Third Thursday Lecture: The Sinan Shipwreck and Material Culture of the Maritime Trade in Medieval Japan
21 June 2018, London
Dr Jungeun Lee
Robert and Lisa Sainsbury FellowĄ˘Sainsbury Institute
ABOUT THE LECTURE
In August 1975, near the small island of Sinan-gun in South Jeolla Province, off the southwest coast of Korea, a fisherman found six celadon objects in his fishing net. These celadon objects were made from Longquan kilns in Yuan China (1271-1368) and were put in the sea by the Sinan shipwreck. The Sinan ship was a 14th century trade ship that left Ningbo, China, for Hakata, Japan, and the discovery of these objects revealed the Sinan shipwreck to the world. From 1976 to 1984, underwater excavations recovered a total of 24,000 pieces, including ceramics, metal, stone and wooden objects, and lacquer wares.
This talk will explore the various items recovered from the Sinan shipwreck that help us understand the material culture of maritime trade between China and Japan and discuss the popularity of Chinese objects in medieval Japan. Through a close reading of contemporary visual and written sources from medieval Japan, the talk will also examine how these recovered objects were used in diverse contexts and settings, such as temples, shrines, and elite residences.
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