1. Japanese Art (653 b.c.–a.d. 1900)
Aissa Avila

2. Under the Wave of Kanagawa (The Great Wave)
Artist: Katsushika Hokusai
When: (Edo period)
Materials: Ukiyo-e (woodblock prints)
Ink, wood, and carving tools
Accessible to the middle class
Where: Japan
Artistic Qualities:
Color, movement, and perspective

3. Interest: Details and relatable to the working class people
Why: Heavy usage of waves throughout his artwork
Western influence due to European art smuggled by Dutch traders
Low horizon line
History: 1830s Japan endured isolationist policies due to the shogunate of this period

4. The Saga Kuya Invoking the Amida Buddha
Who: Unkei
When: Before 1207 (Kamakura period)
Materials: Wood and paint
Where: Rokuharamitsuji, Kyoto
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Artistic Qualities:
Texture, Movement, and Form
Period: 13th century

5. Influence: Further emphasis on the strength and realism used by sculptors during the Nara period by adding more details
Realism: six small Buddha from the mouth of the sculpture (symbol for speech or prayers)
Interest: Based on a priest named Amida Buddha which adds the religion influence at this time
History: Civil wars led the downfall of the Fujiwara rulers and the new rulers supported art and encouraged realism

6. Kogan (“ancient stream bank”)
Who: unknown
What: Water Jug (Pottery)
Shino ware with underglaze design
Stoneware
Paint
Where: Mino Province
When: late 16th century (Momoyama period)
Kogan (“ancient stream bank”)
Artistic Qualities
Form and Lines

7. History: Economic and political instability caused many potters to leave the city of Seto and move to the city of Mino where the demand for more tea ware influenced them to expand their ideas
Influence: Tea Ceremony throughout Japanese history
Its simplicity and trend for ceramic artists to engrave words in their pottery
Interest: I admired its irregular shapes and focused on its usage and its meaning

8. Actor as a Samurai Youth
Who: Torii Kiyotada
When: 1735 (Edo period)
What: Woodblock print
Ink on color on paper
Where: Edo (Tokyo), Japan
Artistic Qualities:
Color and Contrast

9. History: Ukiyo-e famous during this time and used to show regular life with regular people
Influence: Hishikawa Moronobu
First Japanese artist to use his prints to show everyday subjects
Black outline with white background usually hand-colored by the buyers
Large simple forms

10. Tamamushi Shrine Who: Owned by the Hōryū-ji temple
When: Middle of 17th century (Asuka Period)
What: Made of wood, metal, and lacquer
Where: Nara, Japan
Artistic Qualities:
Form, Balance, and Texture

11. History: Buddhism introduced and Korean alliance that changed art culture
Influence: Miniature kondō (Japanese Buddhist temple)
Interest: Paintings on sculpture describe tales about the incarnations of the Buddha. Side panels have the only know painting from this time because the Taika era reforms in Japan controlled a lot of the art representation

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