CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
JAPANESE ART AFTER 1333
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Multiple Choice
1. During the period known as Japonisme in nineteenth-century Europe, Western artists were
greatly influenced by Japanese
A. pottery
B. fusama
C. woodblock prints
D. lacquer
2. During which period did a fully settled agricultural society emerge, accompanied by
hierarchical social organization?
A. Kamakura
B. Nara
C. Heian
D. Yayoi
3. During the Edo period, intellectuals in Kyoto protested against the Tokugawa shoguns by
A. publishing woodblock prints.
B. supporting an imperial coup.
C. inciting student protests.
D. drinking sencha.
4. What is a name for woven straw mats that are generally used in Japanese homes as floor
coverings?
A. fusuma
B. tatami
C. raku
D. shoin
5. Which artist painted Landscape (Fig. 26-2), which illustrates the spirit of a Zen-influenced
landscape tradition?
A. Bunsei
B. Wen Hu
C. Qin Ling
D. Weh Lin
6. Which dry rock garden in a Zen temple is one of Japan’s most renowned Zen sites?
A. Ryoanji
B. Nara
C. Heian
D. Asuka
7. Which period of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was one of the most creative in
Japanese history?
A. Heian
B. Nara
C. Asuka
D. Momoyama
8. Which statement best characterizes the lifestyle of Zen monk-artists such as Shubun and his
followers?
A. They specialized in art rather than religious ritual or teaching.
B. They used art to help teach the ideas of Zen to others.
C. Art was just one facet of their daily lives.
D. They lived a solitary nomadic life and traded their art for food.
9. What characterizes works by the Kano school of artists?
A. a revived interest in Chinese art and culture
B. a painting style that combined traditions of ink painting with brightly colored decorative
subjects
C. monochrome paintings in black and diluted grays
D. a preference for rustic unadorned surfaces and asymmetrical forms
10. What area of Japanese shoin-style interiors were frequently decorated with large-scale mural
paintings?
A. tokonomas
B. shoji screens
C. fusamas
D. verandas
11. The Tea Bowl, called Yugure (“Twilight”) (Fig. 26-8), is attributed to Chojiro, thought to be
the founder of what type of pottery?
A. raku
B. Mount Fuji
C. crackle glaze
D. Hokusai
12. Which Japanese art form relied on collaboration among individuals?
A. wall paintings
B. hanging scrolls
C. kosode robes
D. ceramics
13. Work by contemporary artist Fukami Sueharu shows that Japanese artistic production today
continues to be vibrant and lucrative in the field of
A. printmaking.
B. ceramics.
C. drawing.
D. painting.
14. The first book on the artist Hokusai was published in
A. Germany.
B. Britain.
C. France.
D. Italy.
15. What kind of perspective can be seen in screens from both the Kano School and the Edo
period?
A. atmospheric
B. linear
C. intuitive
D. diminutive
16. The Zen monk-artist Hakuin Ekaku painted many images of _________.
A. Tokusho.
B. Bashu.
C. Motoura
D. Daruma.
17. In the mid-nineteenth century, Japan’s policy of isolation ended. Western influences entered
the country, and the emperor was restored to power, an event known as the
A. Nabeshima Restoration.
B. Kyoto Restoration.
C. Meiji Restoration.
D. Tokyo Restoration.
18. Which eighteenth-century artist was known for using the technique of nishiki–e in his prints
of courtesans?
A. Suzuki Harunobu
B. Nagasawa Rosetsu
C. Toshusai Sharaku
D. Otani Oniji
19. In the Edo period, new schools of philosophy developed in Kyoto based on
A. Jainism.
B. Christianity.
C. Zen Buddhism.
D. Confucianism.
20. Ukiyo-e artists designed many prints of actors from the form of popular theater, known as
A. shoin.
B. oni.
C. kabuki.
D. otani.
21. The landscape paintings of the Edo period reflect the interest in Chinese culture and ideas
associated with Daoism of the
A. aristocrats.
B. literati.
C. samurais.
D. merchants.
22. What material, applied to wood or leather in thin coats, is ideal for storage containers or
vessels for food and drink?
A. monochrome paint
B. lacquer
C. porcelain
D. bronze
23. The Rock Garden at Ryoanji, Kyoto (Fig. 26-4) has been interpreted as representing
A. people on horseback.
B. monsters on lands.
C. animals in the sky.
D. islands in the sea.
24. Which folding screen format from the Edo period was a triumph of scale and practicality and
could be folded for storage and transportation?
A. two-panel
B. one-panel
C. six-panel
D. four-panel
25. Ike Taiga’s View of Kojima Bay (Fig. 26-12) blends Japanese aesthetics and his own personal
brushwork with the models of which country?
A. Britain
B. India
C. Malaysia
D. China
Short Answer
1. What is the meaning of the Japanese phrase ukiyo-e? Associate this phrase with a specific
artist and work.
2. What were registration marks in the woodblock print process? Are they necessary?
3. Who was a daimyo?
4. What is a writing box? Describe the actual object and identify an artisan who made writing
boxes.
5. What is the tea bowl’s significance in the tea ceremony?
6. How did exposure to European firearms influence Japanese architecture?
7. What inspired Tange Kenzo in the design of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (Fig. 26-
19)?
8. Discuss the formal elements of Ornamental Box: Dancing in the Cosmos (Fig. 26-21).
9. Consider the changes that impacted Japan and the arts during the Meiji period.
10. Discuss the current state of ceramics in Japan.
Essay
1. Discuss the Muromachi period and the introduction of Zen Buddhism. Describe the impact of
Zen Buddhism on painting.
2. Explain the phenomenon known as ukiyo-e. Consider the origin of this word and what it came
to mean. Build your discussion on specific artists and their work, referring to technique, style,
subject matter, and audience.
3. Write a comparison of artistic production in Kyoto and Edo during the Edo period. Consider
how the different social and economic contexts of each city influenced issues of patronage, style,
and the types of art produced.
4. Compare and contrast Winter Landscape (Fig. 26-3) and View of Kojima Bay (Fig. 26-12) in
terms of form, composition, and content.
5. Describe the aesthetics of the Kano School’s Appreciation of Painting (Fig. 26-6) and
Sotatsu’s Waves at Matsushima (Fig. 26-9).