17982
Author
Akiyama, Terukazu
Editor
Suzuki, T.; Masuda, K.
Title Of Article Chaper
Japanese wall-painting: an art historical overview
Title Of Journal Book
International symposium on the conservation and restoration of cultural property - conservation and restoration of mural paintings (II) - November 18-21, 1984, Tokyo, Japan
Pages
21-36
Collation
4 figs., discussion
Publisher
Tokyo National Research Institute of Cultural Properties
Publisher City
Tokyo
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Meeting
International symposium on the conservation and restoration of cultural property. 8.
Meeting City
Tokyo
Abstract
Japanese wall-painting covers all types of painting used to decorate large interior spaces of japanese buildings, including sliding doors and folding screens. Various painting styles and techniques generally coincide with chronological periods. In wall-painting on mud-plaster or plaster (askua and nara periods) mineral pigments were applied a secco to a priming coat of white kaolin-type clay (as in Horyu-ji). Wood in the Heian and Kamakura periods was covered by a kaolin priming coat, an ink line underpainting, then mineral and some organic pigments (as in the Phoenix Hall, Byodo-in temple). Of the Shoji panel paintings (Heian-Kamakura periods), silk stretched on wooden frames, less has survived, but there is a folding screen in Jingo-ji temple. A Chinese influence imported during the Muromachi period was that of paper stretched on wooden frames (fusuma paintings). Eight panels (1491) can be seen in the Shinju'an subtemple of the Daitoku-ji monastery, Kyoto. Paintings of the Momoyama and Edo periods can be seen in Nijo castle.
Keywords
Painting Wall Japan;Painting Wall Plaster; Asuka period Japan; Nara period Japan;Painting Panel Japan; Heian period Japan; Kamakura period Japan; <i>Shoji</i> Panel Silk;<i>Fusuma</i> Muromachi period Japan; Gold leaf Technique Japan;Screen Panel Japan AATA
pub_id
17982
Meeting Date
19841118-19841121