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Japanese Buddhist Textiles (Hardcover, Bilingual Editi)
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Japanese Buddhist Textiles (Hardcover, Bilingual Editi)
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This volume gathers together, for the first time, a group of 121
Japanese Buddhist textiles dating from the 18th and 19th centuries,
housed in the Baur Foundation, the Museum of far Eastern Art, in
Geneva. This is the twelfth in a series of volumes documenting the
Asian art collections of Alfred Baur (1865-1951) housed in the Baur
Foundation, Museum of Far Eastern Art, in Geneva. It gathers
together for the first time a group of 121 Japanese Buddhist
textiles dating from the 18th and 19th centuries, bought by Alfred
Baur in 1927. The assemblage differs from similar collections in
the West in not featuring any examples of kimonos or the kesa
costume worn by monks, concentrating instead on a type of textile
that is not very well-known outside Japan: the uchishiki, fabrics
designed to cover temple altars. In spite of their small size,
these cloths provide an important insight into the religious
practices of the period, as well as being testaments to the
extraordinary skill of the Kyoto weavers. Like the kesa, they were
made from lengths of sumptuous silk donated to a temple by the
faithful. With their elaborate polychrome decoration, highlighted
by gold or silver thread, they are exemplars of the most intricate
and luxurious weaving and give tangible expression to the extent of
the donor's faith. Detailed notes are preceded by introductory
discussions of the history of silk weaving in Japan and the
techniques and decorative motifs used, complete with glossary and
bibliography. Text in English and French.
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