The Eyes of Power: Art and Early Tokugawa Authority 9780824864705

In this study of the political thrust behind some of the most important officially sponsored art of the early Tokugawa,

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English Pages 232 Year 1999

Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The eyes of power
1. Pine Trees as Political Iconography at Nijō Castle
2. Chinese Exemplars and Virtuous Rulers at Nagoya Castle
3. Nikkō’s Yōmeimon: Sculpture and Sacred Landscape
4. The Tōshō Daigongen engi as Political Propaganda
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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