ART OF JAPAN Content Area 8 1 Japan

Todai-ji. Nara, Japan. 743 CE. Rebuilt c. 1700. Bronze and wood (sculpture); wood with

Great Buddha at Todaiji temple cleaned : 37 Cleaning the Great Buddha of Nara

Todai-ji Daibutsu (The Great Buddha), Todai-ji. Nara, Japan. 743 CE. Rebuilt c. 1700. Bronze

Todai-ji Great South Gate, Todai-ji. Nara, Japan. 743 CE. Rebuilt in 962. Wood.

Todai-ji Nio Guardian Statues, Todai-ji. Nara, Japan. 743 CE. Rebuilt c. 1700. Wood.

Night Attack on the Sanjô Palace. Kamakura Period, Japan. c. 12501300. Handscroll (ink and

Night Attack on the Sanjô Palace. Kamakura Period, Japan. c. 1250 -1300. Handscroll (ink

Night Attack on the Sanjô Palace (detail). Kamakura Period, Japan. c. 1250 -1300. Handscroll

Ryoan-ji wet garden. Kyoto, Japan. c. 1480 CE. Ryoan-ji is a Zen temple located

Ryoan-ji wet garden. Kyoto, Japan. c. 1480 CE.

Ryoan-ji dry garden. Kyoto, Japan. c. 1480 CE.

Ryoan-ji plan. Kyoto, Japan. c. 1480 CE.

White and Red Plum Blossoms, Ogata Korin. c. 1710 -1716 CE. Ink, watercolor, and

White and Red Plum Blossoms, c. 1710 -1716 CE. White and Red Plum Blossoms,

The Great Wave off Kanagawa (from the series 36 views of Mount Fuji). Japan,

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Todai-ji. Nara, Japan. 743 CE. Rebuilt c. 1700. Bronze and wood (sculpture); wood with ceramictile roofing (architecture). National Treasures of Yamato - Daibutsu (Todaiji) 5: 00

Great Buddha at Todaiji temple cleaned : 37 Cleaning the Great Buddha of Nara 2: 12

Todai-ji Daibutsu (The Great Buddha), Todai-ji. Nara, Japan. 743 CE. Rebuilt c. 1700. Bronze and wood (sculpture). The size of his open hand is about the length of an adult human!

Todai-ji Great South Gate, Todai-ji. Nara, Japan. 743 CE. Rebuilt in 962. Wood.

Todai-ji Nio Guardian Statues, Todai-ji. Nara, Japan. 743 CE. Rebuilt c. 1700. Wood.

Night Attack on the Sanjô Palace. Kamakura Period, Japan. c. 12501300. Handscroll (ink and color on paper). 1’ 4 1/4” high; complete scroll, 22’ 10” long. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Fenollosa-Weld Collection). 10

Night Attack on the Sanjô Palace. Kamakura Period, Japan. c. 1250 -1300. Handscroll (ink and color on paper). http: //www. bowdoin. edu/~ktravers/projects/ heijiscroll/viewer. html

Night Attack on the Sanjô Palace (detail). Kamakura Period, Japan. c. 1250 -1300. Handscroll (ink and color on paper). http: //www. bowdoin. edu/~ktravers/projects/heijiscroll/viewer. html

Ryoan-ji wet garden. Kyoto, Japan. c. 1480 CE. Ryoan-ji is a Zen temple located in northwest Kyoto, Japan. It belongs to the Myōshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism.

Ryoan-ji wet garden. Kyoto, Japan. c. 1480 CE.

Ryoan-ji dry garden. Kyoto, Japan. c. 1480 CE.

Ryoan-ji plan. Kyoto, Japan. c. 1480 CE.

White and Red Plum Blossoms, Ogata Korin. c. 1710 -1716 CE. Ink, watercolor, and gold leaf on paper.

White and Red Plum Blossoms, c. 1710 -1716 CE. White and Red Plum Blossoms, Ogata Korin. c. 1710 -1716 CE. Ink, watercolor, and gold leaf on paper.

White and Red Plum Blossoms, Ogata Korin. c. 1710 -1716 CE. Ink, watercolor, and gold leaf on paper.

The Great Wave off Kanagawa (from the series 36 views of Mount Fuji). Japan, Edo period Katsushika Hokusai. 1830 -1833, woodblock print. 21