The eyes of power : art and early Tokugawa authority / Karen M. Gerhart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gerhart, Karen M., 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Japanese--Edo period, 1600-1868.

Art, Japanese.

Politics in art.

Art and state--Japan.

Art and state.

Tokugawa, Iemitsu, 1604-1651--Art patronage.

Tokugawa, Iemitsu.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this study of the political thrust behind some of the most important officially sponsored art of the early Tokugawa, Karen Gerhart takes as her focus the heyday of the rule of the third Tokugawa shogun, Iemitsu. She analyzes aspects of painting, architecture and sculpture created expressly under the patronage of Iemitsu at three major monuments - the castles an Nijo and Nagoya and the sumptuous decoration of the great Tokugawa mausoleum, Nikko Toshogu. In highlighting key examples of artistic production, Gerhart brings to the fore significant themes and issues that exemplify political art in the first half of the 17th century.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The eyes of power

1. Pine Trees as Political Iconography at Nijō Castle

2. Chinese Exemplars and Virtuous Rulers at Nagoya Castle

3. Nikkō's Yōmeimon: Sculpture and Sacred Landscape

4. The Tōshō Daigongen engi as Political Propaganda

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Aug 2019)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-197) and index.

ISBN:

9780824864705

0824864700

9780585342856

0585342857

OCLC:

49803329