emakimono
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Encyclopedic overview
52 sectionsContents
- Concept
- History
- Origins
- Heian period: genesis of the art
- Arts and literature, birth of a national aesthetic
- Fujiwara era: classical masterpieces
- Kamakura period: the golden age of {{transliteration|ja|emakimono}}
- Muromachi period: decline and {{transliteration|ja|otogi-zōshi}}
- Features and production
- Themes and genres
- Secular paintings
- Religious paintings
- The artists and their audience
- Materials and manufacture
- Artistic characteristics
- General
- Styles and techniques
- Overview of the Heian period {{transliteration|ja|yamato-e}} styles
- Court style: {{transliteration|ja|onna-e}}
- Popular style: {{transliteration|ja|otoko-e}}
- Kamakura period realist painting
- Chinese landscape and Song dynasty wash paintings
- Pictorial techniques
- {{transliteration|ja|Tsukuri-e}} technique
- Ink line and monochrome painting
- Spatial and temporal composition
- Transitions between scenes
- Perspective and point of view
- Narrative rhythm
- Calligraphy
- A Japanese art
- Historiographical value
- Depiction of everyday Japanese life
- Historical, cultural and religious reflection
- Notable examples
- {{transliteration|ja|Genji Monogatari Emaki}}
- {{transliteration|ja|Shigisan Engi Emaki}}
- {{transliteration|ja|Heiji Monogatari Emaki}}
- {{transliteration|ja|Ippen Shōnin Eden}}
- {{transliteration|ja|Kegon Engi Emaki}}
- {{transliteration|ja|Kitano Tenjin Engi Emaki}}
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Journal articles and conference proceedings
- Works specialising in {{transliteration|ja|emakimono}}
- Japanese series
- Works focusing on a specific {{transliteration|ja|emaki}}
- General books on the art of Japan
- External links
thumb|right|Detail from the , a classic 12th century of the imperial court thumb|right|Detail of calligraphy of the , on richly decorated paper
or is an illustrated horizontal narration system of painted handscrolls that dates back to Nara-period (710–794 CE) Japan. Initially copying their much older Chinese counterparts in style, during the succeeding Heian (794–1185) and Kamakura periods (1185–1333), Japanese developed their own distinct style. The term therefore refers only to Japanese painted narrative scrolls.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “emakimono” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.