Download Art of Later Japan

• On your phones/computers, research what celestial means, why
is this structure celestial???? Be able to describe the what make’s
it celestial in detail.
• Turn to your shoulder partner/discuss your findings (approx. 1
minute each = 2-3 min. Total)
• TAKE NOTES…WE WILL POPCORN FACTS AFTER PARTNER
DISCUSSION
5-7 Minute “Brain-Dump” Essay
• Using your notes/textbooks/computers:
• Only use sources from .Edu type sites…not
wikipedia! DO NOT PLAGARIZE!! MUST
REWORD!
• Write a SHORT! Essay, discuss the purpose of
Pure Land Buddhism, compared to the purpose
of the previous Esoteric Buddhism.
• Provide the time period (ex. Heian Period) in
your essay discussion.
• Provide a few works of art/architecture as
reference (integrated seamlessly within your
thoughts/writing).
Muromachi Period
• Marked the ascendance of Zen Buddhism,
peaking the Samurai’s interest.
• Overcame Pure Land Buddhism, which rose in
the latter of the Heian Period (Phoenix
Hall…)(794-1185).
• READ PURPLE BOX ON PG. 819 IN TEXTBOOK
– TO UNDERSTAND ZEN BUDDHISM
– TAKE QUICK FACT NOTES!
– WE WILL POPCORN 2 ROUNDS AFTERWARD
• IMPORTANT AREAS TO NOTE: SESSHU, ZEN BELIEFS,
ZEN PRACTICES, ZEN PRACTICES IN ART (DO NOT NEED
TO KNOW THE OTHER ARTIST’S NAMES OR WORKS IN
THIS ARTICLE OTHER THAN SESSHU)
Ink Painting
• Ink paintings transitioned from a harsh style to
a subtle, Zen-like style during Muromachi.
• The subjects changed from Monks and
Teachers to Chinese-style landscapes.
• Winter Landscape by
Sesshu
• Muromachi Period 1470’s
• Ink on Paper
• Traveled extensively as
a Buddhist monk
• Connection to
landscape through
asceticism
Sesshu,
Winter Landscape, 1470’s
Sesshu,
Broken Ink Landscape, 1495
VS
SMALL GROUP ASSIGNMENT
Winter Landscape vs. Broken Ink Landscape
Slowly…… slowlllllyyyyy
Momoyama Period
Osaka Castle, built
by **Hideyoshi, 1583
1568 – 1603
A time of great warlords
Oda Nobunaga
Toyotomi **Hideyoshi
• Nobunaga was a ruthless warrior, but he believed in the importance
of the arts
• Hideyoshi was way too ambitious, but was part of this period
marking one of the most creative periods in Japanese history. (Built
legit castle – Osaka Castle)
Kano Eitoku, Chinese Lions, Momoyama Period, 16th cent.
Possibly painted for Hideyoshi… (Osaka Castle)
See any
similarities?
Cloze Review Exercise – Asuka - Kamakura
Buddha lives inside the G______
Great
• A 53 foot B_______
Buddha H_____,
Hall
B________
p.s. this building is biggest in
wood
the world made out of w______.....
• Fujiwara Yorimichi’s celestial structure, known as
Phoenix H_____
Hall houses an A_______
Amida
the P_______
Buddha
B________
wooden sculpture.
• Fujiwara Yorimichi’s celestial structure, known as
Phoenix H_____
Hall houses an A_______
Amida
the P_______
Buddha wooden sculpture.
B________
Zen
Muromachi Period marked the rise of Z_____
• The M_________
Buddhism The samurai’s thank you. Why?
B_________.
Sesshu began with a harsh line
• The ink painter S_______
Winter
Landscape but 20
style, like seen in his W_______
L_________,
years later transitioned into a very soft and
Broken I____
Ink
atmospheric style like seen in B_______
L__________.
(1495) Quite Zen of him…
Landscape
Osaka C_____
Castle was built by great warlord
• The O______
named H__________.
This period of internal
Hideyoshi
national struggle and family battles was the
Momoyama Period.
M__________
Kano E_______
Eitoku
Chinese
• K_____
painted the GIANT C______
Lions possibly for H________.
Hideyoshi
L_____,
Kano E_______
Eitoku
Chinese
• K_____
painted the GIANT C______
Lions possibly for H________.
Hideyoshi
L_____,
Kano E_______
Eitoku
Chinese
• K_____
painted the GIANT C______
Lions possibly for H________.
Hideyoshi
L_____,
Kano E_______
Eitoku
Chinese
• K_____
painted the GIANT C______
Lions possibly for H________.
Hideyoshi
L_____,