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Capitalscapes - Folding Screens and Political Imagination in Late Medieval Kyoto (Hardcover)
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Capitalscapes - Folding Screens and Political Imagination in Late Medieval Kyoto (Hardcover)
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Following the destruction of Kyoto during the civil wars of the
late fifteenth century, large-scale panoramic paintings of the city
began to emerge. These enormous and intricately detailed depictions
of the ancient imperial capital were unprecedented in the history
of Japanese painting and remain unmatched as representations of
urban life in any artistic tradition. Capitalscapes, the first
book-length study of the Kyoto screens, examines their inception in
the sixteenth to early seventeenth centuries, focusing on the
political motivations that sparked their creation. Close readings
of the Kyoto screens reveal that they were initially commissioned
by or for members of the Ashikaga shogunate and that urban
panoramas reflecting the interests of both prevailing and moribund
political elites were created to underscore the legitimacy of the
newly ascendant Tokugawa regime. Matthew McKelway's analysis of the
screens exposes their creators' masterful exploitation of
ostensibly accurate depictions to convey politically biased images
of Japan's capital. His overarching methodology combines a
historical approach, which considers the paintings in light of
contemporary reports (diaries, chronicles, ritual accounts), with a
thematic one, isolating individual motifs, deciphering their visual
language, and comparing them with depictions in other works.
McKelway's combined approach allows him to argue that the Kyoto
screens were conceived and perpetuated as a painting genre that
conveyed specific political meanings to viewers even as it provided
textured details of city life. Students and scholars of Japanese
art will find this lavishly illustrated work especially valuable
for its insights into the cityscape painting genre, while those
interested in urban and political history will appreciate its bold
exploration of Kyoto's past and the city's late-medieval martial
elite.
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