Rethinking Asuka sculpture : a revised conception of Buddhist spread in East Asia, 538-710 / by Wu Hong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wu, Hong, 1990 October-, author.

Contributor:

E.J. Brill (Firm)

Series:

East Asian comparative literature and culture ; 2212-4772 v. 15.

East Asian comparative literature and culture, 2212-4772 ; volume 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhist sculpture--Japan--Chronology.

Buddhist sculpture.

Sculpture, Japanese--To 794.

Sculpture, Japanese.

Sculpture, Japanese--Chinese influences.

Buddhism--East Asia--To 1500.

Buddhism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 268 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2024]

Contents:

Chronology

List of Characters

List of Maps, Tables, and Figures

1 Introduction

1 Reconsidering the Traditional Chronology

2 Shifting from the China-Centered to the Asuka Perspective

3 Structure of the Book

Part 1: The Catalogue

2 Tracing an Organic Stylistic Sequence

1 Group I

2 Group II

3 Group III

4 Group IV

5 Conclusion

Part 2: A Revised Chronology

3 Weighing the Archaeological and Historical Evidence

1 Advent of Buddhist Practice in Japan

2 The East Asian Context

3 Direct Buddhist Contacts with China

4 Opportunity for Rethinking the Chronology

4 Reevaluating Buddhist Art in Korean Three Kingdoms

1 Textual and Archaeological Survey

2 Reconsidering the Fifty-Year Lag between the Korean Three Kingdoms and Chinese Dynasties

3 A History of Korean Three Kingdoms Buddhist Art Historiography

5 A Revised Chronology

1 How the Traditional Chronology Became Established

2 Reconsidering the Anchor Statues

3 The Horyűji Kondo Shaka Triad: a Close Study

4 A Revised Chronology

Part 3: A New Account of Asuka Buddhism

6 A Tentative Beginning: 550-600

1 Features Neither Continental nor Local

2 Understanding the Earliest Buddhist Sculptors

3 A Hesitant Beginning

7 Vibrant Transformation: 600-650

1 The Shiba Story Continued

2 A Multiplicity of Other Sculptural Modes

3 The Buddhist Boom

8 New Technological Development: 650-710

1 Piece-Mold versus Lost-Wax Methods

2 From the Direct to the Indirect Method

3 Interpreting the Technological Change

9 Conclusion

1 Rethinking Asuka Buddhist Art

2 Looking Forward: the Yakushi Triad and Beyond.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Leiden, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 10, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Wu, Hong, 1990 October- Rethinking Asuka sculpture

ISBN:

9789004701922

9004701923

Publisher Number:

40032601201

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.