JAPANESE TEMPLES ART BOOK ABRAMS 1964

Beautifully photographed sculpture, painting, gardens, and architecture of Japanese Temples. Text by J. Edward Kidder, Jr. 1964.

10 1/2" X 14"


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PAINTINGS,
GARDENS, AND
ARCHITECTURE
SCULPTURE,
PAINTINGS,
GARDENS,
AND
ARCHITECTURE

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fragments
These
were
are
initially
preserved
kept
today
in
the
and
originally
A
of
China.
perhaps
grandson
the
Busshi
early
Asuka
the
from
of Shiba
Yakushi
made
period.
the
the
in
southern
His
Shaka
and
family
Triad
Liang
was
in
region
A
kept by
606.
prefecture,
Tachibana-dera
Temple
Gemmei.
cloister
Emperor
miniature
Butto-zan
of
founded
the
Tendai
shrine
by
The
been
sect
temple
the site of a
in
Takaichi,
Taishi
is
formally
palace
around
Nara
The
once
Horyuji,
known as
paintings

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JORURIJI
Photographs by YOSHIO WATANABE
JORURIJI
Photographs
by
YOSHIO
WATANABE

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period who refined the ceremony and served Oda
Nobunaga and Hideyoshi until the anger of the
Tokugawa leyasu at the Battle of Sekigahara in
latter caused his death.
1600, and became lord of Chikuzen, occupying
Fukuoka Castle. He built the Ryogo-in in 1606.
(?-1525) Painter in the employ of Ashikaga Yoshi-
masa who drew his inspiration from Mu Ch'i of
(1422-1502) Monk who lived in the Shomyoji in
Southern Sung and excelled in calligraphy, tea
He
ceremony, and garden design.
ceremony practice, codifying the technique.
was much favored by Ashikaga
period
who
refined
the
ceremony
and
served
Nobunaga
and
Hideyoshi
until
the
anger
of
the
Tokugawa
leyasu
at
the
Battle
of
Sekigahara
in
latter
his
1600,
and
became
lord
of
Chikuzen,
occupying
Fukuoka
He built
the
Ryogo-in
in
(?-1525)
Painter
the
employ
of
Ashikaga
Yoshi-
masa
who
drew
his
inspiration
from
Mu
Ch'i
(1422-1502)
Monk
who
lived
in
the
in
Southern
Sung
and
excelled
in
calligraphy,
tea
Nara
studied
under
and
founded
the
tea
He
ceremony,
and
garden
design.
ceremony
practice,
codifying
the
technique.
was
much
favored
by
Ashikaga

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purports
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is
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HISTORIES
of
art
multiplying
direct
proportion
to
the
number
of
publishers
able
to
print
them.
JINGOJI
AND
KOZANJI
appearan
437
whether
in
Japan
or
elsewhere,
in
Japanese
in
other
languages
Most
of
these
abstract
the
products
of
the
KENCHOJI
AND
ENGAKUJI
could
no
cloistered
craftsman
from
his
setting
in
order
to



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