MUROMACHI PERIOD shogun Ashikaga family, moves capital to Muromachi (a district of Kyoto) unity of Japan - Cultural dominance of Zen

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Japan after 1333 Buddhist Zen painting Sesshu: Chinese landscape

architecture and design: - Dry Gardens - Ryoan-ji - Tea Ceremony

Tea Bowl Ukiyo-e Woodblock prints: Between tradition and

1 Japan after 1333 Buddhist Zen painting Sesshu: Chinese landscape painting and the foundation of Japanese style Buddhist Zen architecture and design: - Dry Gardens - Ryoan-ji - Tea Ceremony s architecture and pottery - Rikyu s Tai-An Tearoom - Mount Fuji Tea Bowl Ukiyo-e Woodblock prints: Between tradition and modernity, high and low culture, local and international style Harunobu and Hokusai

MUROMACHI PERIOD - 1338 shogun Ashikaga family, moves capital to Muromachi (a district

2 MUROMACHI PERIOD shogun Ashikaga family, moves capital to Muromachi (a district of Kyoto) unity of Japan - Cultural dominance of Zen Buddhism supported by samurai

3 Sesshu, Winter Landscape, Muromachi period, c. 1470s. Ink on paper, 18 1/4 x 11 1/2

Sesshu, Winter Landscape, Muromachi period, c. 1486.

6 Sesshu, Winter Landscape, Muromachi period, c Ink and color on paper, h. 15.7, The Ohio State University

9 Ni Zan, The Rongxi Studio, Yuan dynasty, 1372, Hanging Scroll, ink on paper, h. 29 3/8 Sesshu, Winter Landscape, Muromachi period, c. 1470s. Ink on paper, 18 1/4 x 11 1/2

10 Yin Hong, Hundreds of birds admiring the peacocks, Ming dynasty, late 15th early 16th cent. Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, h /2, Cleveland Museum of Art Sesshu, Winter Landscape, Muromachi period, c. 1470s. Ink on paper, 18 1/4 x 11 1/2

11 Ink painting - Zen aesthetics Sesshu ( ): most famous monk-painter Influence of Chinese painting Eclecticism: bird-and-flower style - monochrome landscape painting Main characteristics of his style: volumetric description of forms, no misty atmosphere. sharp outlines and dark ink washes. sharp tonal contrast. Little concern for indicating recession into the distance. Sesshu, Winter Landscape, Muromachi period, c. 1470s. Ink on paper, 18 1/4 x 11 1/2

12 v=f9kbr6ephpa&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=p LAC38365B Rock Garden, Ryoan-ji, Kyoto, Muromachi period, c. 1480, changed in the 17th cent.

17 Ni Zan, The Rongxi Studio, Yuan dynasty, 1372, Hanging Scroll, ink on paper, h. 29 3/8

The Tea Ceremony http://mediaplayer.pearsoncmg.com/media_flash_set.width.420 set.

18 The Tea Ceremony set.height. 300 set.title.shoin_design /ph/hss/ssa_shared_media_1/art/archsim/shoin-b.mov

19 Main characteristics: Modular (tatami) Rational Asymmetrical Horizontal Natural materials Limited decoration

20 Sen no Rikyu, Tai-An Tearoom, Myoki-an Temple, Kyoto. Momoyama period, 1582

22 Main Hall, Inner Shrine, Ise, est. 7 th cent. Last rebuilt 1993

Hon ami Koetsu, Momoyam a-edo period, early 17

feeling - Asymmetry of plan and furniture

23 Hon ami Koetsu, Momoyam a-edo period, early 17 cent. Mount Fuji Tea Bowl, ceramics, h. 3 3/8 Ergonomic design: importance of shape and texture in relation to the hands size and feeling - Asymmetry of plan and furniture (tatami-tokonoma) - no distraction - aged vintage aesthetic

24 Edo Period ( ) - Ukiyo-e prints Harunobu, Edo period, 1769, The Flowers of Beauty in the Floating World, Ploychrome woodblock print on paper, h. 11 3/8, Chicago Art Institute ph/hss/ SSA_SHARED_MEDIA_1/art/ MAL/videos/process_videos/ woodcut-large.html Subject matter: pleasure quarters Religious concept: ukiyo-e = floating world Originally Buddhist concept: of transitory nature of life NOW =joie de vivre New Technique: cheap art for everybody From 1765 new technology -> multicolored prints

25 Formal qualities: -Asymmetrical composition -Diagonal lines (dynamism) -Divergent perspective -Linear (clear outlines) -No modeling

26 Katsushika Hokusai, The Great Wave at Kanagawa (from a Series of Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji), Edo period ( ), ca ; Polychrome woodblock print on paper

33 Signature and title

34 Cargo ships (used to carry fish)

35 The crew stowed oars and crouch in fear of the wave

36 Abstracted style: flat patterns with black outlining compose the wave

37 Section of NIGHT ATTACK ON THE SANJO PALACE, Kamakura period, late 13 th cent., Handscroll, ink and colors on paper ca. 16 x 275, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

38 At the center, mount Fuji seen from far away. Possible interest in and use of telescope

39 Combination Japanese and Western elements: Formal: linear style, no chiaroscuro, clarity of planes, synthesis, asymmetry But also Western elements (linear perspective) Subject: traditional landscape views, seasonal themes + original concept of ukiyo but also modernity, everyday activities/situations

CHAPTER 25 ADVANCED PLACEMENT ART HISTORY

CHAPTER 25 ADVANCED PLACEMENT ART HISTORY JAPANESE ART AFTER 1333 LECTURE SLIDES READING ASSIGNMENT 34: 813-833 Japan The Flowers of Beauty in the Floating World: Motoura and Yaezakura of the Minami Yamasakiya,