Japanese Art History Series Ep.10: Middle Heian Period Buddhist Architecture, Painting and Sculpture

In this video we continue the Japanese Art History Series, and we focus on the middle Heian period, especially focusing on the arrival of Tendai Buddhism, the spread of the belief in the Pure Land and Buddha Amida, and how these influenced the production of religious architecture, as well as observing the trend towards naturalization in paintings and sculpture.

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Time Stamps:
00:04 Intro
01:57 Historical introduction
04:03 Tendai Buddhism and Pure Land Buddhism
08:22 The Phoenix Hall of the Byōdō-in
11:34 The Amida Buddha sculpture of the Phoenix Hall, the sculptor Jōchō, and the yosegi zukuri technique
17:25 Ornamentation surrounding Buddha Amida: canopy and bodhisattva
19:15 Paintings of the Phoenix Hall
22:17 The five storied pagoda at the Daigoji Temple, and its main icon of the sculpted Yakushi triad
25:18 The sculpture of Eleven Headed Kannon at Rokuharamitsuji Temple
26:48 Talking about Fudō Myōō, its sculpture at Dōjuin Temple and paintings at Kiburiji Temple and Shorenin Temple
31:10 Paintings of Buddha Shakyamuni (death and emergence from the golden coffin) at Kongōbuji Temple and Kyōtō National Museum
35:04 The portrait of the patriarch Nagarjuna at Ichigōji Temple
37:40 Bye Byee

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