Exam 26: Japanese Art After 1333

Hokusai's famous The Great Wave is from a series of woodblock prints depicting ___________.

Which of the following was NOT a factor seen as contributing to the beauty of tea bowls used in chanoyu?

__________ was the first artist to design woodblock prints to be printed in more than one color.

__________ from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are called ukiyo-e in Japanese.

What characterizes works by the Kano school of artists?

What is the meaning of the Japanese phrase ukiyo-e? Associate this phrase with a specific artist and work.

During the Edo period, __________, a celebrated painter of the Rimpa school, also designed highly prized works in lacquer, such as a writing box.

The landscape paintings of Japan's ______in the Edo period reflect their interest in Chinese culture and ideas associated with Daoism.

Discuss Zen Buddhism. Consider some of its foundational principles. Relate these principles to their impact on the arts, citing specific works. 

During the Edo period, ___________ flourished among rural peasants outside of Japan's urban centers.

The __________ period is especially marked by the ascendance of Zen Buddhism.

During the period known as Japonisme in nineteenth-century Europe, Western artists were greatly influenced by Japanese _________________.

The Buddhist phrase __________ was used in the middle and later Edo periods to describe the taste for life's pleasures.

A woodblock print having multiple colors is called __________.

Maruyama Okyo perfected methods to incorporate western shading and perspective into his mid-eighteenth century paintings of a more native Japanese decorative style. Who was his most famous pupil?

The social and economic changes of the Edo period saw _________ become active patrons of the arts.

__________ was an esteemed Zen monk-artist of the Muromachi period who traveled in China.

How did exposure to European firearms influence Japanese architecture?

Which of the following statements does NOT apply to dry landscape gardens such as the rock garden at Ryoanji in Kyoto ?

Several forms of visual art flourished during the Muromachi period, but __________ reigned supreme.