88. NEXT SLIDE: Left personifying Empress Jinguu. Hachiman god of
war as monk, Empress Nakatsu.
These sculptures function as objects of devotion in certain
Shinto shrines. Originally the Shinto tradition had no custom
of making anthropomorphic images, but this was to a certain
extent begun after the 8th century, in imitation of Buddhism
and under the influence of the so-called honji suijaku theory of
Shinto-Buddhist syncretism. Written records tell of Shinto
images being carved in the latter half of the 8th century, but
the earliest extant examples date from the 9th century (early
Heian period). A feature distinguishing them from Buddhist
images is the existence of both male and female
images.There is also a notable absence of set iconographic
principles of the type which governed the production of
Buddhist images. In many cases they are multicolored, and
were made to imitate the clothing and hair styles of specific
men and women of the court aristocracy of the time.
90. portrait sculpture of the Shinto deity
Hachiman in the guise of a Buddhist monk
(a noted example of shugo bijutsu, a blend
of Shinto and Buddhist iconography) at
Todaiji Temple in Nara and the portrait of
Tamayorihime-no-mikoto found at Yoshino
Mikumari Shrine in Nara Prefecture.
Hinweis der Redaktion
Title: Structure of a hanging scrollImage Source: dc: Hirayama, et al.: Illustrated Dictionary of Japanese-style Painting Terminology, page 131, bottom diagram with text to left
Title: Parts of a hanging scroll with Yamato-style mountingImage Source: dc: Hirayama, et al.: Illustrated Dictionary of Japanese-style Painting Terminology, page 124, left image and text
Title: Parts of a hand scrollImage Source: dc: Hirayama, et al.: Illustrated Dictionary of Japanese-style Painting Terminology, page 136, top 2 images
Title: Structure of a hand scrollImage Source: dc: Hirayama, et al.: Illustrated Dictionary of Japanese-style Painting Terminology, page 136, bottom diagram with text
Title: Handling a hand scrollDetail/View: steps 5 and 6Image Source: dc: Hirayama, et al.: Illustrated Dictionary of Japanese-style Painting Terminology, page 140, bottom 2
Title: Handling a hand scrollDetail/View: steps 7, 8, 9Related Terms: makimono, kansubonImage Source: dc: Hirayama, et al.: Illustrated Dictionary of Japanese-style Painting Terminology, page 141
Title: Structure of a folding screenImage Source: dc: Hirayama, et al.: Illustrated Dictionary of Japanese-style Painting Terminology, page 143, top diagram
Recall tortoise and snake of Takamatsu tomb, north
Recall bird of the Takamatsu tomb, south, red bird