Around Chigusa: Tea and the Arts of Sixteenth-Century Japan (Publications of the Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University)
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (553 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0691177554 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Key themes include the centrality of tea to the social life of and interaction among warriors, merchants, and the courtly elite; the multifaceted relationship between things wa (Japanese) and kan (Chinese) and between tea and poetry; the rise of new formats for display of the visual and calligraphic arts; and collecting and display as an expression of political power.. An in-depth look at the dynamic cultural world of tea in Japan during its formative periodAround Chigusa investigates the cultural and artistic milieu in which a humble jar of Chinese origin dating to the thirteenth or fourteenth century became Chigusa, a revered, named object in the practice of formalized tea presentation (chanoyu) in sixteenth-century Japan. The book’s essays set tea in dialogue with other cultural practices, revealing larger cultural paradigms that
Y. Sackler Gallery. He and Cort are the coeditors of Chigusa and the Art of Tea. She is the coeditor of numerous books, including The Family Model in Chinese Art and Culture(Princeton). . Tang Center for East Asian Art at Princeton University. Y. Her books include Isamu Noguchi and Modern Japanese Ceramics. Andrew M. Ching is associate director of the P. About the AuthorDora C. He is the author of Chikubushima: Deploying the Sacred Arts in Momoyama Japan. Watsky is professor of Japanese art and archaeology at Princeton Un
Sackler Gallery. . Andrew M. She is the coeditor of numerous books, including The Family Model in Chinese Art and Culture(Princeton). Louise Allison Cort is curator for ceramics at the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. He and Cort are the coeditors of Chigusa and the Art of Tea. Ching is associate director of the P. Her books include Isamu Noguchi and Modern Japanese Ceramics. and Kin