Japanese Art History Series Ep. 9: Early Heian Period Religious Painting and Sculpture

In this video we continue the Japanese Art History Series, and we focus on the early Heian period, the arrival of esoteric Buddhism into Japan, and the production of religious paintings and sculpture.

Time Stamps:
00:01 Intro
01:46 Historical introduction
05:00 The arrival of Shingon Buddhism and its relation to art
07:54 Introduction to mandalas, the Takao Mandalas from the Jingo-ji temple, the Kongōkai and Taizōkai mandalas from the Tō-ji temple
14:26 Portrait painting, the portraits of the Shingon patriarchs Amoghavajra and Nagabodhi
19:26 Wooden sculpture, the "ichiboku zukuri" technique of sculpture
21:28 The Yakushi Nyorai sculpture from Jiingo-ji temple
24:37 The sculpted mandala at the Tōji Lecture Hall, the sculptures of Fudō Myō-ō and Kongo Ho
31:10 Indian influence in sculpture, the statue of the Seated Nyorin Kannon from Kanshin-ji
31:58 Sculptures of Shinto deities, a group of three kami sculptures
34:49 Bye Byeees

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