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Capitalscapes: Folding Screens And Political Imagination in Late Medieval Kyoto
Capitalscapes Folding Screens And Political Imagination in Late Medieval Kyoto
Author: Matthew Philip McKelway
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 painting and remain unmatched as representations of urban life in any...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780824829001
ISBN-10: 082482900X
Publication Date: 2/2006
Pages: 280
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Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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