Zen Buddhist Landscape Arts of Early Muromachi Japan, 1336-1573 (SUNY Series in Buddhist Studies) (Suny Series, Buddhist Studies) [Paperback]

Joseph D. Parker (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0791439100 | ISBN-13: 978-0791439104 | Publication Date: March 25, 1999

Examining inscriptions on landscape paintings and related documents, this book explores the views of the "two jewels" of Japanese Zen literature, Gido Shushin (1325-1388) and Zekkai Chushin (1336-1405), and their students. These monks played important roles as advisors to the shoguns Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358-1408) and Yoshimochi (1386-1428), as well as to major figures in various michi or Ways of linked verse, the No theatre, ink painting, rock gardens, and other arts. By applying images of mountain retreats to their busy urban lives in the capital, these Five Mountain Zen monks provoke reconsiderations of the relation between secular and sacred and nature and culture.

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About the Author

Joseph D. Parker is Associate Professor of East Asian Thought at Pitzer College.

Product Details

• Paperback: 322 pages
• Publisher: State University of New York Press (March 25, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0791439100
• ISBN-13: 978-0791439104
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.9 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,367,663 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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