Rethinking Asuka Sculpture

Rethinking Asuka Sculpture

A Revised Conception of Buddhist Spread in East Asia, 538-710

Wu, Hong

Brill

08/2024

268

Dura

9789004701915

15 a 20 dias

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Chronology

List of Characters

List of Maps, Tables, and Figures



1 Introduction

?1?Reconsidering the Traditional Chronology

?2?Shifting from the China-Centered to the Asuka Perspective

?3?Structure of the Book



Part 1: The Catalogue

2 Tracing an Organic Stylistic Sequence

?1?Group I

?2?Group II

?3?Group III

?4?Group IV

?5?Conclusion



Part 2: A Revised Chronology

3 Weighing the Archaeological and Historical Evidence

?1?Advent of Buddhist Practice in Japan

?2?The East Asian Context

?3?Direct Buddhist Contacts with China

?4?Opportunity for Rethinking the Chronology



4 Reevaluating Buddhist Art in Korean Three Kingdoms

?1?Textual and Archaeological Survey

?2?Reconsidering the Fifty-Year Lag between the Korean Three Kingdoms and Chinese Dynasties

?3?A History of Korean Three Kingdoms Buddhist Art Historiography



5 A Revised Chronology

?1?How the Traditional Chronology Became Established

?2?Reconsidering the Anchor Statues

?3?The Horyuji Kondo Shaka Triad: a Close Study

?4?A Revised Chronology



Part 3: A New Account of Asuka Buddhism

6 A Tentative Beginning: 550-600

?1?Features Neither Continental nor Local

?2?Understanding the Earliest Buddhist Sculptors

?3?A Hesitant Beginning



7 Vibrant Transformation: 600-650

?1?The Shiba Story Continued

?2?A Multiplicity of Other Sculptural Modes

?3?The Buddhist Boom



8 New Technological Development: 650-710

?1?Piece-Mold versus Lost-Wax Methods

?2?From the Direct to the Indirect Method

?3?Interpreting the Technological Change



9 Conclusion

?1?Rethinking Asuka Buddhist Art

?2?Looking Forward: the Yakushi Triad and Beyond

Reference Matter

?List of Extant Asuka Buddhist Statues

?Abbreviations for Catalogue Titles

Bibliography

Index
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