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William Wayne Farris, Population, Disease, and Land in Early Japan, 645-900. Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University, and the Harvard-Yenching Institute. Distributed by the Harvard University Press, 1985, n.p

William Wayne Farris, Population, Disease, and Land in Early Japan, 645-900. Council on East... 97 and even copulating monkeys nestled among the broad leaves. The image is a testa- ment to the skill and the vision of Nepali artists. The two dimensional works are just as impressive as the sculptures. The paint- ings, for example range from eleventh century manuscript covers illustrating the life of Sakyamuni to albums of erotica from the seventeenth century and portraits of kings from the nineteenth century. Of particular importance are the iconographic drawings and model-books which date from the fifteenth through nineteenth centuries. Here, undiluted by color, are line drawings of Hindu and Buddhist deities, mudras, man- dalas, architectural designs, narrative stories, and ritual dance postures. These draw- ings in ink on paper are collected in folding books in which each page is the size and form of a single palm leaf, but a single drawing often covers several pages. Because these are intended as sketches and models and not as finished paintings, a charming informality and freshness infuses the works as seen especially in the depictions of monkeys in a cave, a pair of dragons reflecting Sino-Tibetan influence, and in the sketch of a priest with a kettledrum and triple bell resolutely approaching a dancing http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Asian and African Studies (in 2002 continued as African and Asian Studies) Brill

William Wayne Farris, Population, Disease, and Land in Early Japan, 645-900. Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University, and the Harvard-Yenching Institute. Distributed by the Harvard University Press, 1985, n.p

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© 1987 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0021-9096
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97 and even copulating monkeys nestled among the broad leaves. The image is a testa- ment to the skill and the vision of Nepali artists. The two dimensional works are just as impressive as the sculptures. The paint- ings, for example range from eleventh century manuscript covers illustrating the life of Sakyamuni to albums of erotica from the seventeenth century and portraits of kings from the nineteenth century. Of particular importance are the iconographic drawings and model-books which date from the fifteenth through nineteenth centuries. Here, undiluted by color, are line drawings of Hindu and Buddhist deities, mudras, man- dalas, architectural designs, narrative stories, and ritual dance postures. These draw- ings in ink on paper are collected in folding books in which each page is the size and form of a single palm leaf, but a single drawing often covers several pages. Because these are intended as sketches and models and not as finished paintings, a charming informality and freshness infuses the works as seen especially in the depictions of monkeys in a cave, a pair of dragons reflecting Sino-Tibetan influence, and in the sketch of a priest with a kettledrum and triple bell resolutely approaching a dancing

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Published: Jan 1, 1987

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