Japan, Yayoi and Kofun period

What does contact with other cultures introduce to the Yayoi culture of Japan?

Potter’s wheel and bronze casting

Title of this ceramic vessel?

Jar with Incised Decorations

Cultural period?

Yayoi culture

What was the technique for creating this ceramic vessel?

hand-coiled body with wheel-thrown base and lip

surface incised with linear marks and burnished (polished by smoothing the surface with another object)

Title of this artifact?

Dotaku, Yakoi Era

What material was used to create this object

bronze

What era was known for the beginning of monumental tombs in Japan

Kofun Era

Title?

Daisen Tomb, Kofun Era

Haniwa Warrior, Kofun Era

material: terracotta

Haniwa objects suggest an emergence of what aesthetic?

wabi-sabi

simple and a taste for old things

imperfection and simplicity

Name the title of this image and where it comes from

Muyonghchong Tomb

Three Kingdoms: Goguryeo Kingdom

Incense Burner, Baekje Kingdom, Korea, gilt-bronze

sacred Daoist mountain; lotus flower; dragon/water base

Repousee

Artist shapes malleable sheet metal by hammering it from the reverse side to create a low relief

Title

Period

Region

Technique

Gold Crown

Old Silla Period

Korea

Repousee

Shamanism

Emphasis on the present and the earthly realm

Gilding

Applying a thin layer of gold atop the surface of another material object like wood metal or ceramic