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Non-Western final exam
Chapter 6 Japanese art
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Art History
Undergraduate 3
03/19/2012

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5-5

where - Gunma Prefecture, Japan

culture - Kofun

when - fifth to mid-sixth century

medium - low-fired (un-glazed) clay

use - a protective spiritual barrier between the living and the dead, set on burial tumuli; number of haniwas represented stature

details - emblazoned with applied ornaments, excised or built up forms, and then painted the haniwa

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what - Vessal from Miyanomae

where - Nagano Prefecture, Japan

culture - Middle Jomon period

when - 2500-1500 BC

medium - earthenware

details - applied clay coils, striped incisions, and quasi-figural motifs

use - details jeopardize the functionality of the vessel

influence - trading & immigration with Chinese and Korea

 

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where - Kagawa Prefecture, Japan

culture - late Yayoiperiod

when - 100-300 BC

medium - bronze

details - incised figural motifs

- based on Han Chinese bells

- earliest Japanese images of people & animals inscribed, along with geometric shapes

use - ceremonial objects, not musical; often deposited them in graves

made - in clay molds

 

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Sakai

Osaka Prefcture, Japan

Kofun period 

late fourth early fifth century

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Ise

Mie Prefecture, Japan

Kofun period or later

Mortise & Tenon systom of building

Oi-Ya building containing the shin-no-mihashira (post)

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Shinto

Definition

Many deities - called kami

Believe kami exist in nature; nature is revered

Families have protective kami who are ancestors; ancestors are revered

Purity and purification are critical aspects

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Amida Descending over the Mountains

Kamakura period

13th century

hanging scroll, ink and colors on silk

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Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace

from Events of the Heiji Period

Kamakura period

13th century

handscroll, ink and color

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Priest Shunjobo Chogen

Todaiji

Nara, Japan

Kamakura period

early 13th century

painted cypress wood

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The Flying Storehouse

from The Legends of Mount Shigi

 Heian period

late 12th century

handscroll, ink and color on paper

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Genji visits Murasaki

from the Minori chapter, Tale of Genji

Heian period

first half of 12th century

handscroll, ink and color on paper

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Phoenix Hall

Byodoin, Uji

Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Heian period

1053

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Daibutsuden

Todaiji, Japan

Nara period

743, rebuildt ca. 1700

Daibutsudent, Todaiji bracketing system

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Buddha (interior of Daibutsuden)

Todaiji, Japan

Nara period

743

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