TERMS-Nature and Artifice in Edo Japan

Question 1

ken

Answer 1

traditional Japanese unit of length, the basic module of Japanese architecture

Question 2

daimyo

Answer 2

feudal lords who controlled hereditary land holdings that were de facto provinces

Question 3

mu

Answer 3

in Japanese Zen Buddhism, a symbol of nothingness, a void.

Question 4

tatami

Answer 4

a straw floor mat, usually 1 x 2 meters (1/2 of a square ken), that provides standard proportions in Japanese architecture

Question 5

Samurai

Answer 5

hereditary military nobility, employed by daimyo

Question 6

shogun

Answer 6

military leader and ruler in control of civil, diplomatic, judicial affairs.

Question 7

tenshu

Answer 7

Japanese castle

Question 8

wabi-sabi

Answer 8

idea of rustic simplicity and the acceptance of imperfection.

Question 9

borrowed scenery (shakkei)

Answer 9

The method of incorporating a distant vista into the composition of a garden. A river, the ocean, fields, forests, large trees, or even a building may all serve as shakkei, but the most frequently borrowed scene is a distant mountain. In gardens with shakkei, typically the arrangement of stones *shokusai serve to draw the viewer’s eyes to the borrowed scene.

Question 10

stroll garden -

Answer 10

Question 11

hide-and-reveal

Answer 11

Landscape technique in which trees and bushes are arranged to give you glimpses of teahouses, but never the whole picture