Cross Cultural Relationship in East Asia with Focus on the Motif of “Eight Views of Xiao and Xiang” and its Legacy Today Cover Image

Cross Cultural Relationship in East Asia with Focus on the Motif of “Eight Views of Xiao and Xiang” and its Legacy Today
Cross Cultural Relationship in East Asia with Focus on the Motif of “Eight Views of Xiao and Xiang” and its Legacy Today

Author(s): Agnese Haijima
Subject(s): Cultural history, Poetry, Visual Arts, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Latvijas Universitātes Filozofijas un socioloģijas institūts
Keywords: Eight Views of Xiao and Xiang Rivers; ink landscape painting; poetry; East Asian cross-cultural relationship;

Summary/Abstract: The ink landscape painting motif “Eight Views of Xiao and Xiang Rivers” (Trad. Ch. 「瀟湘八景」was created in China in the 11th century on the basis of rich Chinese literary traditions. Very soon it spread to Korea and Japan, leaving a notable impact on the development of poetry and painting there. While enjoying enormous popularity, this topic also underwent local transformations in China and Japan. This article is aimed at tracing the historical cross-cultural relations between China, Japan and Korea through the motif of “Eight Views of Xiao and Xiang Rivers”, and its legacy today.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: Special
  • Page Range: 79-95
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: English