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Rethinking Asuka Sculpture
A Revised Conception of Buddhist Spread in East Asia, 538-710
Series: - East Asian Comparative Literature and Culture, Volume: 15
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In this book, WU Hong deconstructs the prevailing theory of a 100-year Buddhist artistic lag between Asuka Japan and the Chinese mainland. She proposes to radically re-date Asuka statues, such as the famous Hōryūji Kondō Shaka Triad. The new dating opens up possibilities for revising our perceptions of early Japanese history and interchange in East Asia, while also allowing a fresh account of Asuka statuary to emerge.
Proceeding from the revised chronology and emphasizing local processes, this new account brings the growth of Asuka Buddhism into clearer vision and elaborates on heretofore unknown historical details for an enriched understanding of this critical period of East Asian history.
Proceeding from the revised chronology and emphasizing local processes, this new account brings the growth of Asuka Buddhism into clearer vision and elaborates on heretofore unknown historical details for an enriched understanding of this critical period of East Asian history.
WU Hong, Ph.D. (2020), University of Vienna, is assistant professor of Philosophy of Art and Art History at Fudan University. She has published several articles on East Asian Buddhist art and Chinese art of the medieval period.
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
2 Tracing an Organic Stylistic Sequence
1 Group I
2 Group II
3 Group III
4 Group IV
5 Conclusion
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 Hōryūji Kondō Shaka Triad: a Close Study
4 A Revised Chronology
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
Reference Matter
List of Extant Asuka Buddhist Statues
Abbreviations for Catalogue Titles
Bibliography
Index
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 Hōryūji Kondō 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
Reference Matter
List of Extant Asuka Buddhist Statues
Abbreviations for Catalogue Titles
Bibliography
Index
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