shouraihin　請来品

KEY WORD :　art history / general terms

Also written 将来品. Buddhist implements, statues shoraibutsu 請来仏 or writings brought back to Japan by emissaries or students from their travels or studies abroad. Derived from the term shoueki shourai 請益将来, literally, "to bring back (religious) objects given by the (Chinese) master to whom (the Japanese emissaries) requested instruction." It designates in particular those pieces brought back from Sui and Tang China during the 7c through 10c (Asuka to Heian periods). In the broadest sense of the term, however, the term shoraihin is used synonymously with toraihin 渡来品 (toraibutsu 渡来仏 for Buddhist statues) and less frequently with *denraihin 伝来品, indicating any foreign objects brought back to Japan, and including ink paintings and tea untensils imported during the 15c-17c (Muromachi and Momoyama periods; see *kowatari 古渡).

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*shourai mokuroku 請来目録

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