Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Eighteen

Japan

Prepared by Kelly Donahue-Wallace

Randal WallaceUniversity of North Texas

Gardner's Art through the Ages, Concise Edition by Fred Kleiner

JapanDates and Places: • 10,500BCE to present• Japanese archipelago

People:• Shinto• Buddhism• Stratified social

structure• Influence of China

SESSHU TOYO, splashed-ink (haboku) landscape, Muromachi

period, 1495. Fig. 18-11.

JapanThemes:• Guardians • Buddhist figures• Secular themes• Landscape Forms:• Chinese influence • Idealized figures• Fine line, flat color• Conceptual approach SEN NO RIKYU, Taian teahouse,

Myokian Temple, Momoyama period, ca. 1582. Fig. 18-1.

Japan

Haniwa warrior, late Kofun period, fifth to mid-sixth century. Fig.

18-3.

JapanExample:

• Kofun Period

• Unglazed ceramic haniwa sculpture

• Placed on tumuli

• Different themes

• Painted

• Spiritual barrier to separate deceased and living Haniwa warrior, late Kofun

period, fifth to mid-sixth century. Fig. 18-3.

Japan

TORI BUSSHI, Shaka triad, Horyuji kondo, Asuka period, 623. Fig. 18-4.

JapanExample:

• Nara Period

• Buddhism introduced

• Chinese prototypes

• Bronze sculpture: Shaka (Buddha) and bodhisattvas

• Mudra, mandorla

• Votive offering from Empress TORI BUSSHI, Shaka triad,

Horyuji kondo, Asuka period, 623. Fig. 18-4.

Japan

Horyuji, Nara Prefecture, Nara period, ca. 680. Fig. 18-5.

JapanExample:

• Nara Period

• Asuka Buddhist temple complex

• Kondo/Golden Hall

• Columns, brackets, projecting eaves, ceramic tile roof

• Pagoda for relicsHoryuji, Nara Prefecture, Nara

period, ca. 680. Fig. 18-5.

Japan

Genji Visits Murasaki, Tale of Genji, Heian period, first half of 12th century. Fig. 18-8.

JapanExample:

• Heian Period

• Narrative scroll painting

• Story of courtly life

• Suggest three-dimensional space by tilted plane, diagonals

• Flat color, outlines

• Conventional figures

Genji Visits Murasaki, Tale of Genji, Heian period, first half

of 12th century. Fig. 18-8.

Japan

Portrait statue of the priest Shunjobo Chogen, Kamakura period, early 13th century. Fig. 18-9.

JapanExample:

• Kamakura Period

• Age of Shoguns

• Portrait of leader of redevelopment

• High naturalism, individualization = Kei School sculpture

• Inlaid eyesPortrait statue of the priest

Shunjobo Chogen, Kamakura period, early 13th century. Fig.

18-9.

Japan

HASEGAWA TOHAKU, Pine Forest, Momoyama Period, late 16th c. Fig. 18-13.

JapanExample: • Momoyama Period• Age of the Shoguns• Painted screen byobu• Ink monochromatic

painting• Contrasting

brushwork• Suggests illusory

nature of reality, meditative

HASEGAWA TOHAKU, Pine Forest, Momoyama Period, late 16th c.

Fig. 18-13.

Japan

SUZUKI HARUNOBU, Evening Bell at the

Clock, Edo period, ca. 1765.

Fig. 18-16.

JapanExample:

• Edo Period

• Colored woodcut print

• Multiple blocks for colors and lines

• Ukiyo-e = “pictures of a floating world”

• Transience and ephemeral life

• Genre themesSUZUKI HARUNOBU, Evening Bell at the Clock, Edo period, ca. 1765.

Fig. 18-16.

Japan

KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, Edo period, ca. 1826–1833. Fig. 18-17.

JapanExample:

• Edo Period

• Colored woodcut print

• Printmakers achieve great fame

• Experiment with western perspective, western materials

• Japanese powerful graphic form KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI, The Great

Wave off Kanagawa, Edo period, ca. 1826–1833. Fig. 18-17.