Research on a Buddha Mountain in Colonial-Period Korea: A Preliminary Discussion
Buddhist art became the focus of discussion when Japanese scholars began to construct Korean art history as an academic discipline. This paper presents a case study of how a particular Buddhist site, Mount Nam in Kyŏngju, was recognized, researched, and represented during the colonial period (1910-1...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2021
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Religions
Jahr: 2021, Band: 12, Heft: 7 |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Ōsaka Kintaro
B colonial period B Buddhism B Kyŏngju B Oba Tsunekichi B Silla B Mount Nam B Government-General of Korea B Buddhist art |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Buddhist art became the focus of discussion when Japanese scholars began to construct Korean art history as an academic discipline. This paper presents a case study of how a particular Buddhist site, Mount Nam in Kyŏngju, was recognized, researched, and represented during the colonial period (1910-1945). By analyzing representative Japanese publications on the subject, I argue that there existed disconnection between the colonial government and the site-researchers. I re-evaluate the conventional narrative that the colonizers regarded Buddhist statues as “art” removed from their original religious setting. This paper reveals a more layered picture of the early years of historical discourse on the so-called Buddha Mountain and Buddhist sculptures of Korea. |
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| ISSN: | 2077-1444 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3390/rel12070551 |
