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| (Book Review) The Four Great Temples: Buddhist Archaeology, Architecture, and Icons of Seventh-Century Japan | ||
| 作者 | Ho, Puay‐peng |
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| 出處題名 | Journal of the American Academy of Religion |
| 卷期 | v.79 n.2 |
| 出版日期 | 2011.06 |
| 頁次 | 532 - 535 |
| 出版者 | Oxford University Press |
| 出版者網址 | http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/ |
| 出版地 | Oxford, UK [牛津, 英國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article; 書評=Book Review |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 附註項 | 1. The Four Great Temples: Buddhist Archaeology, Architecture, and Icons of Seventh-Century Japan. By Donald F. McCallum. University of Hawai'i Press, 2009. 328 pages. $40.00. 2. Puay‐peng Ho, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. |
| 摘要 | The culture of early Japanese society before the Nara period has always been shrouded in mystery for the shortage of textual evidence. Historians often had to postulate, speculate, and reconstruct based on archaeological discovery of the building sites and excavated material evidence, collaborating with available textual sources. However, this formative period of Japanese history witnessed many fundamental societal changes; statecraft, religion, art, and architecture, among many other cultural tracts that affected the nature of Japanese art and culture. In particular, many scholars have focused on the early history of Japanese Buddhism for delineating the development of Buddhism in this early period through doctrinal and religious expression and its art and architecture. Donald F. McCallum's The Four Great Temples represents the latest holistic research in this important field. The point of departure for the book begins with the four major temples built in the Yamato plain around several capitals and palaces of Japanese monarchs during the seventh century. Asukadera, Kudara Ōdera, Kawaradera, and Yakushiji had often been considered the four most significant monasteries of the period and are used by McCallum to demonstrate the four stages of the development of Japanese Buddhism at this time. Apart from the historic background, the book is divided almost equally into four chapters centering on the four temples. For each temple, the author discusses the available evidence and his postulations under these common headings: Historical Introduction, Architecture, Historiography, Buildings, Tiles, Icons, and Conclusion. Specific topics pertaining to the temple are added to each chapter, such as discussion on the building process, summaries of different archaeological seasons, comparative study of temple plans, and so on. The common headings help to provide consistent points of reference for all four temples and indicate the methodology of … |
| ISSN | 00027189 (P); 14774585 (E) |
| 點閱次數 | 362 |
| 建檔日期 | 2014.12.11 |
| 更新日期 | 2020.01.10 |
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