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Brown, Kendall H.

The Politics of Reclusion : Painting and Power in Momoyama Japan / Kendall H. Brown. - 1 online resource (256 p.)

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction Seen and Unseen Worlds -- 2. A Tradition of Transformation The Seven Sages and the Four Graybeards in Japanese Literature -- 3 . Symbolic Virtue and Political Legitimation Tea and Politics in the Momoyama Period -- 4. The Visual Structure of Aesthetic Réclusion The Seven Sages and the Four Graybeards in Momoyama Painting -- 5 . Self-Cultivation and Sagehood Aesthetic Reclusion as Lived and Leveraged in the Early Seventeenth Century -- 6. Epilogue -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author

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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

ISBN: 9780824874698

Standard No.: 10.1515/9780824874698 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Hermits in art.
Painting, Japanese--Kamakura-Momoyama periods, 1185-1600.
Symbolism in art.
HISTORY / Asia / Japan.

LC Class. No.: ND1053.4 / .B76 1997

Dewey Class. No.: 759/.952/09/02