Japanese Art 653 b c a d 1900

Japanese Art (653 b. c. –a. d. 1900) Aissa Avila

Under the Wave of Kanagawa (The Great Wave) ❖ Artist: Katsushika Hokusai ❖ When: 1830 -1833 (Edo period) ❖ Materials: Ukiyo-e (woodblock prints) ➢ Ink, wood, and carving tools ➢ Accessible to the middle class ❖ Where: Japan Artistic Qualities: Color, movement, and perspective

Interest: Details and relatable to the working class people ❖ Why: Heavy usage of waves throughout his artwork ❖ Western influence due to European art smuggled by Dutch traders ➢ Low horizon line ❖ History: 1830 s Japan endured isolationist policies due to the shogunate of this period

The Saga Kuya Invoking the Amida Buddha ● ● Who: Unkei When: Before 1207 (Kamakura period) Materials: Wood and paint Where: Rokuharamitsuji, Kyoto Artistic Qualities: Texture, Movement, and Form

● Interest: Based on a priest named Amida Buddha which adds the religion influence at this time ● Influence: Further emphasis on the strength and realism used by sculptors during the Nara period by adding more details Realism: six small Buddha from the mouth of the sculpture (symbol for speech or prayers) ● History: Civil wars led the downfall of the Fujiwara rulers and the new rulers supported art and encouraged realism

Kogan (“ancient stream bank”) ❖ Artistic Qualities Form and Lines ❖ Who: unknown ❖ What: Water Jug (Pottery) ➢ Shino ware with underglaze design ➢ Stoneware ➢ Paint ❖ Where: Mino Province ❖ When: late 16 th century (Momoyama period)

❖ History: Economic and political instability caused many potters to leave the city of Seto and move to the city of Mino where the demand for more tea ware influenced them to expand their ideas ❖ Influence: Tea Ceremony throughout Japanese history ➢ Its simplicity and trend for ceramic artists to engrave words in their pottery ❖ Interest: I admired its irregular shapes and focused on its usage and its meaning

Actor as a Samurai Youth ❖ Who: Torii Kiyotada ❖ When: 1735 (Edo period) ❖ What: Woodblock print ➢ Ink on color on paper ❖ Where: Edo (Tokyo), Japan Artistic Qualities: Color and Contrast

❖ History: Ukiyo-e famous during this time and used to show regular life with regular people ❖ Influence: Hishikawa Moronobu ➢ First Japanese artist to use his prints to show everyday subjects ➢ Black outline with white background usually hand-colored by the buyers ➢ Large simple forms

Tamamushi Shrine ❖ ❖ Who: Owned by the Hōryū-ji temple When: Middle of 17 th century (Asuka Period) What: Made of wood, metal, and lacquer Where: Nara, Japan Artistic Qualities: Form, Balance, and Texture

❖ History: Buddhism introduced and Korean alliance that changed art culture ❖ Influence: Miniature kondō (Japanese Buddhist temple) ❖ Interest: Paintings on sculpture describe tales about the incarnations of the Buddha. Side panels have the only know painting from this time because the Taika era reforms in Japan controlled a lot of the art representation

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