CHAPTER 11
ADVANCED PLACEMENT ART HISTORY
JAPANESE ART BEFORE 1333
LECTURE SLIDES
READING ASSIGNMENT 32:
355-363
Japan
Kasuga Shrine Mandala, Kamakura Period,
hanging scroll, ink, color and gold on silk,
14th century
this scene depicts a shrine
from the Nara Period
scroll is 39½” in height and 15½” in width
Kasuga Shrine Mandala, Kamakura Period, hanging scroll,
ink, color and gold on silk, 14th century
Kasuga Shrine, Nara
“Flame Ware” Vessel,
Middle Jomon Period,
Niigata Prefecture,
earthenware,
2500-1500 BCE
vessel is 12” in height
Fragment of Jomon pottery, with cord markings
Dogu, Jomon Period,
Yaminashi Prefecture,
earthenware,
2500-1500 BCE
figure is 10”
in height
Haniwa, Kofun Period, Kyoto,
earthenware, 6th century
figure is 27” in height
Haniwa, Kofun Period, Kyoto, earthenware, 6th century
Writing, Language and Culture
Main Hall, Inner Shrine, Ise,
Mie Prefecture,
rebuilt in 2013
2013 was the
62nd rebuild in
the shrine’s
history
Ise, Mie Prefecture
Ise, Mie Prefecture
Horyuji Compound, Asuka Period, Nara Prefecture, 7th century
A
B
Horyuji Compound, Asuka Period, Nara Prefecture, 7th century
pagoda
kondo
Horyuji Compound,
Asuka Period,
Nara Prefecture,
7th century
pagoda
Horyuji Compound, Asuka Period, Nara Prefecture, 7th century
kondo
Horyuji Compound, Asuka Period, Nara Prefecture, 7th century
gateway
Horyuji Compound, Asuka Period, Nara Prefecture, 7th century
bracketing
Hungry Tigress Jataka,
panel of Tamamushi Shrine,
Horyuji, Asuka Period,
lacquer on wood, 650
Hungry Tigress Jataka, panel of Tamamushi Shrine,
Horyuji, Asuka Period, lacquer on wood, 650
Hungry Tigress Jataka, panel of Tamamushi Shrine,
Horyuji, Asuka Period, lacquer on wood, 650
Hungry Tigress Jataka, panel of Tamamushi Shrine,
Horyuji, Asuka Period, lacquer on wood, 650
Tamamushi Shrine
shrine is 7’ 7½” in height
The tamamushi
beetle’s iridescent
wings were once
attached to the
shrine in Horyuji
Buddha Shaka and Attendant
Bodhisattvas in the Horyuji Kondo,
Asuka Period, gilt bronze, 623
seated figure is 34½”
in height
Buddha Shaka and Attendant Bodhisattvas in the Horyuji
Kondo, Asuka Period, gilt bronze, 623
Five-Stringed Lute (biwa) with design of a central Asian man
playing a biwa atop a Camel, Chinese Tang Dynasty, red
sandalwood and chestnut inlaid with mother-of-pearl, amber
and tortoiseshell, 8th century
lute is 42½” in length
Five-Stringed Lute (biwa) with design of a central Asian man
playing a biwa atop a Camel, Chinese Tang Dynasty, red
sandalwood and chestnut inlaid with mother-of-pearl, amber
and tortoiseshell, 8th century
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363-375
The Buddha Shaka,
detail of Paradise Scene,
engraved bronze,
8th century
The Buddha Shaka, detail of Paradise Scene,
engraved bronze, 8th century
The Buddha Shaka, detail of Paradise Scene,
engraved bronze, 8th century
Great Buddha Hall, Todaiji, Nara, original structure competed
in 752, current form in 1906-13
Nara Park
Nara Park
Womb Wold Mandala,
Heian Period,
hanging scroll,
colors on silk,
9th century
scroll is 6’ X 5”1½”
Dainichi
Womb Wold Mandala, Heian Period, hanging scroll,
colors on silk, 9th century
Technique:
Joined-Block Wood Sculpture
Phoenix Hall, Byodoin, Uji, Heian Period, Kyoto Prefecture,
1053
Byodoin, Uji
Amida Buddha, Jocho,
Phoenix Hall, Byodoin, Uji,
Heian Period, Kyoto Prefecture,
gold leaf and lacquer on wood,
1053
figure is 9’ 8” in height
Amida Buddha, Jocho, Phoenix Hall, Byodoin, Uji, Heian
Period, Kyoto Prefecture, gold leaf and lacquer on wood, 1053
The Tale of Genji, Heian Period, ink and colors on paper,
12th century
paper is 8½” X 19”
Album Leaf from the
Ishiyama-Gire
(dispersed volumes,
once owned by the
Ishiyama Temple,
of the anthology of the
36 immortal poets),
Heian Period,
ink with gold and silver
on collaged paper,
12th century
Album Leaf from the Ishiyama-Gire (dispersed volumes, once
owned by the Ishiyama Temple, of the anthology of the
36 immortal poets), Heian Period, ink with gold and silver
on collaged paper, 12th century
Detail of Frolicking Animals, Toba Sojo, Heian Period, ink on
paper handscroll, 12th century
scroll is 12” in height
Detail of Frolicking Animals, Toba Sojo, Heian Period, ink on
paper handscroll, 12th century
Arms and Armor
Section of Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace, Kamakura Period,
ink and colors on paper handscroll, 13th century
entire scroll is 16¼” X 275½” (nearly 23’ in length)
Section of Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace, Kamakura Period,
ink and colors on paper handscroll, 13th century
Section of Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace, Kamakura Period,
ink and colors on paper handscroll, 13th century
Kuya Preaching, Kosho,
Kamakura Period, painted wood
with inlaid eyes, before 1207
Kuya was a charismatic monk
who encouraged others to chant
by singing as he travelled
iconography of Kuya:
-travelling clothes
-deer antlers
-tiny gong
-chanting from mouth
figure is 46½” in height
Kuya Preaching, Kosho, Kamakura Period, painted wood
with inlaid eyes, before 1207
Kuya Preaching, Kosho, Kamakura Period, painted wood
with inlaid eyes, before 1207
Monk Sewing, Kao Ninga,
Kamakura Period, ink on paper,
14th century
page is 32” X 13½”
Monk Sewing, Kao Ninga, Kamakura Period, ink on paper,
14th century
Descent of
Amida and
the 25
Bodhisattvas,
Kamakura
Period,
hanging scroll,
colors and
gold on silk,
13th century
page is
57¼” X 61½”
Descent of Amida and the 25 Bodhisattvas, Kamakura
Period, hanging scroll, colors and gold on silk, 13th century
Daruma, Kamakura Period,
hanging scroll, ink and colors on silk,
Kamakura Period, 14th century
Daruma, Kamakura Period, hanging scroll, ink and colors on
silk, Kamakura Period, 14th century
Daruma, Kamakura Period, hanging scroll, ink and colors on
silk, Kamakura Period, 14th century
Portrait of the Chinese Zen Master
Lanxi Daolong, hanging scroll, ink and
colors on silk, Kamakura Period, 1271
Portrait of the Chinese Zen Master Lanxi Daolong, hanging
scroll, ink and colors on silk, Kamakura Period, 1271