ART HIS 42C Lecture Notes - Lecture 40: Mie Prefecture, Ise Grand Shrine, Haniwa
26 Jul 2019
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Material: high fired clay, made by a specialist, formed at high heat, people placed on the shoulders of the sue-ware. Sue-ware usually made as an offering as a ritual for ancestors or deities. See these at burials and tombs, grave goods in forms of bowls, jars, stands, etc. sue-ware was high fired. Haniwa were in the form of houses, shields, helmets, armour, statues, sculptures etc. made from a much lower temperature. Features: in nara, religious sculptures started to be produced. This statue serves as a protector to buddha. Its face is exotic, not japanese, wire coming out back of the head indicates that this statue is not made of wood, but dry lacquer. The statue of rikishi was much larger until it dried. Features: - scroll that illustrates sutra cause and effect, describes events in the life of shaka, the historic buddha. Nara we see the emergence of buddha take form.
