FF:JPNB65 Japanese Buddhist Art - Course Information

JPNB65 Japanese Buddhist Art

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025

The course is not taught in Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Zuzana Kubovčáková, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Zuzana Kubovčáková, M.A., Ph.D.
Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites (in Czech)

( JPN313 Religions in Japan || JAP216 Religions in Japan ) && ( JPNB26 Japanese Buddhism || JAP116 Japanese Buddhism ) || RLA10 Buddhism I || RLA21 Buddhism || RLKA21 Buddhism

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

there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

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.

Learning outcomes

After a successful completion of the course, student will be able to:
- identify and describe Japanese religious architecture;
- analyze basic symbolism of Japanese religious works;
- interpret basic Japanese religous thought reflected in religious architercture.

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

Beer, Robert: Symboly tibetského buddhizmu. Praha: BB/ Art, 2005.
Swann, Peter C.: Umění Číny, Koreje a Japonska. Praha: Odeon 1970.
The Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art Series
Cambridge History of Japan- všetky kapitoly súvisiace s náboženstvom, buddhistickými školami, ľudovou vierou etc.
Winkelhöferová, Vlasta: Mingei - lidové umění a řemeslo v Japonsku. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2006.
Robert H. Sharf, Elizabeth Horton Sharf: Living images: Japanese Buddhist icons in context. Stanford: Stanford University Press, c2001.
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

The course is structured as a combination of lectures combined with illustrative presentations and audio-visual material led by students.

Assessment methods

The course is finalized with a colloquium, the assessment requirements are active class participation (40%) and in-class presentation (60%).
Number of presentations may vary depending on the number of participants in the course.

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