Pre-Modern Japanese Art Test 3

Name

Black “Raku” Tea Bowl

Artist

Chojiro

Medium

earthenware

Period

late 16th century, Momoyama period

What is this bowl the embodiment of?

the wabi-sabi aesthetic

Raku Tea Bowl

a hand-shaped lightweight glazed earthenware

wabi-sabi aesthetic

finds beauty in the simple and rustic, appreciates imperfection through asymmetric and irregular form

How was the first Raku bowl created?

requested by Rikyu, created by Chojiro

Name

Taian Teahouse

Artist

Rikyu

Medium

wood, mud, straw, washi paper, and bamboo

Period

1582, Momoyama period

What does this house represent?

the wabi-sabi aesthetic

Name

Himeji Castle

Period

built in 1346, completed in 1609, Momoyama period

Medium

wood, stone, plaster, and tiled roofs

What are some of the defensive measures of Himeji Castle?

heavily fortified gates, tall walls, places for archers, winding paths

What are the features of Shoin-style rooms?

hanging scroll, staggered shelves, sliding doors, tatami mat flooring, decorative alcove, built-in desk, sliding windows

what is in the luxurious rooms of Himeji Castle?

wall in the alcove and the sliding doors are painted in vivid color and gold leaf

Name

Cypress

Artist

Eitoku Kano

Medium

8-panel screen, ink, color, and gold leaf on paper

Period

1590 Momoyama Period

what techniques are used in this work?

byobu(large-scale painting in the format of folding screen), Heian-era yamato-e elements(vivid color and gold), Zen painting elements(natural subjects and ink brushwork), cropping

What does Nanban mean?

literally means Southern barbarians, refers to foreigners

Name

Nanban Screen

Medium

one of a pair, six panel folding screen, ink, color, and gold on paper

Period

late 16th- early 17th century, Momoyama period

Name

Scenes in and around Kyoto

Medium

a pair of 6-panel screens, ink and color with gold on paper

Period

1614-15, Momoyama-Edo period

What are some design choices in this work?

Bird’s eye view, panoramic view, landmarks arrangement is accurately relative to each other, figures and objects not proportionate, flattened space, highly detailed, lively city life, gold clouds

Name

Waves at Matshushima

Artist

Sotatsu Tawaraya

Period

early 17th century, Edo Period

Medium

a pair of 6-panel screens, ink, color, gold, and silver on paper

Rinpa style painting

Rin of Korin and pa meaning style or school, based on yamato-e style painting, revival of Heian court arts

Who were the representative painters of Rinpa school?

Sotatsu and Korin

Who promoted the Rinpa Style?

the wealthy merchant class

What techniques did Sotatsu follow?

boneless(no-outline), puddled ink

puddled ink technique

wet pigments are layered to form pooling, gradation effect

Name

Irises with eight planked bridges

Artist

Korin Ogata

Medium

pair of 6-panel folding screens, color and gold leaf on paper

Period

18th century, Edo Period

What does this earlier Ukiyo-e print depict?

a scene at a teahouse in the Yoshiwara pleasure district

Ukiyo-e print

single sheet, depicts new urban subjects, produced by a group of artists, mass-producible, inexpensive and affordable

What new art what promoted by the middle class in the Edo Period?

Ukiyo-e woodblock prints

What was the process of Ukiyo-e prints?

artist designs it, carver carves it, printer prints it

what were popular themes in Ukiyo-e prints?

Bijin(beautiful women), Kabuki actor, landscape

Name

Three Beauties of the present day

Artist

Utamaro Kitagawa

Medium

color woodblock print with mica-dusted background

Period

1790s, Edo Period

What was Utamaro known for?

bijin(beautiful women) prints, introduced the close-up portrait format

Name

Kabuki Actor Ebizo Ichikawa

Artist

Sharaku

Medium

color woodblock print with black mica

Period

1794

What was Sharaku known for and criticized for?

portrayed the kabuki stars realistically, not hiding their flaws

What happened to Sharaku?

his career ended after 10 months

Name

The Great Wave from the series 36 views of mt. fuji

Artist

Hokusai Katsushika

Medium

color woodblock print

Period

1830-32, Edo period

Name

a print from the series entitled 53 Stations of the Tokaido

Artist

Hiroshige Utagawa

Medium

color woodblock print

Period

Edo period

Uki-e

perspective picture, came from learning western art techniques(linear perspective) from the Dutch

Name

a scene at a teahouse in the Yoshiwara pleasure district

Medium

color woodblock print

Period

mid-18th century, Edo period

Name

Pine Trees in the Snow

Artist

Okyo Maruyama

Medium

a pair of six-panel screens, ink, color, and gold on paper

Period

1780

What was this artwork representative of?

a move towards creating naturalistic representation of nature

How did Japan’s isolationist period end?

US Navy Commodore Matthew Perry arrived at Edo Bay in 1853

Japonisme

the influence of Japanese art and design on Western artists

Name

Commodore Matthew Perry’s Black Ship

Medium

color woodblock print

Period

Edo period

Name

Plate with VOC monogram

Medium

porcelain, underglaze blue

Period

late 17th century, Edo Period

What does VOC stand for in this work?

the Dutch East India company which exported Japanese porcelain to Europe

What is an example of Japonisme?

Imari-style porcelain

Porcelain

white stone fired at a higher temperature than earthenware and stoneware, thin and light but strong

Imari

the port of which porcelain products were exported to Europe

Arita

major porcelain production site