HAA 284m

Medieval Japanese Ink Painting
Yukio Lippit
Monday, 3-5pm
This seminar explores the golden age of Japanese Zen monk-painters (ca. 1200-1600). Issues to be explored include ritual and portraiture, techniques of accidentalism, inscriptions and Zen discourse, the status of the monk-painter, the Ashikaga collection, and the relationship to Chinese literati painting. Knowledge of Japanese or Chinese is required