Research Catalog

Title

Kamakura : realism and spirituality in the sculpture of Japan / edited by Ive Covaci.

Publication

• New York : Asia Society Museum ; New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
• ©2016

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Details

Additional Authors

• Covaci, Ive
• Asia Society. Museum, host institution.

Description

xiii, 175 pages : color illustrations, map; 31 cm

Summary

"The Kamakura period (11851333) is considered a pinnacle of Japanese artistic expression, often described as a renaissance in Buddhist art. This catalogue is the first in over two decades to examine the exquisite sculpture of this period, artwork characterized by an intense corporeal presence, naturalistic proportions, a sense of movement, realistic drapery, and lifelike facial expressions animated by eyes made of inlaid crystal. The sculptures played an important role in the practice of Buddhism during these years, as the vivid representations facilitated an immediate communion between deity and worshipper. The custom of placing sacred relics, texts, and even miniature icons into the sculptures hollow interiors further enlivened the works and invested them with spiritual significance. Essays by noted scholars explore the sculptures arresting exteriors and powerful interiors, examining the technical and stylistic innovations that made them possible, and offering new context for their ritual and devotional uses. They demonstrate that the physical beauty and technical brilliance of Kamakura statues are profoundly associated with their spiritual dimension and devotional functions"--Publisher's website.

Uniform Title

Kamakura (Asia Society Museum)

Alternative Title

Realism and spirituality in the sculpture of Japan

Subjects

• Buddhist sculpture
• Sculpture, Japanese
• Sculpture, Japanese > Kamakura-Momoyama periods
• Japan
• Buddhist sculpture > Japan > Exhibitions
• Sculpture, Japanese > Kamakura-Momoyama periods, 1185-1600 > Exhibitions
• Exhibition catalogs
• 1185-1600

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• Catalog of the exhibition at the Asia Society Museum, New York, February 9-May 8, 2016.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-164) and indexes.

Contents

President's foreword / Josette Sheeran -- Museum preface / Peggy Loar and Marion Kocot -- Curator's acknowledgments / Ive Covaci -- Funders of the exhibition -- Lenders to the exhibition -- Note to the reader -- Enlivened images : Buddhist sculpture of the Kamakura period / Ive Covaci -- A short history of the Kei school / Samuel C. Morse -- Softening their light, mingling with the dust : Japanese gods in Buddhist art / Hank Glassman -- The transfer of divine power : replicas of miraculous Buddhist statues / Nedachi Kensuke -- Catalogue / Ive Covaci and D. Max Moerman. Form and presence ; Ritual and devotional contexts ; Empowering interiors -- Map: The provinces of Japan in the 1330s -- Timeline of selected art historical, historical, and religious events of the Kamakura period.

Call Number

JQG 16-79

ISBN

• 9780300215779
• 0300215770

LCCN

2015941172

OCLC

920017477

Title

Kamakura : realism and spirituality in the sculpture of Japan / edited by Ive Covaci.

Publisher

New York : Asia Society Museum ; New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]

Copyright Date

©2016

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-164) and indexes.

Chronological Term

1185-1600

Added Author

Covaci, Ive, editor.

Asia Society. Museum, host institution.

Research Call Number

JQG 16-79