Ming Dynasty Art

Japanese: 明代美術 - みんだいびじゅつ

The Ming dynasty lasted for about 300 years, from 1368 (Hongwu 1) when Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor (Taizou) in Yingtian Prefecture (Nanjing) to 1644 (Chongzhen 17), when Li Zicheng's rebel army captured Beijing and Yizong hanged himself. As the dynasty was established by the Han people after the Yuan dynasty, which was ruled by foreign tribes, art from the early period has been noted to have elements of restoration or nationalism, but in each genre, new artistic trends that had emerged during the Yuan dynasty were inherited and developed. In the later period, from around the 16th century, new art theories were established in response to innovative trends in literature and thought, and creative activities in new styles were carried out, and these were passed down to the succeeding Qing dynasty.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1368年(洪武1)，朱元璋が応天府(南京市)で皇帝(太祖)位についてより，1644年(崇禎17)，李自成の反乱軍が北京城を陥落させ，毅宗が縊死（いし）するまで，約300年間を明代とする。異民族の支配を受けた元朝の後に漢民族の建てた王朝であるため，その前期の美術には復古的ないし国粋的な要素が指摘されているが，しかし各ジャンルにおいて元代に興った新しい造形傾向が継承，展開された。その後期，およそ16世紀に入るころよりは，文芸，思想における革新的な思潮に呼応して，新しい美術理論が打ち建てられ，新様式による創作活動が行われたが，これらは次の清朝へと受け継がれることとなった。

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