JAP308 Japanese Buddhist Art and Architecture

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Zuzana Kubovčáková, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 14:10–15:45 C11
Prerequisites (in Czech)
JAP116 Buddhism in Japan || JAP103 Introduction to Japan. Studies || RLA10 Buddhism I
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course draws on the course JAP206 Japanese Buddhism. The aim of the course is an artistic perspective of Japanese Buddhism. By means of specific displays of Japanese arts and architectural monuments the students will be introduced to the artistic expression of Japanese Buddhism in various periods of Japanese history. Regular class attendance is recommended.
Syllabus
  • Buddhist Symbolism
  • Early Buddhism in Japan and its artistic expressions
  • Nara period sculpture
  • Construction of grand temples in Nara and Heian capitals
  • Lotus Sutra paintings
  • The Nara and Kyoto Daibutsu
  • Amidism in Japan
  • Early and Medieval Shinto Architecture
  • Esoteric Buddhist iconography
  • Kyóto gozan and zen calligraphy
  • Tokugawa period arts
Literature
    required literature
  • Bowring, Richard John: The religious traditions of Japan, 500-1600. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
  • Nanzan guide to Japanese religions. Edited by Paul L. Swanson - Clark Chilson. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006, xii, 466. ISBN 0824830024. info
  • MASON, Penelope E. History of Japanese art. Edited by Donald Dinwiddie. second edition. New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005, 432 stran. ISBN 0131176013. info
  • VARLEY, H. Paul. Japanese culture. 4th ed., updated and expande. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2000, 383 s. ISBN 0824821521. info
    recommended literature
  • Robert H. Sharf, Elizabeth Horton Sharf: Living images: Japanese Buddhist icons in context. Stanford: Stanford University Press, c2001.
  • Beer, Robert: Symboly tibetského buddhizmu. Praha: BB/ Art, 2005.
  • The Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art Series
  • Cambridge History of Japan- všetky kapitoly súvisiace s náboženstvom, buddhistickými školami, ľudovou vierou etc.
  • Swann, Peter C.: Umění Číny, Koreje a Japonska. Praha: Odeon 1970.
  • Winkelhöferová, Vlasta: Mingei - lidové umění a řemeslo v Japonsku. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2006.
  • YOSHIKAWA, Itsuji. Major themes in Japanese art. Translated by Armins Nikovskis. 1st English ed. New York: Weatherhill, 1976, 166 s. ISBN 0834810034. info
Teaching methods
Lectures combined with assessed presentations of students.
Assessment methods
Presentation and final test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2021.
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