| Fabricating the Tenjukoku Shūchō Mandara and Prince Shōtoku's Afterlives CA. 300 Pp., Ov Edition Contributor(s): Pradel, Chari (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004182608 ISBN-13: 9789004182608 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $129.20 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Design | Textile & Costume |
| Series: Japanese Visual Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 7.7" W x 10" (3.05 lbs) 277 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this comprehensive study of the Tenjukoku Shūchō Mandara, Chari Pradel provides a new interpretation of this assemblage of embroidered textile fragments associated with Prince Shōtoku (574-622). By analyzing the scant visual evidence in the context of East Asian visual art of the period, the author recreates the subject represented on the seventh century artifact and demonstrates that it was not Buddhist (as previously believed), but associated with the funerary iconography of China that arrived in Japan with immigrants from the Korean peninsula. In addition, by closely investigating the context for the compilation of each of the documents associated with the artifact, Pradel illuminates the history of the embroidery and its changing significance and perception over the centuries. |