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Multiple Choice
1. The winged form of the Phoenix Hall, Byodoin, evokes _____ as it appeared in Chinese painting.
a. European architecture
b. Buddha’s palace in his Pure Land
c. Zen gardens
d. imperial palaces
2. The Tale of Genji gives the viewer insight into Heian _____.
a. peasantry
b. warriors
c. court culture
d. religious beliefs
3. Harunobu introduced the subject of _____ into ukiyo-e prints.
a. activities of beautiful women
b. the hunt
c. Christian images
d. architecture
4. The ancient _____ culture is known for developing a distinctive ceramic technology.
a. Edo
b. Jomon
c. Muromachi
d. Momoyama
5. The tomb of Emperor Nintoku is the largest of a type of Japanese tomb known as the _____.
a. wabi
b. shinto
c. tumulus
d. mandara
6. The _____ period is characterized by the creation of large earthen burial mounds.
a. Kamakura
b. Heian
c. Muromachi
d. Kofun
7. _____ were ceramic sculptures placed on Kofun tumuli.
a. Haniwa
b. Shinto
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c. Mandara
d. Sabi
8. In the _____ period, many continental features, including Buddhism, were established in Japan.
a. Edo
b. Asuka
c. Kojun
d. Kamakura
9. _____ is the term applied to traditional Japanese ways.
a. Shaka
b. Kanawi
c. Shinto
d. Hiragana
10. In Buddhist temple complexes, the _____ was the main hall for worship.
a. yamato-e
b. karesansui
c. haboku
d. kondo
11. Contact with China was halted during the _____ period.
a. Heian
b. Momoya
c. Edo
d. Momoyama
12. The _____ is a diagram of the cosmic universe that is used in meditation.
a. lotus sutra
b. mandara
c. ukiyo-e
d. kanawi
13. In the Heian period, the message of salvation all increased the spread of ______ Buddhism to all classes.
a. Esoteric
b. Zen
c. Pure Land
d. Shingon
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14. In 1185, _____ became the first shogun at Kamakura.
a. Goshirakawa
b. Shunjobo Chogen
c. Ashikaga Takauji
d. Minamoto Yoritomo
15. Evident in the representation of the priest Chogen, the art in the Kamakura period is marked by _____.
a. a high degree of naturalism
b. the use of bronze
c. abstract forms
d. lavish and ornate materials
16. _____ Buddhism rose to prominence in the Muromachi period.
a. Esoteric
b. Zen
c. Shingon
d. Pure Land
17. The ______ garden is a rock garden and should not be entered.
a. haboku
b. haniwa
c. karesansui
d. kano
18. Which artist traveled to China and studied Ming painting?
a. Katsushika Hokusai
b. Shunjobo Chogen
c. Tori Busshi
d. Sesshu Toyo
19. In the Edo period, the _____ was a popular school of painting that enjoyed government sponsorship.
a. Kano
b. Kei
c. Rinpo
d. Heian
20. _____ was the designer of the first independent Japanese teahouse.
a. Rikyu
b. Kano Motonobu
c. Sesshu Toyo
d. Hamada Shoji
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21. The term _____ applies to objects that have a refined rusticity.
a. shinto
b. wabi
c. ukioy-e
d. kanawi
22. The artworks of the _____ school used vivid color and gold and silver leaf.
a. Kano
b. Kei
c. Rinpa
d. Kaniwa
23. _____ became a popular subject in the 18th century.
a. Animals
b. Hindu deities
c. Industry
d. Landscape
24. _____ is the most influential Japanese art form in the modern period.
a. Architecture
b. Sculpture
c. Pottery
d. Painting
25. The sculptor who created the Shaka triad for the Horyuji Kondo was _____.
a. Tori Busshi
b. Shunjobo Chogen
c. Lady Murasaki
d. Fujiwara Yorimichi
26. How does the Tale of Genji differ from its Chinese prototypes such as Gu Kaizhi’s Admonitions scroll?
a. It focuses on lessons in exemplary behaviors.
b. It focuses on imperial court etiquette as it relates to the empress.
c. It focuses on emotionally charged personal relationships.
d. It focuses on diplomatic relations between China and Japan.
27. What does the term hoboku mean?
a. Pictures of the floating world
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b. Raindrop stroke
c. Rinpa painting
d. Splashed-ink style
28. In the Edo period, the Tokugawa rulers banned _____ and almost all foreigners from entering Japan.
a. Judaism
b. Christianity
c. Hinduism
d. Shinto
29. Which of the following was a renowned tea master?
a. Toyo Sesshu
b. Sen No Rikyu
c. Kano Eitoku
d. Ogata Korin
30. Painters of the Momoyama period were asked to create folding screens in ink, color, and gold leaf for _____.
a. merchants
b. European collectors
c. Chinese consulate
d. warlords
31. _____ was the leading Momoyama painter of murals and screens.
a. Ando Hiroshige
b. Tori Busshi
c. Kano Eitoku
d. Honami Koetsu
SLIDE IDENTIFICATION
32. (Figure 19-19)
a. Screen
b. Scroll
c. Woodblock
d. Ink on paper
33. (Figure 19-12)
a. Kano Motonobu
b. Tosa Mitsunobu
c. Hamada Shoji
d. Sesshu Toyo
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34. (Figure 19-17)
a. Momoyama
b. Muromachi
c. Edo
d. Meiji
35. (Figure 19-14)
a. Scroll
b. Woodblock
c. Screen
d. Mural
36. (Figure 19-13)
a. Evening Bell at the Clock
b. Oiran
c. Zen Patriarch Xiangyen Zhixian Sweeping with a Broom
d. Kutsugen
37. (Figure 19-15)
a. Edo
b. Muromachi
c. Meiji
d. Momoyama
38. (Figure 19-2)
a. Kofun
b. Momoyama
c. Meiji
d. Showa
39. (Figure 19-19)
a. Katsushika Hokusai
b. Toyo Sesshu
c. Yosa Buson
d. Ogata Korin
40. (Figure 19-11)
a. Edo
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b. Momoyama
c. Meiji
d. Muromachi
41. (Figure 19-10)
a. Kamakura
b. Nara
c. Early Heian
d. Asuka
42. (Figure 19-4)
a. Shunjobo Chogen
b. Standing Yakushi
c. Tori Busshi
d. Amida Buddha
43. (Figure 19-8)
a. Legends of Mount Shigi
b. Taizokai (Womb World)
c. Tale of Genji
d. Evening Bell at the Clock from Eight Views of the Parlor
44. (Figure 19-4)
a. Amida triad
b. Shaka triad
c. Genji triad
d. Yakushi triad
45. (Figure 19-5)
a. Jomon
b. Asuka
c. Kamakura
d. Nara
46. (Figure 19-9)
a. Late Heian
b. Early Nara
c. Kamakura
d. Edo
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Subjective Short Answer
47. What was the shogunate in Japan?
48. Describe the function of kofun tumuli.
49. What was the function of Haniwa figures?
50. What are the beliefs of Tendai and Shingon Buddhism?
51. Describe the production of the Tale of Genji.
52. What were the trademarks of the Kei School of sculptors?
53. In Zen Buddhism what are considered advancements on the path to enlightenment?
54. Describe the importance of gardens in Zen Buddhism.
55. What was the protocol for entering a teahouse? What did it symbolize?
56. How did Tokugawa rulers limit social and cultural change in Japan?
57. What aesthetic qualities were emphasized in the Katsura Imperial Villa?
58. Why do the names of designers and publishers appear on ukiyo-e prints?
59. What is the “Hamada-Leach aestheti”c?
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60. How do these reflect Chinese influence?
61. What is represented, and how is it related to religious practices?
62. What form is evoked? What is the significance of the phoenix?
63. Which formal features are considered to be Japanese?
64. In what period was this created, and how is it typical of the period?
65. What are the dominant elements, and how was it used?
66. How does this reflect the qualities of wabi and sabi?
67. What effects contribute to the flattening of space?
Essay
69. Chinese influence on the arts is evident in several periods of Japanese history. Using examples, identify continental
influence on the arts in Japan.
70. Using specific examples describe Chinese influence on Japanese Buddhist monuments.
71. Describe the principal art forms and monuments connected with Buddhism in Japan. Please provide specific examples.
72. Identify the different painting schools or dominant artists in Japan. Using examples, identify the stylistic qualities that
can be identified with each.
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73. Discuss the importance of the Kano School in the spread of artistic ideas during the Edo period.
74. Describe the style and subject matter of ukiyo-e. How does this style reflect its period? Use examples to support your
essay.
75. Compare and contrast the Rinpa and Kano Schools. What are the characteristics of each school? How do they describe
Japanese visual art? How do they reflect Japanese aesthetics? Use examples to support your essay.
76. Compare and contrast the Nara and Heian periods. Include outside influences. How did these influences change
Japanese art and society during these periods? Consider the importation of Buddhism as a religion. How did this new
philosophy and religion reshape Japanese esoteric thought and art? Use examples to support your essay.
77. Contrast the Kogan from the Momoyama period with the work of Hamada Shoji. How does each reflect its period and
particular aesthetic vision? What influences can be seen in each work?
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78. Attribute the images on the screen to a culture and give an approximate date. Give the reasons for your attributions,
using complete sentences and referring to specific works discussed in class.
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