Chapter Eighteen Japan Prepared by Kelly Donahue-Wallace Randal Wallace University of North Texas Gardner's Art through the Ages, Concise Edition by Fred Kleiner
Dec 30, 2015
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.