Naama Eisenstein
SOAS University of London, Art and Archaeology, Graduate Student
- Tel Aviv University, East Asian Studies, Graduate StudentThe University of Tokyo, Art History Department, Department Memberadd
- Japanese Studies, Japanese Art, Japanese Art History, East Asian Studies, Queer Studies, Art and Archaeology, and 13 moreOrientalism, Japanese Buudhism, Buddhist Art, Japanese Religions, History, Japanese History, Japanese Literature, Medieval History, Medieval Japan, Medieval Japanese History, Early Modern Japan, Visual Culture, and Material Culture Studiesedit
- Naama Eisenstein is a historian of the art and material culture of pre-modern Japan, specializing in warrior culture and its visual expressions. She is currently in the final stages of her research degree which focuses on visualizations of the Genpei Wars (1180-1185) in Edo period Japan as a wind... moreNaama Eisenstein is a historian of the art and material culture of pre-modern Japan, specializing in warrior culture and its visual expressions. She is currently in the final stages of her research degree which focuses on visualizations of the Genpei Wars (1180-1185) in Edo period Japan as a window to changes in the perception and practice of warrior ideals and identity over the centuries.edit
- Timon Screechedit
The story of Kajiwara Kagesue and Sasaki Takatsuna’s race across the River Uji is one of the most commonly depicted episodes from the Heike monogatari. During the Tokugawa period this tale of deception and wit was presented in a wide... more
The story of Kajiwara Kagesue and Sasaki Takatsuna’s race across the River Uji is one of the most commonly depicted episodes from the Heike monogatari. During the Tokugawa period this tale of deception and wit was presented in a wide variety of formats, yet the context in which these art works were made differed greatly from the original twelfth-century setting of the story. This article examines how the meaning of the Ujigawa senjin episode changed over time and suggests that its immense popularity in Tokugawa imagery was based more on its ability to fit with poetic associations than its content as a war story.
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Review of Book: Kokusai The Genius: and Stag-antler Carving in Japan, 3 volumes. Edited by Paul Moss . Vol.1, pp. 220; Vol.2, pp. 440; Vol.3, pp. 472. London, Sydney L. Moss Ltd., 2016.
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Review of Mikael Adolphson, Anne Commons, eds. Lovable Losers: The Heike in Action and Memory. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2015. URL https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=45958 Published on H-Buddhism (January, 2016).... more
Review of Mikael Adolphson, Anne Commons, eds. Lovable Losers: The Heike in Action and Memory. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2015.
URL https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=45958
Published on H-Buddhism (January, 2016).
Commissioned by Erez Joskovich.
URL https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=45958
Published on H-Buddhism (January, 2016).
Commissioned by Erez Joskovich.