Collectif, "The Tale of Genji: A Japanese Classic Illuminated"
Collectif, "The Tale of Genji: A Japanese Classic Illuminated"
2019 | ISBN: 1588396657 | English | True PDF | 368 pages | 18.6 MB
2019 | ISBN: 1588396657 | English | True PDF | 368 pages | 18.6 MB
With its vivid descriptions of courtly society, gardens, and architecture in early eleventh-century Japan, The Tale of Genji—recognized as the world's first novel—has captivated audiences around the globe and inspired artistic traditions for one thousand years. Its female author, Murasaki Shikibu, was a diarist, a renowned poet, and, as a tutor to the young empress, the ultimate palace insider; her monumental work of fiction offers entry into an elaborate, mysterious world of court romance, political intrigue, elite customs, and religious life. This handsomely designed and illustrated book explores the outstanding art associated with Genji through in-depth essays and discussions of more than one hundred works.
The Tale of Genji has influenced all forms of Japanese artistic expression, from intimately scaled albums to boldly designed hanging scrolls and screen paintings, lacquer boxes, incense burners, games, palanquins for transporting young brides to their new homes, and even contemporary manga. The authors, both art historians and Genji scholars, discuss the tale's transmission and reception over the centuries; illuminate its place within the history of Japanese literature and calligraphy; highlight its key episodes and characters; and explore its wide-ranging influence on Japanese culture, design, and aesthetics into the modern era.
Director's Foreword
Foreword from The Japan Foundation
Statements from Cooperating Institutions
Acknowledgments
Lenders to the Exhibition
Note to the Reader
Preface
Sano Midori
Introduction: A Thousand Years of the Art of Genji
John T. Carpenter and Melissa McCormick
ESSAYS
Learning the "Women's Hand" in Heian Japan: Kana Calligraphy and The Tale of Genji
John T. Carpenter
Beyond Narrative Illustration: What Genji Paintings Do
Melissa McCormick
Evolving Iconographies of The Tale of Genji: Early Modern Interpretations of a Yamato-e Theme
Kyoko Kinoshita
Genji and Good Fortune: Bridal Trousseaux in the Age of the Tokugawa Shoguns
Monika Bincsik
CATALOGUE
Chapter One
Heian Court Culture and the Transmission of the Tale
Entries 1–13
Chapter Two
Ishiyamadera and the Buddhist Veneration of Murasaki Shikibu
Entries 14–24
Chapter Three
Monochrome Genji Pictures and the Conventions of Hakubyo
Entries 25–34
Chapter Four
Imagining Genji through Tosa-School Paintings
Entries 35–52
Chapter Five
Innovations and Interventions in Later Genji Painting
Entries 53–64
Chapter Six
An Elegant Lifestyle Inspired by Genji: Lacquers, Garments, and Games
Entries 65–89
Chapter Seven
Genji and Print Culture: From Ukiyo-e to Manga
Entries 90–106
APPENDICES
Shinden Architecture and The Tale of Genji
Akazawa Mari
Genji at a Glance: Fifty-Four Scenes from the Tale
Melissa McCormick
Notes to the Essays
Bibliography
Index
Photograph Credits
Foreword from The Japan Foundation
Statements from Cooperating Institutions
Acknowledgments
Lenders to the Exhibition
Note to the Reader
Preface
Sano Midori
Introduction: A Thousand Years of the Art of Genji
John T. Carpenter and Melissa McCormick
ESSAYS
Learning the "Women's Hand" in Heian Japan: Kana Calligraphy and The Tale of Genji
John T. Carpenter
Beyond Narrative Illustration: What Genji Paintings Do
Melissa McCormick
Evolving Iconographies of The Tale of Genji: Early Modern Interpretations of a Yamato-e Theme
Kyoko Kinoshita
Genji and Good Fortune: Bridal Trousseaux in the Age of the Tokugawa Shoguns
Monika Bincsik
CATALOGUE
Chapter One
Heian Court Culture and the Transmission of the Tale
Entries 1–13
Chapter Two
Ishiyamadera and the Buddhist Veneration of Murasaki Shikibu
Entries 14–24
Chapter Three
Monochrome Genji Pictures and the Conventions of Hakubyo
Entries 25–34
Chapter Four
Imagining Genji through Tosa-School Paintings
Entries 35–52
Chapter Five
Innovations and Interventions in Later Genji Painting
Entries 53–64
Chapter Six
An Elegant Lifestyle Inspired by Genji: Lacquers, Garments, and Games
Entries 65–89
Chapter Seven
Genji and Print Culture: From Ukiyo-e to Manga
Entries 90–106
APPENDICES
Shinden Architecture and The Tale of Genji
Akazawa Mari
Genji at a Glance: Fifty-Four Scenes from the Tale
Melissa McCormick
Notes to the Essays
Bibliography
Index
Photograph Credits
John T. Carpenter is Mary Griggs Burke Curator of Japanese Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Melissa McCormick is Professor of Japanese Art and Culture at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Monika Bincsik is Diane and Arthur Abbey Associate Curator for Japanese Decorative Arts at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Kyoko Kinoshita is Professor of Japanese Art History at Tama Art University, Tokyo, and Project Associate Curator for East Asian Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Sano Midori is Professor of Japanese Art History in the Department of Philosophy at Gakushuin University, Tokyo.
Melissa McCormick is Professor of Japanese Art and Culture at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Monika Bincsik is Diane and Arthur Abbey Associate Curator for Japanese Decorative Arts at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Kyoko Kinoshita is Professor of Japanese Art History at Tama Art University, Tokyo, and Project Associate Curator for East Asian Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Sano Midori is Professor of Japanese Art History in the Department of Philosophy at Gakushuin University, Tokyo.