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




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

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.
 

EDO PERIOD (1615-1868)

Ogato Korin, Red Plum Blossoms, ink, color & gold leaf on paper, c. 1710-16

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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.


MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912)
Takahashi Yuichi, Oiran (Grand Courtesan); 1872; o/canvas

Yokoyama Taikan, Kutsugen, 1898, hanging scroll (color on silk)

SHOWA PERIOD (1926-1989)

Tange Kenzo, National Indoor Olympic Stadiums, Tokyo, 1961-1964

Hamada Shoji, Dish, 1962; ceramic

Tsuchiya Kimio, Symptom, 1987; branches

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).