Means “cord-marking”.

Means “the way of the gods”.

The first form of worship in Japan.

Means “divine spirit”.

Wares are recognizable from their flamboyant designs and crowned forms.

Stylized, hollow clay figurines featuring characteristic coiled rope patterns.

What feature is recognizable from the pottery made in Jomon culture.

This culture introduced wet-rice cultivation believed to have been introduced from Korea and southeastern China.

What are the Yayoi pottery features.

Was also introduced during this time (bronze and iron) – weapons, armor, tools, ritual implements.

means “Bronze bell”.

First metal to enter Japan.

Period named after the tomb mounds of the ruling class of this period’s caste system.

Clay cylinders placed on the side slopes of the burial mound.

Used as stands for offering vessels.

Means “offering”.

Usually made of blue-gray clay and is often thin-bodied and hard fired at a range similar to the production of modern stoneware and porcelain.

Marks the first usage of potter’s clay.

The glaze is produced when _____ and _____ settle on the objects during the firing process, freezing the process of its formation.

Japan’s first historical epoch.

Foreign concepts and practices were introduced, leading to the creation of a single-ruler state based on Chinese bureaucracy.

What religion is introduced during Asuka and Nara period.

Adopted as the official religion.

Flourished under Prince Shotoku’s guidance.

Buddhism was officially introduced in _____.

Earliest Japanese depictions of Buddha, showing influence from early _____ Buddhist Art.

Characteristics of Gandhara Buddhist Art.

Buddhist art during Asuka and Nara period shows influences from the transmission of art through the _____.

God of wind.

God of thunder.

The statue of Fujin at Rinno-ji Temple in Nikko is holding a _____.

Modern day Kyoto.

Clan that has refined sensibility and interest in the arts.

The Fujiwara clam is devoted to _____.

Cultural development during Heian period, Cultivation of _____. pottery, other distinct literary forms, characteristic Japanese painting style Yamato-e.

Early Heian sculptures are described as featuring thick drapery folds or _____.

Painting style that has bright, thick pigments.

Painting style that has large bands of clouds that obscure and divide space.

Means “blown off roof”.

Buildings feature no roofs to showcase the interior from above.

Stylistic features of Yamato-e in emaki

Means “Handscrolls”.

Give an example of Yamato-e: emaki

Shift of power from the nobility to the warrior class.

Art had to please warring men and priests commited to making Buddhism available to illiterate common people.

Government by warrior chieftains (shogun) and their regents.

Government by warrior chieftains or _____.

During the Kamakura Period ______ was favored over the highly refined sensibility sarted by Fujiwara courtiers.

Illustrated history of the founding of the Kegon sect, an example of the trend in Kamakura Painting.

Combines passages of text written next to speakers (similar to comic strips).

Give an example of Kengon Engi Emaki

Shift of power to the Ashikaga clan, who moved the shogunate to Kyoto.

Shift of power to _____ clan during the Muromachi period.

This period was economically and artistically innovative.

_____ was embraced by the military and influenced the government, commerce, arts, and education.

The importing of Chinese paintings to Japan during this period greatly influenced artists working in Zen temples.

Paintings shifted from colorful compositions to black and white/monotone.

Ink and Wash paintings

More sense of deep space as part of a “new style”.

Religion that places an emphasis on simplicity and the importance of the natural world.

Zen Buddhism distinctive aesthetic as described by _____ and _____.

Aging, flaws, and the beauty of the effects of time and imperfections.

“beauty is imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete”.

Was the final phase of the Sengoku Period where Toyotomi Hideyoshi completed Nobunaga’s unification of Japan.

Was named after the hill which Hideyoshi built his castle on

Art style during Momoyama period.

The exaggeration of pine and cedar trees attempt to create space for projecting branches in a crowded composition.

Statonary box associated with Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Modern day Tokyo.

Self-imposed isolation led to the revival of traditions and spurred the development of Japanese porcelain.

Artistic creativity came from the woking class:

Flourishing of schools of painting, decorative arts i.e. ceramics, lacquerware, textiles, and metalworking

Edo painting features.