JAPANESE ART Flashcards
Japanese art
work of art produced in Japan over the centuries including painting,calligraphy, architecture, pottery, sculpture, bronzes, jade carving, and other fine or decorative visual arts.
Basic characteristics of Japanese art
- Respect for nature as a model
- Simplicity and humility
- Portraying religious images relatable to people
Religions that highly influence Japanese
art
- Shintoism
- Zen Buddhism
Shintoism
- worship of “Kami”
- strong connection with
nature and spiritual forces
Zen Buddhism
- meditation (enlightenment)
- Distinctive features of Japanese art that
stem from Zen: - Wabi – Spirit of poverty
- Sabi – The feeling of historical period
NOTABLE FORMS OF JAPANESE
ART
JAPANESE PAINTING
UKIYO-E
SHODO
HAIKU
ORIGAMI
KIRIGAMI
KABUKI
KABUKI MAKE-UP
MANGA
ANIME
JAPANESE PAINTING
- Scenes from everyday life
- Narrative scenes crowded with
figures and details
ex. View of Mount Fuji
UKIYO-E
- A style of Japanese woodblock
print and painting from the
Edo period - Depicts famous theater actors,
beautiful courtesans, city life,
travel in romantic landscapes,
and erotic scenes
SHODO
- A Japanese word which means
”the way of artistic hand writing or beautiful
writing”. - Uses Japanese characters
- Kanji (borrowed Chinese characters)
- Kana
HAIKU
- A poem originated in Japan
- 5-7-5 syllable structure
- Employs highly evocative
allusions and comparisons
ORIGAMI
- The art of paper folding to
create decorative art - Ori – folding
- Kami – paper
- Flowers, animals, birds, fish,
geometric shapes and dolls - “Paper Crane”.
KIRIGAMI
art of folding and cutting paper
KABUKI
Japanese theater that uses only male actors, who perform in a traditional and artificial manner
KABUKI MAKE-UP
- Standard Make-up – applied to most
actors
2.Kumadori Make-up – applied to villains
and heroes
KABUKI MAKE-UP
Color and Meaning:
* Red – strength and passion
* Indigo blue and black – fear and evil
* Green – ghost or another kind of
supernatural being
* Purple - nobility
MANGA
Japanese comic books
ANIME
- short word for animation (アニメー
ション or animeeshon) - Japanese cartoons where the
characters have giant eyes (anime
eyes) and funky colored hair - A combination graphic art,
characterization, cinematography,
and other forms of imaginative and
individualistic techniques.
Influences of Japanese art to Philippine
art
- Use of “safe” themes in the
works of art - Origami
- Vernacular literature
- Haiku
- Martial arts
- Karaoke
- Radio Calisthenics
- Bonsai planting
JAPANESE PERIOD
- JOMON and YAYOI periods (ca. 10,500
BCE – 300 CE) - KOFUN period (ca. 300 - 552)
- Asuka and Nara periods (ca. 552 - 784)
- Heian period (ca. 794 - 1185)
- Kamakura period (ca. 1185-1332)
- Muromachi period (ca. 1336-1573)
- Momoyama period (ca. 1573-1615)
- Edo period (ca. 1615-1868)
- Modern Japan to Present
JOMON and YAYOI periods
- Japan’s earliest distinct
culture - cord markings
KOFUN period
- “old tomb”
- Earthen burial mounds
- largest tumulus
- 2,000 clay cylindrical figures
- Haniwa sculptures
Asuka and Nara periods
- Buddhism was first
introduced to Japan in 552. - Characteristics:
- Building of numerous Buddhist temples
- Sculpture in wood and bronze
Chinese - cultural and artistic influence
prevailed.
Heian period
- portable paintings in the form of scrolls, albums, and screens.
- “Kontai Butsugajo”
- Phoenix Hall at Uji
Kamakura period
- power shifted from Japanese emperor to the first shogun of Kamakura.
- Shoguns became great patrons of art and
architecture.
Muromachi period
- Zen Buddhism rose to prominence in Japan.
- Zen temples often featured gardens of the karesansui (dry landscape) type, which
promoted meditation. - An early haboku master was
Sesshu Toyo.
Momoyama period
- Regarded as the Renaissance period of Japanese art history
- building of castles and palaces with
profuse ornamentation - The tea ceremony became an important social ritual.
- rustic shino wares (tea utensils)
Edo period
growth of wealth, growing urbanization
