The History of Japanese Art
Study Sheet 3.

READINGS: Mason Ch. 3: pp. 97-104; 108-110; and 116-123 (begin at "The Middle Heian" and end at "Independent Raigo Paintings"); pp. 123-4, 128-29 and 133-35.

Emaki: pp. 137-44.

Heian-kyô /Kyoto Tang China, Chang’an (mod. Xian) capital	Imperial Palace: Ceremony Hall(Shishinden) Audience Hall (Seiryôden)	Emperor Saga
Esoteric Buddhism mantra, shingon in Japanese	Shingon school. Founder, Kûkai (posthumous name, Kôbô Daishi)	(Tendai school of Esoteric Buddhism) (founder, Saichô)
(Dainichi) Universal or Cosmic Buddha.	Mt. Kôya (Kongôbuji Temple)	Tahôtô Pagoda
Diamond and Womb World mandala (Ryôgai mandara).	ritual practitioner visualization	(Amoghavajra) a founder or patriarch of the Shingon faith.
clergy, layperson	Yakushi (Medicine Buddha), Jingôji. cypress (hinoki)	single-block (ichiboku), multiple-block (yosegi) statue technique
Jingôji/also called Takaosanji Temple	plain wood sculpture	wood-core dry lacquer sculpture

Fujiwara nobility poetry, calligraphy	Regent (Sesshô) Kanpaku	Western Paradise Phoenix Hall (Hôôdô)
shinden architecture style (villa or palace style)	Byôdôin, Uji	celestial being (apsara)
Amida Buddha	painting bureau (edokoro)	nembutsu
Nine levels of welcome /nine ranks of heaven	Buddha of Infinite Life Sutra (Kanmuryoju kyô)	Amida Hall (Amida-dô). RAIGO, descent of Amida
Jôchô	wayô (Japanese style)	Yamato-e Chinese style (kara-e)

 

	Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)	Lady Murasaki
blown-off roof (fukinukiyatai)	emaki (hand scroll) painting (also, emakimono)	hanging scroll painting secular, religious painting
standing screen painting (byôbu)	door or panel painting (fusuma)	illustrated sutra scrolls
triptych	kirikane, cut gold leaf	Apocalyptic age (Mappô)
thick, opaque pigments or (tsukuri-e) mono no aware, sensitivity	legend (engi) retribution; karma	Japanese script (hiragana) 36 Immortal poets)

Five Power Bodisattva or (Godairiki Bosatsu)

Fudô Myôô, head of the Five Myôô Bodhisattva or Five Kings of Higher Knowledge

insei (cloistered govt.)	Taira clan	Minamoto clan
Genpei Civil War	(Frolicking Animal Scroll (Chôju jinbutsu giga)	Lotus Sutra dedicated by the Heike (Heike nôkyô)
Chinese characters (kanji)	Thirty-three Bay Hall, or Sanjûsangendô, Kyoto	Hall of One Thousand Kannon images
Mt. Shigi Scroll (Shigisan engi emaki)	"masculine style" (otoko-e)	"feminine style" (onna-e)

 

ILLUSTRATIONS/Plates (illustration # not page number is given at left)

106. Plan of the Heian-kyô capital, 9th century.

107. Ceremonial hall (Shishinden), Imperial Palace. 19th c. building in 9th c. style.

111. Tahôto pagoda. Mt. Kôya (Kongôbuji temple). 13th c. Cedar shingle roof.

113.-114., 116, Colorplate 12 and 13: Diagrams of the Womb and Diamond World mandalas (you are responsible only for the center area); Womb and Diamond World Mandalas. 9th c. Tôji collection. Ink and pigments on silk. Hanging scrolls.

115. Detail of the Takao Mandala, gold and silver paint on purple silk. 9th c.

117. Shingon Patriarch portrait (Amoghavajra). By Chinese artist (Li Chen), brought to Japan by Kûkai. Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk. 9th c.

123. Yakushi Buddha. Early Heian (late 8th c.) Cypress wood, paint. 170 cm. Jingo-ji.

133. Shinden style architecture.

137. and Colorplate 17. Amida Buddha, interior of the Phoenix Hall, Byôdôin. 1053.

136.,138., and Colorplate 18. Phoenix Hall, Byôdôin temple. ca. 1053.

139.-141. Paintings on the wooden doors of the Phoenix Hall, Byôdôin. 1053.

142. Amida Raigô triptych (with Kannon and Seishi). 11th c. Hanging scrolls.

Colorplate 20. Amida Raigô triptych with 25 Bodhisattvas. 11th c. Hanging scrolls.

Colorplate 19. Death of Shaka. 11th c. Hanging scroll. Pigments and gold on silk.

Colorplate 21. Prince Shotoku Legends (Shotoku Taishi Eden). One panel showing Prince crossing the sea to China. 11th c.

146. Landscape (Senzui) Byôbu.11th c. Pigments on silk panels. 146X42 cm each.

154. Thirty-three bay Hall (Sanjûsangendô), Kyoto. 13th c. (original 12th c.).

155.-156. Thirty-three bay Hall (Sanjûsangendô), Kyoto. 1266. Interior, Kannon statues (1001 images). 12th and 13th c.

159. (one of) Five Myôô Bodhisattva. 1127. Hanging scrolls. Pigments on silk. Tôji.

Colorplate 22. Shaka Buddha (Nyorai). 12th c. Hanging scroll. Pigments on silk.

Colorplate 23. Lotus Sutra dedicated by the Heike (Heike nôkyô). 12th c. Pigments and gold on paper. Handscroll. (Itsukushima) Shrine.

161. and Colorplate 24. Illustrations from the Tale of Genji handscroll (Genji monogatari emaki). 12th c. Ink and pigments on paper. 22X48 cm.

162-164. Frolicking Animal Handscroll (Chôju jinbutsu giga). 12th c. Ink on paper. H. 31 cm.

165. Mt. Shigi Handcroll (Shigisan engi emaki). 12th c. Ink and pigments on paper.