Portraits of Chōgen : the transformation of Buddhist art in early medieval Japan /
This volume vividly describes the efforts of the Japanese monk Shunjōbō Chōgen (1121-1206) to restore major buildings and works of art lost in the brutal civil conflicts of the 1180s. Chōgen is best known for his role in recasting the Great Buddha (Daibutsu) at Tōdaiji in Nara, reconstructing the So...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2011].
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| Series: | Japanese visual culture ;
v. 1. |
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| Summary: | This volume vividly describes the efforts of the Japanese monk Shunjōbō Chōgen (1121-1206) to restore major buildings and works of art lost in the brutal civil conflicts of the 1180s. Chōgen is best known for his role in recasting the Great Buddha (Daibutsu) at Tōdaiji in Nara, reconstructing the South Great Gate (Nandaimon) and making the famous guardian statues there. This study concentrates on these and other works of art and architecture associated with Chōgen, situating them in the turbulent political and social climate of Japan and in the larger spiritual contexts of East Asian Buddhism. |
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| Item Description: | "Sections of this volume were delivered as the Toshiba Lectures in Japanese Art in November 2004 in London and Norwich"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 296 pages : chiefly color illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004243259 9789004243255 9004168648 9789004168640 |