Capitalscapes
by Project Muse, McKelway, Matthew P.
fromBook collections on Project MUSE
In the late fifteenth century, Kyoto, which had served as Japan's capital from 794 to 1868, was destroyed in battles between rival bands of warlords. A highly contested space, Kyoto was the site of the declining Ashikaga shogunate (second of three military governments to rule th…
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 p…
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This book examines the processes through which public art museums, as modern Western institutions, were introduced to Japan in the late nineteenth century and how they subsequently developed distinctive national characteristics. The author focuses on one of the most distinctive …
The book examines the processes through which public art museums, as modern Western institutions, were introduced to Japan in the late nineteenth century and how they subsequently developed distinctive national characteristics. Focusing on 'empty museums', one of the most distin…