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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Nationality: Asian; Far East Asian; Japanese Creator Name-CRT: Japanese Title: Pavilion in a Beautiful Field (Shuyado) View: Full View Creation Start Date: 1400 Creation End Date: 1499 Creation Date: Muromachi period, 15th century Creation Place: Japan Object Type: Paintings Materials and Techniques: Ink and slight color on paper Parts and Pieces: hanging scroll Dimensions: 28 1/4 x 11 3/4 in. (71.8 x 29.8 cm) AMICA Contributor: Asia Society Owner Location: New York, New York, USA ID Number: 1979.210 Credit Line: Asia Society: The Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection Rights: http://www.asiasociety.org Context: Chinese-style ink painting, which was first introduced to Japan during the Kamakura period (1185-1333), had a profound impact on the art of the Muromachi period (1392-1568). The history of painting during that period is marked by the spread of Chinese techniques and themes from the temples affiliated with Zen Buddhism--where such works were often used in meditative or ritual practices--to the studios of professional painters who were not necessarily associated with a religious institution and who had various patrons. In the 15th century, ink painting gained a cultural cachet as it moved out of the religious context and gained a wider audience. In this painting, the combination of a long vertical format, monochromatic landscape, and inscribed poems characterizes a type known as a 'poem-picture scroll' (shigajiku), which united word and image. Works of this kind, which were popular in the first half of the 15th century, were hung in the residential quarters of priests, and their popularity reflects the large number of such quarters with studies and alcoves constructed in Buddhist temples during the 15th century. Many of the works in the poem-picture scroll format were painted to celebrate the construction of a study within a subtemple, when the user of the study and his friends would gather to name the studio and to write poetry commemorating its completion. The union of literature and painting found in poem-picture hanging scrolls reflects the interest in Chinese literature and philosophy that prevailed in Japanese Zen temples during the first half of the 15th century. The paintings and their inscriptions often celebrate the joys of seclusion and scholarship, and it is interesting that most such paintings were created and enjoyed in prominent, bustling Zen temples by priests who were often deeply involved in the culture and politics of their time. *The three-point perspective and asymmetrical composition employed in this landscape derive from Ch Related Document Description: Asia Society. Handbook of the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection. New York: Asia Society, [1981], p. 94. AMICA ID: ASIA.1979.210 AMICA Library Year: 1998 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, Asia Society AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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