ArH 209 -- History of Japanese Art -- Study Sheet 6: Edo Period

Tokugagawa Ieyasu (1542-1616)

Tokugawa shogunate

Four classes (Confucian; in order):

samurai, peasants, artisans/laborers, merchant

Important themes in painting and painting patronage, Momoyama and Edo:

Yamato-e revivalism; Chinese painting styles and traditions; Neo-Confucianism;

European and scientific influences on the arts; Literati ideals (bunjin; Chinese: wenjen;

urbanism, popular culture; the "closed-country" or isolationist policy (sakoku);

the alternate attendance system in Edo, (sankin-kôtai);

chônin culture (merchant class, city people);

machishû--townspeople (upper class merchant and artist elite)

Genroku era and culture (1688-1703)

but trends continue to 1730s

Schools (or categories) of painting/prints in the Edo period:

Kanô (continues from Muromachi and Momoyama).

Zenga: (Hakuin Ekaku, 1685-1768)

Rinpa (or Rimpa; continues from Momoyama): Ogata Kôrin (1658-1716); later Rinpa.

Yamato-e revivalism: (Tosa school); late Edo--Reizei Yamechika (1823-1864)

Western-style (Yôfûga): Shiba Kôkan (1738-1818); Watanabe Kazan (1793-1841) - also Nanga

Nanga or Bunjinga/Literati: 1st generation--Gion Nankai (1677-1751); (Yanagisawa Kien); Sakaki Hyakusen; 1697-1751). 2nd generation--Ike Taiga (1723-1776 ); Yosa Buson. 3rd generation-

(Okada Beisanjin); Uragami Gyokudô (1745-1820); Nanga/Western style: Watanabe Kazan.

Maruyama-Shijô: Maruyama |kyô (1733-1795). Matusmura Goshun (1752-1811).

"Eccentrics": Nagasawa Rosetsu (1754-1799). Itô Jakuchû (1716-1800).

Genre painting (continues from Momoyama). Ukiyô-e painting: Iwasa Matabei (1578-1650).

floating world: ukiyô; ukiyû-e prints

Ukiyo-e print artists (*important for your study; learn the underlined name):

*Hishikawa Moronobu

*Torri school

*Suzuki Harunobu

Torii Kiyonaga

*Toshûsai Sharaku

*Kitagawa Utamaro

Utagawa Toyokuni

*Utagawa Kuniyoshi

*Katshushika Hokusai

*Andô Hiroshige

--(Surimono prints; deluxe editions)

--picture of beauties (bijin-ga )

--illustrated books

IMAGES:

278. Irises Ogata Kôrin. Byobu. Edo Period, 1701. Pair of six-panel byôbu, Ink, color and gold leaf on paper. Each 150.9 cm H. X 338.8 cm W

279. Flowers of the Four Seasons. Edo Period, 1705. Originally a hand scroll. Ink and color on paper.

277. Box with fan paintings as decoration. Ogata Kôrin. Lacquer box, paintings on paper.

Colorplate 51. Red and White Plum Blossoms. Ogata Kôrin. Pair of two-panel byôbu, color and gold and silver leaf on paper. Each 156.5 cm. H., 173 cm. Edo period, 1701.

Colorplate 52. Pine Trees in Snow. Maruyama |kyô. Pair of byôbu. Ink, light color, gold on paper. Edo period (late 18th c.).

283. Sketch, for The Seven Fortunes and Misfortunes. Maruyama |kyô. Ink on paper. Edo period. 1768.

Colorplate 53. White Plum Trees. Matusmura Goshun. Light color on silk. Pair of byôbu. Edo period 1780s.

284. Mountain Woman and Child (Yamauba and Kintarô). Nagasawa Rosetsu. Edo Period.

285. Rooster, Hen and Hydrangea. Itô Jakuchû. Hanging scroll. Color and ink on silk. Edo period. (c. 1757)

290. Plum Blossoms, by Gion Nankai. Ink on paper, hanging scroll. Edo period 1740s.

292. First and Second Visits to the Red Cliffs. By Sakaki Hyakusen. Six-panel byobu. Ink on paper. Edo period, 1746.

293. First Visit to the Red Cliffs. By Ike Taiga.Pair of six-panel byôbu. Color on paper. Edo period, 1749.

294. True View of Mount Asama. Ike Taiga. Ink and color on paper. Edo period. 1749. Colorplate 54. Orchid Pavilion and Banquet on Dragon Mountain. Ike Taiga. Pair of byôbu. Ink and color on paper. Edo period 1763.

296. Narrow Road to the Deep North, handscroll. By Yosa Buson. Ink and color on paper. 29 cm. H. Edo period, 1778.

298. Bare Peaks of Mout Gabi. By Yosa Buson. Hand scroll, ink and coolor on paper. 1778-83.

300. Building a House in the Mountains. Uragami Gyokudô. Hanging scroll. Edo period.

301. Eastern Clouds, Sifted Snow. Uragami Gyokudô. Hanging scroll. Edo Period (c. 1811).

Colorplate 56. Verdant Hills and Scarlet Forests, from album, Mist and Clouds. Uragami Gyokudô. Album leaves, ink and color on paper. Edo period (c. 1811).

282. The Barrel-maker. Shiba Kôkan. Hanging scroll, oil paint on silk. Edo period (1789).

306, 307. Portrait of Confucian Scholar (Ichikawa Beian), Watanabe Kanzan.. Sketch for the painting. Edo period.

308. Kanbun Beauty. Edo period (17th c.). Hanging scroll.

309. Appearance of the Yoshiwara. Hishikawa Moronobu. Ink-only print. Edo period (1678).

310. Actor. Torii school (Kiyomasu I). Polychrome print. Oban size. Edo period, 1697.

312. Morning Haze (at Asakusa). Suzuki Harunobu. Polychrome print. Chuban size. Edo period, 1769.

314. Onnagata (Segawa Tomisaburo II). Tôshûsai Sharaku. Polychrome print, mica background. Oban size. 1794.

315, 316. Woman, from the series Five Kinds of Ink for the Northern Provinces. Kitagawa Utamaro. Polychrome print. Oban size. 1790s.

317. Mountain Woman and Boy (Yamauba and Kintarô). Kitagawa Utamaro. Polychrome print. Oban size. 1790s.

319. Witch and Skeleton (Palace of Soma). Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Polychrome print. Oban size. 1845

Colorplate 59. Barrel-maker, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji. Katsushika Hokusai. Polychrome print. Edo period. c. 1830.

322. Kuwana, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô. Andô Hiroshige. Polychrome print. Edo period, 1834.d