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Osaki Hachiman: Architecture, Materiality, and Samurai Power in Seventeenth-Century Japan - Couverture rigide

Schweizer, Anton

 
9783496015413: Osaki Hachiman: Architecture, Materiality, and Samurai Power in Seventeenth-Century Japan
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ISBN 10 : 3496015411 ISBN 13 : 9783496015413
Editeur : Dietrich Reimer, 2016

Synopsis

Osaki Hachiman (1607), located in Sendai, Japan, is one of only a handful of surviving buildings from the Momoyama period (1568-1615). The shrine is a rare example of "lacquered architecture"-an architectural type characterized by a shiny, black coat made of refined tree sap and evocative of transitory splendor and cyclical renewal. The shrine's sponsor, the warlord Date Masamune, was one of the last independent feudal lords of his time and remains famous for dispatching diplomatic missions to Mexico, Spain, and Rome. Although his ambitions to become a ruler of Northern Japan were frustrated, his shrine stands as a lasting testament to the political struggles he faced, his global aspirations, and the cultural cloak by which he sought to advance these objectives.

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À propos de l'auteur

Anton Schweizer teaches at Tulane University in New Orleans.

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Éditeur
Dietrich Reimer
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3496015411
ISBN 13 
9783496015413
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
438
Coordonnées du fabricant
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