Non-Western: Japan

Question 1

Answer 1

Haniwa,

Kyoto.

Kofun period,

6th century CE.

Earthenware, height 27”

Question 2

Answer 2

Grand Shrine of Ise,

Mie Prefecture,

Last rebuilt 1993

Question 3

Answer 3

Horyuji Compound,

Pagoda to the west (left), golden hall (kondo) to the east (right).

Nara Prefecture.

Asuka period, 7th century CE.

Question 4

Answer 4

Horyuji Compound,

Nara Prefecture.

Asuka period,

7th century CE.

Question 5

Answer 5

Hungry Tigress Jataka

Panel of the Tamamushi Shrine,

Horyuji.

Asuka period, c. 650 CE.

Lacquer on wood, height of shrine 7’7-1/2“

Question 6

Answer 6

Womb World Mandala

Heian period, late 9th century CE.

Hanging scroll with colors on silk, 6’ × 5’1-1/2”.

Toji, Kyoto.

Question 7

Answer 7

Jocho, Amida Buddha

Phoenix Hall, Byodoin.

Heian period, c. 1053 CE.

Gold leaf and lacquer on wood, height 9’8“

Question 8

Answer 8

The Tale of Genji, Scene from the Kashiwagi chapter.

Heian period, 12th century CE.

Handscroll with ink and colors on paper,

8 5/8” × 18 7/8” (21.9 × 47.9 cm).

Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya. National Treasure.

Question 9

Answer 9

Book Page From The Ishiyama-gire

(Dispersed Volumes, Once Owned By The Ishiyama Temple,

Of The Anthology Of The Thirty-six Immortal Poets)

Heian period, early 12th century CE.

Ink with gold and silver on decorated and collaged paper, 8” × 6-3/8“

Question 10

Answer 10

Attributed to Toba Sojo,

Scene from Frolicking Animals,

Heian period, 12th century CE.

Handscroll with ink on paper, height 12“.

Question 11

Answer 11

Night Attack On The Sanjo Palace

Kamakura period, late 13th century

Handscroll with ink and colors on paper,

16-1/4” × 23‘.

Question 12

Answer 12

Kosho,

Kuya Preaching,

Kamakura period, before 1207

Painted wood with inlaid eyes, height 46-1/2“

Question 13

Answer 13

Descent Of Amida And The Twenty-five Bodhisattvas

Kamakura period, 13th century CE.

Hanging scroll with colors and gold on silk,

57-1/4” × 61-1/2“.

Question 14

Answer 14

Sesshu,

Winter Landscape

Muromachi period, c. 1470s.

Question 15

Answer 15

Bunsei,

Landscape,

Muromachi period, mid 15th century

Question 16

Answer 16

Rock Garden,

Ryoanji, Kyoto,

Muromachi period, c. 1480.

Question 17

Answer 17

Kano Eitoku,

Fusuma,

Depicting pine and cranes (left) and plum tree (right)

from the central room of the Jukoin, Daitokuji, Kyoto.

Momoyama period, c. 1563-1573.

Fusuma (sliding door panels) with ink and gold on paper, height 5’9-1/8”

Question 18

Answer 18

Sen no Rikyu

Taian Tearoom,

Myokian Temple, Kyoto.

Momoyama period, 1582.

Question 19

Answer 19

Chojiro,

Tea Bowl, Called Yugure (“Twilight”),

Momoyama period, late 16th century.

Raku ware, height 3-1/2”

Question 20

Answer 20

Suzuki Harunobu,

The Flowers Of Beauty In The Floating World: Motoura And Yaezakura Of The Minami Yamasakiya,

Edo period, 1769.

Polychrome woodblock print on paper, 11-3/8” × 8-1/2”

Question 21

Answer 21

Katsushika Hokusai,

The Great Wave From Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji.

Edo period, c. 1831.

Polychrome woodblock print on paper, 9-7/8” × 14-5/8”

Question 22

Answer 22

Fukami Sueharu,

Sky II,

Heisei period, c. 1990.

Celadon-glazed porcelain with wood base,

3” × 44-1/8” × 9-1/2”