The History of Japanese Art
Study Sheet 4.

Part I. (Early Feudal Period)

Military culture and the art of late medieval Japan:
Rebuilding Nara, Zen-related art and architecture, painting

Mason, Ch. 4: pp. 147-158 (top); 163-69 (top); 171-176.
Zen related art and architecture: pp. 193-210.

Gempei Wars	Minamoto clan	Taira clan
Minamoto Yoritomo	Kamakura shogunate	Nara restoration
Tôdaiji restoration	Nandaimon gate	Nio guardian statues
monk Chôgen	Kei school sculptors	Kôfukuji restoration
Unkei (act. 1185-1223) Kaikei (d. 1223)	Kôfuku-ji:	North Octagonal Hall South Octagonal Hall
Hachiman deity in the guise of a monk	Wa-yô (Japanese style)	Kara-yô (Chinese style)
Other Kei school sculptors:	(Kôkei, Jôkei, Kôshô and Kôben)	Tankei
Fukûkenjaku Kannon	priest Kûya statue	Lantern bearers (Tentôki, Ryûtôki)
1000-Armed Kannon (Senju Kannon)	God of Wind, God of Thunder	Assembled block technique (yosegizukuri); crystal eyes

Illustrations, Part I

Sculpture and Temple Architecture:

172, 174. Great South Gate; Daibutsuyô style bracketing. Tôdai-ji, Nara. Early Kamakura.

173. The priest Chôgen, Tôdai-ji, Nara. Early Kamakura. Wood with paint.

175 a and b.Pair of Niô guardian figures, by Unkei and Kaikei. Early Kamakura. Great South Gate, Tôdai-ji, Nara. Wood with paint. H. approx. 8.5 meters (27. 5 ft.)

179, 180. Priests, by Unkei. North Octagonal Hall, Kôfuku-ji, Nara. Early Kamakura. Wood with paint and inlaid crystal eyes.

181. Fukukanjaku Kannon. Kei school. South Octagonal Hall, Kôfuku-ji, Nara. Early Kamakura. Wood with paint and gold leaf, inlaid crystal eyes.

Colorplate 26. Hachiman Shinto deity inthe guise of a monk, by Kaikei. Tôdai-ji, Nara. Early Kamakura. Wood with paint.

183. The priest Kûya. Kei school. Kyoto temple. Kamakura period. Wood with paint and inlaid crystal eyes.

184a and b. Lantern bearers. Kei school. Kôfukuji, Nara. Kamakura period. Wood with paint and inlaid crystal eyes. H. 78 cm (31").

185. 100-Armed Kannon (Senju Kannon ), by Tankei. 33 bay hall, Kyoto. Kamakura period. Wood with gold leaf. H. 3.4 m (11 ft.)

186 a and b. Wind and Thunder Gods. Kei school. Kamakura period. Wood with paint and gold leaf, inlaid crystal eyes.

Secular Emaki:

Colorplate 28. Lady Murasaki's Diary handscroll (Murasaki Shikibu nikki), color on paper. Kamakura period, handscroll, color on paper. Kamakura period.

Colorplate 29. Battle of Heiji handscroll (Heiji monogatari emaki), color on paper. Kamakura period, handscroll, color on paper. Kamakura period.

201. Notebook of Illnesses handscroll (Yamai no sôshi), color on paper. Kamakura period. (can also be considered a religious emaki)

Religious Emaki:

202. Hell handscrolls (Jigoku zôshi). Handscroll, color,ink on paper. Kamakura period

Colorplate 30. Kitano Shrine handscroll, color on paper. Kamakura period.

Colorplate 31.Poet Saigyô handscroll, color on paper. Kamakura period.slide??

Colorplate 33, illustration 194. Holy Man Ippen handscroll, color on paper. Kamakura period.

Colorplate 35. Hungry Ghosts handscroll, color on paper. Kamakura period.

Pure Land/Raigo paintings

198. Swift Raigô (Hayaraigô), hanging scroll. Gold and color on silk. Kamakura period.

199. Mountain-crossing Raigô (Yamagoshi raigô), hanging scroll. Color on silk. Kamakura period.

Zen-related arts

Zen Buddhism ; Chinese: Chan	tea ceremony	wabi sabi
Tôfukuji (subtemple) tachû	Mountain gate (Sanmon)	Relics Hall (Shariden) Abbots Residence (hôjô)
Engaku-ji kôan	Daisen-in garden, Daitoku-ji Song (Sung) dynasty, China	Priest Enni Chinese painter: Mu Qi (pronounced Moo chi) 13th c.
(Kichizan) Minchô (1352-1431)	Kaô (Ninga) (active mid. 14th c.)	Mokuan (Reien) (active first half 14th c)
eccentrics, sleepers, satori	Josetsu	Shokoku-ji
(Tenchô Shûbun) (d. 1460)	Sesshô Toyo (1420-1506) broken ink style (haboku)	Kanzan (and Jittoku) (Chinese: Hanshan and Shih Tao)
Four Sleepers	Portraits of Zen masters (chinzô)	Buddhist themes and people (dôshakuga)
Poem paintings (shigajiku)	Kanô school painters: (Masabobu) Motonobu (1476-1559)

 

 

hanging scroll (kakemono) (sliding door panel) fusuma

Silver Pavilion, Tôgudô (Nô drama)

Tea ceremony wares linked verse (renga)

Ashikaga shogunate (1338-1573)

Ashikaga shogun Yoshimasa (1436-1490) :

Eastern Hills villa (Higashiyama), Silver Pavilion

IMAGES:

204, 205. Tôfuku-ji Mountain gate (sanmon). Muromachi period.Exterior and interior.

207. Engaku-ji Relic Hall. Kamakura. Karayô style. Kamakura period.

208. Garden of Daisenin, Daitoku-ji temple, Kyoto. Muromachi period.

212. Kanzan, by Kaô. 14th c. Hanging scroll. Ink on paper.

213. Four Sleepers, by Mokuan. 14th c. Hanging scroll. Ink on paper.

211. Cottage by a Mountain Stream by Minchô. 1413. Hanging scroll. Ink on paper.

Colorplate 36. Portrait of Enni, by Minchô. Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk. Muromachi period.

215. Catching a Catfish With a Gourd, by Josetsu. ca. 1413. Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper.

217. Winter Landscape. One of four hanging scrolls of the Four Seasons. By Sesshû (Tôyô) Muromachi period. Ink on paper.

218. Landscape in the Broken Ink (Haboku) style. By Sesshû (Tôyô) Muromachi period. Ink on paper.

219. Silver Pavilion (Ginkaku-ji or Jishô-ji). Kyoto. Muromachi period.

220-222. Togûdô, at site of Silver Pavilion (Ginkaku-ji or Jishô-ji). Kyoto. Muromachi period.

Colorplate 37. Golden Pavilion (Kinkaku-ji or Rokuon-ji), Kyoto. (Rebuilt 1963 after 1390s original.) Original, Muromachi period.

224. Zen Patriaarch (Ziangyen Zhixian) Sweeping with a Broom, by Kanô Motonobu. Muromachi period. Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper.

227. Tea bowl. Black tenmoku ware. Muromachi period.