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- catalog abstract "Annotation In the first half of the seventeenth century both those who commissioned and those who viewed art in Japan were primarily the elite -- the shogun, the court, high-ranking daimyo, government officials, and certain wealthy merchants. Much of the artistic energy engaged by the political center during the early Tokugawa was directed at the creation of monumental structures decorated with symbolic and complex images, mainly of Chinese origin, initiated or approved by the shogunate to legitimate its own power and to give its rule an aura of cultured sophistication. In this study of the political thrust behind some of the most important officially sponsored art of the early Tokugawa, Karen Gerhart takes as her focus the heyday of the rule of the third Tokugawa shogun, Iemitsu. She analyzes aspects of painting, architecture, and sculpture created expressly under the patronage of Iemitsu at three major monuments: the castles at Nijo and Nagoya and the sumptuous decoration of the great Tokugawa mausoleum, Nikko Toshogu. In highlighting key examples of artistic production, Gethart brings to the fore significant themes and issues that exemplify political art in the first half of the seventeenth century.".
- catalog alternative "Art and early Tokugawa authority".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b11355920.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description "Annotation In the first half of the seventeenth century both those who commissioned and those who viewed art in Japan were primarily the elite -- the shogun, the court, high-ranking daimyo, government officials, and certain wealthy merchants. Much of the artistic energy engaged by the political center during the early Tokugawa was directed at the creation of monumental structures decorated with symbolic and complex images, mainly of Chinese origin, initiated or approved by the shogunate to legitimate its own power and to give its rule an aura of cultured sophistication. In this study of the political thrust behind some of the most important officially sponsored art of the early Tokugawa, Karen Gerhart takes as her focus the heyday of the rule of the third Tokugawa shogun, Iemitsu. She analyzes aspects of painting, architecture, and sculpture created expressly under the patronage of Iemitsu at three major monuments: the castles at Nijo and Nagoya and the sumptuous decoration of the great Tokugawa mausoleum, Nikko Toshogu. In highlighting key examples of artistic production, Gethart brings to the fore significant themes and issues that exemplify political art in the first half of the seventeenth century.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-197) and index.".
- catalog description "Pine trees as political iconography at Nijō Castle -- Chinese exemplars and virtuous rulers at Nagoya Castle -- Nikkō's Yōmeimon: sculpture and sacred landscape -- The Tōshō Daigongen engi as political propaganda.".
- catalog extent "xv, 211 p.:".
- catalog hasFormat "Eyes of power.".
- catalog identifier "0824820630 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0824821785 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Eyes of power.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press,".
- catalog relation "Eyes of power.".
- catalog spatial "Japan.".
- catalog subject "Art and state Japan.".
- catalog subject "Art, Japanese Edo period, 1600-1868.".
- catalog subject "N7353.5 .G47 1999X".
- catalog subject "Politics in art.".
- catalog subject "Tokugawa, Iemitsu, 1604-1651 Art patronage.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Pine trees as political iconography at Nijō Castle -- Chinese exemplars and virtuous rulers at Nagoya Castle -- Nikkō's Yōmeimon: sculpture and sacred landscape -- The Tōshō Daigongen engi as political propaganda.".
- catalog title "Art and early Tokugawa authority".
- catalog title "The eyes of power : art and early Tokugawa authority / Karen M. Gerhart.".
- catalog type "text".