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Article: Gilded fusuma in Kyoto, Japan. (sliding panels)
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- The Magazine Antiques
- Article date:
- September 1, 1994
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Like medieval European tapestries that were hung to insulate stone halls, Japanese paintings in the form of fusuma (sliding panels) were integral to their architectural settings. In the case of the four fusuma painted on both sides shown in Plates I and II, their original setting became known during their recent restoration at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Old bills and receipts used as backing for one of the panels identified them as partitions between two adjoining rooms of the hojo that overlooks the famous dry garden at the Zen monastery of Ryoanji in Kyoto, Japan. Temple records dated the fusuma to 1606, and their placement was confirmed by a detailed ...
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