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Ashura, a Japanese National Treasure sculpture from 734. In the mid-6th century, the introduction of Buddhism from Korea to Japan resulted in a revival of Japanese sculpture. Buddhist monks, artisans and scholars settled around the capital in Yamato Province (present day Nara Prefecture) and passed their techniques to native craftsmen.
The stimulus of Western art forms returned sculpture to the Japanese art scene and introduced the plaster cast, outdoor heroic sculpture, and the school of Paris concept of sculpture as an "art form". Such ideas adopted in Japan during the late 19th century, together with the return of state patronage, rejuvenated sculpture.
The works of Isamu Noguchi, for example, were heavily influenced by the haniwa. [9] [10] They have been accepted as "Pure Art", according to Time magazine. [11] Beyond simple appreciation as artistic sculptures, modern popular culture has, in some cases, portrayed the haniwa as containing a sentient entity and not just as a simple empty sculpture.
Japanese women sculptors (12 P) N. Netsuke-shi (10 P) Pages in category "Japanese sculptors" The following 62 pages are in this category, out of 62 total.
Bidou Yamaguchi (山口 毘堂, Yamaguchi Bidō), a master Noh mask carver in the Hōshō tradition, was born Yamaguchi Hiroki on February 28, 1970, in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, on the island of Kyūshū in Japan. As an outstanding figure in the younger generation, Bidou illustrates how this ancient Japanese art is being both perpetuated and renewed.
The great age of Japanese Buddhist sculpture, AD 600–1300 (illustrated ed.). Kimbell Art Museum. ISBN 0-912804-07-6. Archived from the original on May 6, 2021; Noma, Seiroku (2003). The Arts of Japan: Ancient and medieval. Vol. 1 (illustrated ed.). Kodansha International. ISBN 4-7700-2977-2.
Reconstructed model of a late 4th century zenpō-kōen-fun (Kaichi Kofun), Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture The kofun tumuli have assumed various shapes throughout history. The most common type of kofun is known as a zenpō-kōen-fun (前方後円墳), which is shaped like a keyhole, having one square end and one circular end, when viewed from above.
A woman making a tray landscape showing the full moon. Ukiyo-e woodblock print by Yōshū Chikanobu, 1899. Bonseki (盆石, "tray rocks") is the ancient Japanese art of creating miniature landscapes on black trays using white sand, pebbles, and small rocks.