Gardner Chaper 28
The Art of Later Japan
(revised
8/08)
VOCABULARY
& IMAGES
Muromachi Period
Momoyama Period
Edo Period
Meiji and Taisho Periods
Showa and Heisei Periods
splashed-ink painting
(haboku)
lacquerware
Ukiyo-e (woodblock prints)
wabi
sabi
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MUROMACHI PERIOD
(1336-1573)
| Dry Cascade and Pools,
upper garden, Shaihoji
temple, Kyoto, 14th c.
*Sesshu, broken-ink
landscape, 1495; ink/paper
Kano Motonomu, Zen
Patriarch Xiangyen Zhixian
Sweeping, c. 1513, hanging scroll, ink/color/paper
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MOMOYAMA PERIOD
(1573-1615)
| *Tea-ceremony
water jar, or Kogan, late 16th century, shino ware with
underglaze
*Sen no
Rikyu, Taian
teahouse, Tyokian Temple, Kyoto, c. 1582.
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EDO PERIOD (1615-1868)
Ogato Korin, Red Plum Blossoms, ink, color
& gold leaf on paper, c. 1710-16
*Katsushika
Hokusai, The
Great Wave, c. 1826-33; woodblock print, ink and color.
Suzuki Harnunobu, Evening
Bell at the Clock,
from Eight Views of the Parlor series, c. 1765; woodblock print.
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MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912)
Takahashi Yuichi, Oiran (Grand Courtesan); 1872;
o/canvas
Yokoyama Taikan, Kutsugen, 1898,
hanging scroll (color on silk)
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SHOWA PERIOD (1926-1989)
Tange Kenzo, National Indoor Olympic Stadiums,
Tokyo, 1961-1964
Hamada Shoji, Dish, 1962;
ceramic
Tsuchiya Kimio, Symptom,
1987; branches
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Chapter
Review Questions:
1. Discuss the
reflection of Zen philosophy in Japanese living
environments (houses, gardens) and paintings.
2. Define the aesthetic of wabi
and sabi, and discuss their
appearance in art and architecture.
3. Define the aesthetics and principles of the various painting
schools/styles during the EdoPeriod (Kano, Rimpa, literati and ukiyo-e).
4. Discuss the development of Japanese art in modern Japan
(Meijii, Taisho, Showa and Heisei periods).
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