Humanities 1B
Lindahl
Japanese Literature and Poetry of the Heian period
Sei Shōnagon - Makura no sōshi and Murasaki Shikibu - Genji Monogatari
(from last time) Japanese forms of Buddhim, Zen
Bushido – “the way of the warrior”
The Martial Arts: Budo – the way of war (Kendo, Kyodo, Judo, Aikido)
Beyond combat – Buddhism and Art (mono no aware and the sakura)
Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645)
Woodblock print of Miyomoto Musashi by Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Self-Portrait, Miyomoto Musashi, 1640, Miyomoto Musashi – Shrike on a Withered Branch (1640ish)
The Golden Pavilion of Rokuon-ji (Kinkaku), Kyoto, 1390 CE
Tsukiyama – landscape garden
Kare-sansui - dry garden (sometimes “zen garden”)
Zen Garden, Ryoanji Temple, Kyoto, 15th c., Garden, Daisen-in Temple, Kyoto, 1513
Chaniwa – tea garden, Chado – the way of tea
Wa = harmony, Kei – respect, Sei – purity, jaku – tranquility
Tea Bowl (called "U-no-hana-gaki"), Shinoware, 3 2/3" 16th c., Tea bowl "mine-no-momiji"
Kado – the way of flower arranging (Ikebana)
Heian Period and/or Fujiwara Period (794-1158 CE), Heian-Kyo / Kyoto
Literature and Poetry in 11th c. Kyoto
Writing – Kana/Hiragana,
The "Heian aesthetic" – “mujokan” and “mono no aware”
Sei Shōnagon (966- sometime after 1017)
Makura no sōshi – The Pillow Book
Empress Teishi (977-1000)
Kokinshū and the form of the Waka (57577) and Haiku (575)
Shodo – the way of brush writing (Calligraphy)
The Thirty-six Immortal Poets Scroll - Lady Kodai no kimi, color on paper, 13th c. Fujiwara Nobuzane
Page from the Anthology of the Thirty-Six Poets, Nishi Honangan-ji, 12th c.
Page from the Anthology of the Thirty-Six Poets, Sanjuroku-nin Kashu, fragment from the Ise-shu, ink
on colored paper, 12th c.
Decorative Fan, color on paper, 12th c.
Ono no Komachi, Katushika Hokuichi, scroll painting on silk, 19th c.
Okashi
Murasaki Shikibu (973-1016) - Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari)
Fujiwara no Michinaga (995-1027 CE) - The World of Genji
Michinaga’s daughter – Shōshi
Court life and the role of women in 11th c. Kyoto
The book - Genji Monogatari
Tale of Genji scroll (detail), color on paper, 12th c. Yamato-e,
Genji Scrolls, Takayoshi, 12th c.
Tale of Genji Illustrations, Tosa Mitsuoki (1617-1691), 17th c.
Evening Faces, Lavender, Heartvine, Suma, Fireflies
The Waka in the Tale of Genji
Genji as a heroic character