Shinzō : Hachiman imagery and its development / Christine Guth Kanda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guth, Christine.

Series:

Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 119.

Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 119

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hachiman (Shinto deity)--Art.

Hachiman (Shinto deity).

Sculpture, Japanese--Heian period, 794-1185.

Sculpture, Japanese.

Sculpture, Japanese--Kamakura-Momoyama periods, 1185-1600.

Shinto sculpture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Distribution:

Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 1985.

Other Title:

Hachiman Imagery and Its Development

Place of Publication:

Boston : Harvard University Asia Center, 1985.

Summary:

Originating from the Shinto tradtion, shinzō (wooden statues of kami gods) are among the finest wooden sculptures in Japan. This comprehensive examination of the stylistic and iconographic evolution of shinzō from the ninth through the fourteenth centuries is the first of its kind. A major contribution to a neglected facet of Japanese art and religion, one of historical importance. Professor Kanda gives primary attention to one lineage of forms, the deity Hachiman, which throws light on the entire phenomenon of the role of figural imagery in Shinto.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

Shinzō: Aesthetic, Religious, and Cultic Dimensions

The Genesis of Shinzō

Aesthetic Dimensions

Religious Dimensions

Hachiman Cult and Image

Case Studies

The Tōji Hachiman Triad: Shinzō of the Ninth and Tenth Centuries

The Yakushiji Hachiman Triad: Shinzō of the Eleventh, and Twelfth Centuries

The Tōdaiji Statue of Hachiman: Shinzō in the Kamakura Period

Conclusion

Abbreviations Used in the Notes

Notes

Bibliography

Glossary

Index

Harvard East Asian Monographs.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 109-118.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-68417-255-1

OCLC:

562758974

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781684172559 DOI