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Top left; Diagram showing the di erent parts of a Japanese scroll.
Bottom left; Diagram of the three subclasses of the most common type (Dohoe hyogu) of
hanging scroll in Japan
Top right and facing page;. A comparison of three di erent types of scrolls. Note that the middle scroll lacks the two vertical and horizontal strips around the paintings. The painting of a pomegranate is mounted in the Futomincho shitake format.
monks. De Lange emphasizes the role that Japanese tea master Sen no Rikyu (1522-1591) had on the tea ceremony. Rikyu strongly promoted a concept that austerity was most conducive to spiritual development than opulence and this concept helped promote the concept of wabi and sabi, Japanese aesthetic terms. ese concepts in uenced artists’ works on scrolls and co-existed with more colorful works of art.
De Lange points out how small recessed alcoves in the private quarters of Chinese Chan monks served to display religious artifacts and images. This space became the precursor of the Japanese tokonoma. The use of this special alcove became the primary space to display arts and crafts in Japanese homes, including scrolls. The hanging scroll reached a peak of popularity in the Edo period and became available to commoners according to de Lange.
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