Exam 17: Japan Before 1333

How often is the wooden Ise Shrine ritually rebuilt to maintain its spiritual purity?

​ From which larger work does this scene derive?

What was the earliest art-producing culture to develop in Japan?

Which individual guided the reconstruction the temple of Todaiji in the Kamakura period?

The painting Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace tells the narrative of events in which period?

​ What is the title of the narrative work from which this illustration is drawn?

In what medium did the Kamakura sculptor Kosho fashion his figures, such as the Buddhist priest Kuya?

In Japanese sacred architecture, pagodas served as which of the following?

​ What is the subject of this scene on a hanging scroll?

In what artistic tradition did the Kei School train its members?

What was the original function of a pagoda in Japanese Buddhist architecture?

During the Kamakura period, there was more frequent and positive contact with China, bringing which of the following belief systems to Japan?

During the Yayoi period, when villages grew in size and developed fortifications, people continued to live in which structures?

Which of the following roofing materials did the Japanese builders of the Kondo, or Golden Hall, of the Horyuji derive from the Chinese model?

What was the original inspiration for the form of the main hall ( honden ) at the shrine of Ise Jingu?

Which artist created the bronze Shaka triad now in the kondo of the Horyuji complex?

Who is the deity associated with the Ise Shrine?

Which artwork did a catastrophic fire destroy in 1949?

During the Kamakura period, which social group became the dominant sociopolitical force in Japan?

Who was the sculptor of the wooden statue of the Amida in the Phoenix Hall?