Download or read book Japan Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Discourse Across Languages and Cultures by : Carol Lynn Moder
Download or read book Discourse Across Languages and Cultures written by Carol Lynn Moder and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume seeks to answers such questions as: how is conscious experience translated into discourse? How are foregrounding and backgrounding accomplished? What is the function of features like lexical choice and referential choice? And many more.
Book Synopsis The Black Ship Scroll by : Oliver Statler
Download or read book The Black Ship Scroll written by Oliver Statler and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
