INDEX
- À jour, early use of chiselling, 74; bronze castings, 140; development of chiselling, 277–282.
- Akao family, sword-decorators, 281.
- Aki, Miyōchin, armourer, 263.
- Alcove recess, decorative purpose of picture in, 3.
- Alloys used in Japanese art, 232–236, 317; antimony ware, 318. See also Bronze.
- Amida, seventh-century bronze statue of, 79.
- Anami Kwōyetsu, lacquerer, 346, 360.
- Anatomy, Japanese art attitude, 8, 33, 57, 200.
- Anderson, William, on Chinese pictorial art, 24–26; on the Japanese Classical school, 39; on an ancient mural painting, 152.
- Aoki family, sword-decorators, 269.
- Applied art, Shōsō-in collection, 20, 87–89; first evidence, 72; shrines, 115; religious monopoly, 135; rise of secular, 135. See also Bronze, Enamel, Interior decoration. Iron, Lacquer, Metal-work, Sculpture, Sword-furniture.
- Arakawa Reiun, wood-carver, 202.
- Araki Kwampo, painter, 63.
- Architecture, character of early Buddhist temples, 148. See also Interior decoration.
- Ariyoshi Nagato-nō-Sho, mask-carver, 168.
- Armour, beginning of decoration, 74, 205; Yoshitsune's, 205.
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- Bells, ancient, 72, 99; tone, 99, 101; dimensions, 100; metal, 101; proportions, 102; form, 103; decoration, 103; method of hanging, 103.
- Bowes, J. L., mistake on Japanese enamels, 331, 375.
- Boya Magojiuro, mask-carver, 166.
- Bronze, Japanese, introduction of casting, 70; use in weapons, 71; stone moulds, 71; early mirrors and bells, 72, 96; method of constructing early statues, 75; early temple ornaments and decorations, 78; statues of the seventh century, 79; introduction of the cire-perdue process of casting, 80; Nara Daibutsu, 85, 132–134; objects in the Shōsō-in collection, 88, 89; temple bells, 99–104; gongs, 104; Kamakura Daibutsu, 111, 114, 120; composition, 125; quality, 127; yellow, 128; process of casting, 129–134; Nagoshi family of art founders, 136–138; development of casting in Tokugawa epoch, 139–141; tōrō, 140; manufacture of parlour bronzes, 141–144; modern castings, 144–147; Occidental influence, 147; relation of the sculptor and founder, 148. See also Fine Arts, Sculpture.
- Bronze age in Japan, 70.
- Brush, Japanese painting, 11.
- Buddhism, influence on Japanese art, 17–19, 29, 75, 82, 106, 119–125; influence on Chinese art, 21; character of religious paintings, 30; religious zeal of emperors, 108; temples monopolise
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