Art and palace politics in early modern Japan, 1580s-1680s /

Art and palace politics in early modern Japan, 1580s-1680s / by Elizabeth Lillehoj.

Magnificent art and architecture created for the emperor with the financial support of powerful warlords at the beginning of Japan's early modern era (1580s-1680s) testify to the continued cultural and ideological significance of the imperial family. Works created in this context are discussed...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Lillehoj, Elizabeth
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
Series:Japanese visual culture ; v. 2.
Subjects:
Art > Political aspects > Japan > Kyoto > History > 16th century.
Art > Political aspects > Japan > Kyoto > History > 17th century.
Art patronage > Japan > Kyoto > History > 16th century.
Art patronage > Japan > Kyoto > History > 17th century.
Art patronage.
Art > Political aspects.
Civilization.
Kyoto (Japan) > Civilization > 16th century.
Kyoto (Japan) > Civilization > 17th century.
Japan > Kyoto.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: State of the field
  • Hideyoshi restores glory to the palace
  • Go-Yōzei's imperial imperative as cultural arbiter
  • Tokugawa shoguns and patronage for the throne
  • Go-Mizunoo's ritual and cultural agenda
  • Art and architecture for Empress Tōfukumon'in
  • Paintings of the imperial excursion to Nijō Castle
  • Emperor and empress as patrons of Kyoto culture
  • Visual documents of the emperor-warlord relationship
  • Closing comments
  • Appendices: 1. Emperors and reigning empresses
  • 2. Members of the imperial family
  • 3. Imperial palace documents, buildings, and panel paintings
  • 4. List of Chinese characters.

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