Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, 12e Chapter 8 Shrines, Statues, and Scrolls: The Art of Early Japan

1 Early Japan

2 Early Japanese Art Earthenware figures of the Kofun Pottery of the Jomon Period Bronze of the Yayoi Period Haniwa warrior/guardian figure 2500- 1500 BCE Dotaku (bell), 100-300 CE 400’s-550’s

3 Shinto Beliefs and Architecture

• Cyclical rebuilding of sanctuaries

Japanese: Ise Shrine Rebuilt in 1993

4 Buddhist Japan

Japanese: Buddhism in Japan: Shaka triad

5 Buddhist Japan Japanese: Buddhism in Japan: Bronze Buddha triad (Buddha flanked by two bodhisattvas)

6 Architecture in Buddhist Japan

Japanese: Horyuji kondo (Golden Hall) 680 Main building in a Japanese Buddhist temple complex

7 Architecture in Buddhist Japan Japanese: Golden Hall at the Todaiji Temple (Great Buddhist Hall) Rebuilt 1700

8 Architecture in Buddhist Japan Japanese: Phoenix Hall, Heian period 1053

9 Japanese Court Art

Scene from Minori chapter, Tale of Genji. Early 12th Century

10 Japanese Court Art

Scene from The Legends of Mount Shigi , hand scroll Late 12th Century

11 Art of the Kamakura Period

Priest of Shunjobo Chogen, 13th Century

12 Art of the Kamakura Period

The Burning of the Sanjo Palace, 13th Century

13 Art of the Kamakura Period

Amid Descending over the Mountains, 13th Century

14 Discussion Questions

 What visual elements are similar in Shinto and Buddhist influenced Japanese art and architecture?  Of the various art forms, which display the distinctive aesthetic ideals and preferences of the Japanese culture?

15 Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, 12e Chapter 27 From the Shoguns to the Present: The Art of Later Japan

16 Japan (1336 to Present)

17 The Muromachi Period

Broken-ink Landscape, Toyo Sesshu 1513

18 The Muromachi Period

Zen Patriarch Xiangyen Zhixian Sweeping with a Broom, 1513

19 Momoyama Painting

Chinese Lions, Kano Eitoku Late 16th Century

20 Momoyama Painting

Pine Forest, Hasegawa Tohaku Late 16th Century

21 The Edo Period

Cuckoo Flying over New Verdure Yosa Buson Late 18th Century

22 The Edo Period The art of Ukiyo-e Prints

Evening Bell at the Clock Suzuki Harunobu 1765

Woodblock print

23 The Edo Period

The Great Wave off Kanagawa Katsushika Hokusai 1826-1833 Woodblock print

24 Edo Architecture

Katsura Imperial Villa 1620-1663

25 Discussion Questions

 How has Zen Buddhism shaped the art of Japan?  What is the aesthetic of the Japanese Tea Ceremony and how is it seen in the objects used?  How have Japanese artists blended the traditional art with the contemporary?

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