{"id":2549,"date":"2020-05-16T16:00:33","date_gmt":"2020-05-16T07:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/?p=2549"},"modified":"2020-06-07T09:40:44","modified_gmt":"2020-06-07T00:40:44","slug":"summary-of-japanese-painting-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/?p=2549","title":{"rendered":"Summary of Japanese Painting History"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Summary
Summary of Japanese Painting History<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

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Asuka Period (592-710)<\/h2>\n

\"Asuka<\/p>\n

Introduction of Buddhism<\/h3>\n
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Around 538: King Seong of Baekje presented the dynasty with a Shaka Buddhist image and the Buddhist scriptures and commentaries, and Buddhism was officially introduced to Japan.<\/p>\n

→ Started to produce Buddhist paintings. (wall paintings, crafted products, etc.)<\/p>\n

\"Hōryū-ji<\/a>
Hōryū-ji Kondō Wall Paintings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Tamamushi<\/a>
Tamamushi Shrine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Nara Period (710-794)<\/h2>\n

\"Nara<\/p>\n

Buddhist Paintings Became Prosperous.<\/h3>\n
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Kentōshi<\/a> (Japanese missions to Tang China), *Chingokokka<\/em><\/p>\n

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*Chingokokka<\/em> : a government policy to stabilize internal affairs using Buddhism or a thought that Buddhism has power to protect and stabilize a country.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Eingakyō\"<\/a>
Eingakyō<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"tsuzureori<\/a>
Tsuzureori Taima Mandarazu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Yakusiji<\/a>
Yakusiji Kichijōten zō<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Heian Period (794-1185)<\/h2>\n

The Early Part: Esoteric Buddhism paintings<\/h3>\n
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\"Heian<\/p>\n

794: The capital was moved from Nara to Kyōto to eliminate the influence of Nara Buddhism.<\/p>\n

→ Shingon sect became pupular. → Esoteric Buddhism paintings became prosperous.<\/p>\n

\"Takao<\/a>
Takao Mandara Kongōkai<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Takao<\/a>
Takao Mandala Taizōkai<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The Latter Part: Aristocratic Culture<\/h3>\n
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\"Heian
Heian Nara Japanese Painting History<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kokufū Bunka (Japan’s Original National Culture)<\/h4>\n

894: The Kentōshi was abolished. → *Yamato-e<\/em> paintings developed.<\/p>\n

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*Yamato-e paintings:<\/span>
\nIn the latter half of the 9th century, during the Heian period, as court culture became more Japanized, paintings depicting scenery characteristic of Japan began to appear in response to the demand for paintings that express Japanese sentiments. From about the end of the 10th century, this kind of painting, inheriting the style of the Heian period, began to be called yamato-e, to distinguish it from the Chinese painting\/Chinese-style paintings (later known as kanga), or paintings with Chinese themes that were influenced by Song and Yuan painting styles. The style of the yamato-e paintings were transmitted through edokoro (official bureau of painting) which had been in charge of court paintings since the Heian period. When the Tosa family inherited the administration of the edokoro (the courtly office for paintings) in the Muromachi period, the word yamato-e began to be used to refer not only to themes and style, but also to the concepts of the Tosa School.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Genji<\/a>
Genji Monogatari Emaki<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Amida Raigō-zu (Image of the Descent of Amida Buddha)<\/h4>\n

The belief of Amida<\/a> ‘if someone believes in Amida Nyorai, he will come and guide the person to the heavens at the time of death’ became popular in the middle Heian period, and many Amida Raigō-zu were painted.<\/p>\n

\"Amida<\/a>
Amida Raigō-zu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Emakimono (literally ‘picture scroll’)<\/h4>\n