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Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan. - 0 views

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  • The present translation was done by comparing all the texts accessible, and is especially founded on the connected text by Mr. Sakine, professor of the Girls' Higher Normal School, Tokio, published by Meiji Shoin, Itchome Nishiki-cho, Kanda-ku, Tokio.
  • Now the position of women at this time was very different from what it afterwards became in the feudal period. The Chinese called Japan the "Queen Country," because of the ascendancy which women enjoyed there. They were educated, they were allowed a share of inheritance, and they had their own houses. It is an extraordinary and important fact that much of the best literature of Japan has been written by women. Three of these most remarkable women are the authors of the Diaries; a fourth to be named with them, Sei-Shonagon, to whom I have just referred, was a contemporary.
  • The Japanese as a nation are dowered with a rare and exquisite taste, and in the Heian Period taste was cultivated to an amazing degree. Murasaki Shikibu records the astounding pitch to which it had reached in a passage in her diary. Speaking of the Mikado's ladies at a court festivity, she says of the dress of one of them: "One had a little fault in the colour combination at the wrist opening. When she went before the Royal [Page xvi]  presence to fetch something, the nobles and high officials noticed it. Afterwards Lady Saisho regretted it deeply. It was not so bad; only one colour was a little too pale."
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  • At the period of the Diaries, the reigning Mikado, Ichijo, had two wives: Sadako, the first queen, was the daughter of a previous prime minister, Michitaka, a Fujiwara, of course; the other, Akiko, daughter of Michinaga, the prime minister of the Diaries and a younger brother of Michitaka, was second queen or Chugu. These queens each occupied a separate house in the Palace. Kokiden was the name of Queen Sadako's house; Fujitsubu the name of Queen Akiko's. The rivalry between these ladies was naturally great, and extended even to their entourage. Each strove to surround herself with ladies who were not only beautiful, but learned. The bright star of Queen Sadako's court was Sei-Shonagon, the author of a [Page xvii]  remarkable book, the "Makura no Soshi" or "Pillow Sketches," while Murasaki Shikibu held the same exalted position in Queen Akiko's.
  • Diary which was begun in 1007. W
  • Murasaki Shikibu was the daughter of Fujiwara Tametoki, a scion of a junior branch of the famous family. She was born in 978. Murasaki was not her real name, which was apparently To Shikibu (Shikibu is a title) derived from that of her father. There are two legends about the reason for her receiving the [Page xxiv]  name Murasaki. One is that she was given it in playful allusion to her own heroine in the "Genji Monogatari," who was called Murasaki. The other legend is more charming. It seems that her mother was one of the nurses of Mikado Ichijo, who was so fond of her that he gave her daughter this name, in reference to a well-known poem: "When the purple grass (Murasaki) is in full colour, One can scarcely perceive the other plants in the field."
  • We do not know where she wrote, nor even exactly when. The "Genji" is supposed to have been begun in 1002, and most commentators believe it to have been finished in 1004. That she should have been called to Court in the following year, seems extremely natural. Queen Akiko [Page xxvii]  must have counted herself most fortunate in having among her ladies so famous a person.
  • In 996, or thereabouts, she accompanied her father to the Province of Echizen, of which he had become governor. A year later, she returned to Kioto, and, within a twelvemonth, married another Fujiwara, Nobutaka. The marriage seems to have been most happy, to judge from the constant expressions of grief in her Diary for her husband's death, which occurred in 1001, a year in which Japan suffered from a great pestilence. A daughter was born to them in 1000. From her husband's death, until 1005,
  • "Out of the dark, Into a dark path I now must enter: Shine [on me] from afar Moon of the mountain fringe." 1 In Japanese poetry, Amita-Buddha is often compared to the moon which rises over the mountains and lights the traveller's path.
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CT Scan of 1,000-Year-Old Buddha Statue Reveals Mummified Monk Hidden Inside - 1 views

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    Photo by M. Elsevier Stokmans; Boeddhamummie (Drents Museum) (MMC / Jan van Esch) What looks like a traditional statue of Buddha dating back to the 11th or 12th century was recently revealed to be quite a bit more.
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Search | LACMA Collections - 1 views

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    Hakuin Ekaku (Zen Painter) search results with images.
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    Hakuin Ekaku (Zen Painter) search results with images.
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    Hakuin Ekaku (Zen Painter) search results with images.
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Female Ceramists Who Are Breaking the Mold - 0 views

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  • Kathryn A-B on 17 May 15
     
    Japanese ceramics saw its beginnings some 12,000+ years ago during Japan's prehistoric Jomon period-and despite the medium's male-dominated centuries since, these early vessels were made by the hands of women.
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Fujikasa Satoko - Joan B Mirviss Ltd - 0 views

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    Artist page for Fujikasa Satoko. Includes biography, selected works, press, reading and associated exhibitions.
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Asian & Middle Eastern Studies - Japanese Bibliography - 2 views

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  • Lisa Langlois on 09 Feb 15
     
    Dr. Peter Kornicki, Cambridge University, aggregates extensive bibliographies for researchers. While art history is not the main focus, there are some art historical publications and many excellent materials for context.
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Asuka Period Buddhist Sculpture - 2 views

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  • Lisa Langlois on 19 Jan 15
     
    Mark Schumacher authors an extensive website regarding all aspects of Japanese art, particularly Buddhist sculpture. This is not a university-hosted website such as I typically share with students. Instead, it is the remarkable and reliable work by an independent scholar, who after earning an MA in Japanese studies at Johns Hopkins University, has spent more than 20 years in Japan studying Japanese art history, visiting countless temples and other locations rich with primary sources and examples of Japanese art history. This link is to a page particular to Buddhist sculpture of the Asuka age, however one can visit the "parent" or home page and link to many other resources. I strongly urge everyone to visit this website. He generously allows the educational use of his materials, including his own photographs, bibliographies, and essays, with the simple condition that students and researchers correctly cite him, including copyright and exact webpage location. This is from his page explaining these conditions: http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/copyright.html "COPYRIGHT NOTICE In accordance with the above conditions, site content may be printed and distributed, or forwarded in electronic form, or reproduced on other web sites, provided it clearly states and displays the relevant copyright notice to the page being cited, as shown below: For Photos (See ** Note): Copyright Mark Schumacher, www.onmarkproductions.com/XXX/XXX.html For Text and Research (See ** Note): Copyright Mark Schumacher, www.onmarkproductions.com/XXX/XXX.html APA Format (See ** Note): Schumacher, Mark (copyright holder). Citing internet sources. [WWW document]. URL www.onmarkproductions.com/XXX/XXX.html ** NOTE: Please give the exact URL to the exact web page. In above examples, please replace XXX with the correct data. To do so, open the cited page in your browser, then copy that URL address. For example, the homepage URL is: http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/buddhism.shtml"
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