Preserving the Dharma - Hozan Tankai and Japanese Buddhist Art of the Early Modern Era

Zusatztext "Intriguing and beautifully illustrated. . . . The main body of the text is devoted to an erudite yet lively account of Tankai's oeuvre! illuminated throughout by the author's unrivaled familiarity with the Buddhist art of the preceding 1!000 years and buttressed by a formidable scholarly apparatus of notes and appendices." ---Joe Earle! Art Newspaper Informationen zum Autor John M. Rosenfield Klappentext "In this beautifully illustrated book, eminent art historian John Rosenfield explores the life and art of the Japanese Buddhist monk Hozan Tankai (1629-1716). Through a close examination of sculptures, paintings, ritual implements, and primary documents, the book demonstrates how the Shingon prelate's artistic activities were central to his important place in the world of late-seventeenth-century Japanese Buddhism. At the same time, the book shows the richness of early modern Japanese Buddhist art, which has often been neglected and undervalued.Tankai was firmly committed to the spiritual disciplines of mountain Buddhism-seclusion, severe asceticism, meditation, and ritual. But in the 1680s, after being appointed head of a small, run-down temple on the slopes of Mount Ikoma, near Nara, he revealed that he was also a gifted artist and administrator. He embarked on an ambitious campaign of constructing temple halls and commissioning icons, and the Ikoma temple, soon renamed Haozanji, became a vibrant center of popular Buddhism, as it remains today. He was a remarkably productive artist, and by the end of his life more than 150 works were associated with him.A major reconsideration of a key artistic and religious figure, Preserving the Dharma brings much-needed attention to an overlooked period of Japanese Buddhist art"-- Zusammenfassung In this beautifully illustrated book, eminent art historian John Rosenfield explores the life and art of the Japanese Buddhist monk Hozan Tankai (1629-1716). Through a close examination of sculptures, paintings, ritual implements, and primary documents, the book demonstrates how the Shingon prelate's artistic activities were central to his importan...

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• Authors: John Rosenfield, John M Rosenfield, John M. Rosenfield, Rosenfield John M.
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2016
• EAN: 9780691163970
• ISBN: 978-0-691-16397-0
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Publications of the Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University; Publications of the Department; Publications of the Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University; Publications of the Department; Publications of the Tang Center for East Asian Art, Princeton University
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Japan, ART / History / General, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, ART / Subjects & Themes / Religious, ART / Asian / General, ART / Asian / Japanese, Buddhism, c 1500 onwards to present day, History of Art, East Asia, Far East, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Oriental art, Religious subjects depicted in art, Religious and ceremonial art