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Author : Richard B. Pilgrim
Publisher : Anima Press
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Art
ISBN : UVA:X000215460
Author : James H. Sanford,William R. LaFleur,Masatoshi Nagatomi
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781400862948
According to the contributors to this volume, the relationship of Buddhism and the arts in Japan is less the rendering of Buddhist philosophical ideas through artistic imagery than it is the development of concepts and expressions in a virtually inseparable unity. By challenging those who consider religion to be the primary phenomenon and art the secondary arena for the apprehension of religious meanings, these essays reveal the collapse of other dichotomies as well. Touching on works produced at every social level, they explore a fascinating set of connections within Japanese culture and move to re-envision such usual distinctions as religion and art, sacred and secular, Buddhism and Shinto, theory and substance, elite and popular, and even audience and artist. The essays range from visual and literary hagiographies to No drama, to Sermon-Ballads, to a painting of the Nirvana of Vegetables. The contributors to the volume are James H. Foard, Elizabeth ten Grotenhuis, Frank Hoff, Laura S. Kaufman, William R. LaFleur, Susan Matisoff, Barbara Ruch, Yoshiaki Shimizu, and Royall Tyler. Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author : Patricia J. Graham
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007-09-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780824862466
Faith and Power in Japanese Buddhist Art explores the transformation of Buddhism from the premodern to the contemporary era in Japan and the central role its visual culture has played in this transformation. Although Buddhism is generally regarded as peripheral to modern Japanese society, this book demonstrates otherwise. Its chapters elucidate the thread of change over time in the practice of Buddhism as revealed in temple worship halls and other sites of devotion and in imagery representing the religion’s most popular deities and religious practices. It also introduces the work of modern and contemporary artists who are not generally associated with institutional Buddhism and its canonical visual requirements but whose faith inspires their art. The author makes a persuasive argument that the neglect of these materials by scholars results from erroneous presumptions about the aesthetic superiority of early Japanese Buddhist artifacts and an asserted decline in the institutional power of the religion after the sixteenth century. She demonstrates that recent works constitute a significant contribution to the history of Japanese art and architecture, providing evidence of Buddhism’s compelling presence at all levels of Japanese society and its evolution in response to the needs of new generations of supporters.
Author : Seiroku Noma
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015011617506
Author : Sampa Biswas
Publisher : Northern Book Centre
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Art
ISBN : 8172112696
Author : Masaharu Anesaki
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1923
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015015251906
Author : Hiromitsu Washizuka
Publisher : Japan Society Gallery
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015054139947
Catalog of the first exhibition in the US to emphasize on the connection between the aesthetic considerations and construction techniques of Japanese Buddhist sculptors.
Author : Mimi Hall Yiengpruksawan
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781684173136
In the twelfth century, along the borders of the Japanese state in northern Honshu, three generations of local rulers built a capital city at Hiraizumi that became a major military and commercial center. Known as the Hiraizumi Fujiwara, these rulers created a city filled with art, in an attempt to use the power of art and architecture to claim a religious and political mandate. In the first book-length study of Hiraizumi in English, the author studies the rise of the Hiraizumi Fujiwara and analyzes their remarkable construction program. She traces the strategies by which the Hiraizumi Fujiwara attempted to legitimate their rule and grounds the splendor of Hiraizumi in the desires, political and personal, of the men and women who sponsored and displayed that art.
Author : Langdon Warner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015007243374
Author : Victor Harris
Publisher : British Museum Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Art
ISBN : UCSD:31822031586506
Shinto, the Way of the Gods, was the religion of Japan before the arrival of Buddhism from Korea during the 6th century AD. Central to Shinto beliefs are the kami, animistic gods perceived in all aspects of nature. They exist in the nooks and crannies of houses and inhabit streams, trees and mountains, while others are sacred to human activities such as agriculture and arts and crafts. The principle rites of appeasing the gods - considered essential to a stable society - include acts of cleansing, gratitude, tolerance and obedience to tradition.
Author : Masaharu Anesaki
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Buddhist art
ISBN : UOM:39015007573911
Author : Masaharu Anesaki,Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-20
Category : Art
ISBN : 1375613685
Author : Masaharu Anesaki
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0484465864
Excerpt from Buddhist Art in Its Relation to Buddhist Ideals, With Special Reference to Buddhism in Japan: Four Lectures Given at the Museum In Sanskrit and Pali, the vowels are pronounced as in Italian or Spanish; s and s are soft, something like sh in English; d and t are pure lingual consonants, not dental as in English; n is also a pure lingual consonant, - not nasal; th and dh are pronounced like the italicized letters in the phrases 'hit hard' and hard hit' respectively. In Chinese, according to Wade's system of transliteration, a is usually long as in 'father'; e short as in 'yet'; e, much like the vowel sound in the German 'schon, ' except before n, when it is like the vowel sound in 'sun'; ilong as in 'machine, ' except before n, when it is short as in 'pin'; 0 not quite so broad as the 'aw' in 'saw'; u like the vowel sound in 'too, ' except before n, when it resembles the vowel sound in 'look'; it like the French 'u' in 'du'; ii, something like the vowel sound in the first syllable of 'surround'; on, something like the vowel sound in 'foe'; ai as in 'aisle'; ei like the vowel sound in 'say'; in other vowel combinations each letter retains its original force; ch is hard as in 'church'; j is soft like the s in vision'; hs approximately like 'sh' in English. The inverted comma in T'ang, Ch'an and other words indicates a gentle aspirate. In Japanese the vowels are sounded as in Italian or Spanish. Each member of a diphthong or other vowel combination retains its original force, and the important distinction between a long and a short vowel results from duration of utterance rather than from any change in sound. The consonants are pronounced approximately as in English. G is hard as in 'give, ' and double consonants should be pronounced really double, as in 'shot - tower' or 'cock-crow.' There is practically no tonic accent, though. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Boston (Mass.). Museum of Fine Arts. Department of Chinese and Japanese Art
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Art, Buddhist
ISBN : HARVARD:FL37S7
Author : William R. LaFleur
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1986-05-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520056220
"A masterly book . . . will prove of great assistance to a student of Japanese literature and thought from the eleventh century onwards."--Times Literary Supplement "A major contribution to the fields of Japanese studies, comparative literature, and history of religions . . . a book that begs for classroom use."--The Eastern Buddhist "Innovative and provocative . . . will be of interest not only to specialists in Japanese religion and Japanese culture, but also to literary critics and cultural historians."--Religious Studies Review "Rich and stimulating material . . . an important help and influence to all concerned with understanding the tradition that has shaped Japanese culture and religion."--History of Religions "Thought provoking, finely written . . . one of the more original and creative contributions to the study of medieval culture and religion to be produced by a Western scholar. . . . Can be read with profit by all Western students of Japanese culture . . . one of those rare books that has something to offer Japanese specialists in medieval studies."--Journal of Japanese Studies "A very important contribution to Japanese studies . . . a paradigm of the genre."--Pacific Affairs "This is an exciting, ground-breaking book."--Chanoyu Quarterly "I have been most impressed and even excited by what I have read."--Donald Keene, Professor Emeritus and Shincho Professor Emeritus of Japanese Literature at Columbia University "This is one of the most important books in Japanese studies in a long time and will influence the entire field."--Robert Bellah, former Elliott Professor of Sociology, Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley