This chapter explores Japanese Art after 1333, which includes Japanese ink painting,
gardens, architecture, printmaking and modern art.
NOTE: Be prepared for some
REVIEW QUESTIONS on the Chapter Test.
TOPIC:
ART OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST
REVIEW YOUR NOTES AND READING QUIZZES FROM THIS CHAPTER
We will be studying Early Medieval Art as our next topic. Feel free to scan the pages
in that section and take some notes in order to get a head start.
TERMS:
Shugun (814), Zen (814), fusuma (818), tatami (819), raku (821), lacquer (822), literati
(825), ukiyo-e (826), japonisme (828)
Geisha:
Traditional female entertainers whose skills include performing various
Japanese arts such as classical music and dance
An iridescent layer of material found on the lining of mollusk shells
A dense, hard clay that is weatherproof and waterproof when fired
Mother-of-Pearl:
Stoneware:
CONCEPTS TO KNOW:
Know the conventions of Japanese art (814)
Know the conventions of Zen ink landscape painting (814)
Know the differences between the Zen ink landscape painting of Bunsei (814) and Sesshu (814-815)
Know the factors that influenced Sesshu’s work (815)
Read Foundations of Japanese Culture (817)
Know the four official “levels” of society during the Edo Period (821)
Know the basic tendencies of rulers during the Muromachi Period (814-816)
Know the basic tendencies of rulers during the Momoyama Period (816-821)
Know the basic tendencies of rulers during the Edo Period (821-828)
Know the main subjects of ukiyo-e prints (827)
Know how Kenzo’s Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum is a combination of traditional Japanese and
Western Modernist design elements (831)
LECTURE SLIDES:
TITLE
ARTIST
PERIOD
Japan
Line Art
Flowers of Beauty in the Floating World
Susuki Harunobu
Edo Period
Geisha as Daruma Crossing the Sea
Suzuki Harunobu
Edo Period
Landscape**
Bunsei
Muromachi Period - 1450
Winter Landscape*
Sesshu
Muromachi Period
Calligraphy Couplet
Ikkyu
Muromachi Period
Geisha image
Rock Garden, Ryonji, Kyoto
Muromachi Period
Himeji Castle*, Hyogo, near Osaka
Momoyama Period
Interior of Himeji Castle, Hyogo, near Osaka
Momoyama Period
View from top of Himeji Castle, Hyogo, near Osaka
Momoyama Period
Kojoin Guest House at Onjoji
Line Art
Momoyama Period
Fusuma*
Kano Eitoku
Momoyama Period
Fusuma being installed
Modern photograph
Japanese Tearoom
Modern photograph
Tea Bowl, Called Mount Fuji
Hon’ami Koetsu
Momoyama-Edo
Lacquer Box for Writing Implements
Ogata Korin
Edo Period
Mother-of-Pearl
Modern photograph
Waves at Matsushima
Tawaraya Sotatsu
Technique: Inside a Writing Box
Line Art
Bull and Puppy*
Nagasawa Rosetsu
Edo Period
True View of Kojima Bay
Ike Taiga
Edo Period
Onoe Matsusuke as Matsushita Mikinoshin
Toshusai Sharaku
Edo Period
The Great Wave*
Katsushika Hokusai
Edo Period
Images of Mount Fuji
Modern photograph
Edo Period
Additional Hokusai woodblock prints
Giant Daruma*
Hakuin Ekaku
Edo Period
Kosode Robe
Edo Period
Large Plate with Leaf Design
Edo Period
Floating Lights
Yokoyama Taikan
Meiji Period
Oranmental Box: Dancing in the Cosmos
Eri Sayoko
Heisei Period
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum*
Tange Kenzo
Showa Period
Additional images of photos within Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Sky II
Fukami Sueharu
Heisei Period
Wind
Miyashita Zenji
Heisei Period
Untitled ’90
Chuichi Fujii
Heisei Period
*possibly a slide identification question. Know the title and period.
**Know the title, artist and YEAR.