The Noblest of the Feathered Family.Three Falcons on a Lacquer Perch

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Result on the web

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The Noblest of the Feathered Family.Three Falcons on a Lacquer Perch

Original language description

The National Gallery in Prague houses a very interesting artwork by the late 19th-century Japanese metal caster Sanō Takachika. The modellation of three bronze falcons fixed to a robust perch decorated in lacquer is based on a similar work of art displayed at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 and done by another Japanese sculptor, Suzuki Chōkichi, in cooperation with the Japanese art patron Hayashi Tadamasa. The traditional depiction of birds of prey has existed in Japanese art since the early Middle Ages, when a predilection for falconry spread among the military aristocracy and to a lesser extent among other circles. Similar themes were later repeated not only in painting of the Kanō and Tosa schools, but also in the decoration of lacquerware, silk fabrics and ceramics. Hayashi Tadamasa suggested the theme of falcons for Japan’s presentation at the world exhibition in Chicago – it was meant to symbolize the strength and determination of the young Japanese state to join the ranks of the world powers and become a hegemon in the Far East. The very favourable response to the Chicago exhibit led other contemporary artists to employ the same theme. Nonetheless, only Sanō Takachika achieved such a rare level of refinement, due in part to his emphasis on using precious metal alloys for the bodies of the birds of prey and on the execution of the lacquer base, which, unlike Chōkichi’s work, became a major part of the composition and the apotheosis of Japanese lacquerware art.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AL - Art, architecture, cultural heritage

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Bulletin of the National Gallery in Prague

ISSN

0862-8912

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

XXVI

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2016

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

51-63

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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