Semester:
Fall
Offered:
2023
Yukio Lippit
This seminar examines the history of medieval Japanese ink painting from the thirteenth through sixteenth century. Subjects to be addressed include the emergence of a Zen figural pantheon, Zen master portraiture (chinsō), poem-picture scrolls, landscape styles and inscriptions, the Ashikaga shogunal collection of Chinese painting, the relationship between architecture and painting, modal painting, the status of the monk-painter, and the emergence of the Kano school. Participants are required to have knowledge of either Chinese or Japanese.