Does the Nationality of Artists Matter? Some Thoughts on Koryŏ Buddhist Paintings in Japan

by Yoonjung Seo (Art Histories Fellow 2014/15, Forum Transregionale Studien) This is an edited excerpt of a paper presented at the conference “Transnational Cultural Interactions between Korea and Japan From the Pre-modern to the Colonial Period” that was held at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from May 17 to 19 in 2015. Here you can find Yoonjung Seo's conference report. Introduction Fig. 1. Water-Moon Avalokiteshvara 1310, color on silk. ©Kagami Shrine, Karatsu, Japan It is not surpr..