Exam 26: Japanese Art After 1333

Why did eighteenth-century artists in Kyoto begin to use Western methods of shading and perspective?

Traditionally, the __________ Shubun is regarded as Japan's first great master of the ink landscape.

A __________ is an alcove, usually found in a tea house, where a Zen scroll or a simple flower arrangement may be displayed.

Winter Landscape by Sesshu features jagged brushstrokes and flat overlapping planes. What period was this work created?

A traditional tearoom combines simple elegance and _____________.

__________ are paper-covered sliding doors and can be decorated with paintings.

Ike Taiga's View of Kojima Bay blends what country's models with Japanese aesthetics and his own personal brushwork?

Describe the means of access to Himeji Castle ?

What is the Kano school? What artist was a product of this school?

Chanoyu is Japanese for __________, although the word itself doesn't convey the full meaning.

Discuss the significance of the tea ceremony in Japan. What are its origins? Does it have other purposes besides the drinking of tea? What was its impact on the arts? Identify any significant individual and his/her role, distinctive phrases, special utensils and other particular features of the ceremony.

Ukiyo-e artists designed many prints of actors from the form of popular theater, known as __________.

The seventeenth-century painter __________, considered the first great painter of the Rimpa school, painted the Waves at Matsushima , some of the finest surviving golden screens.

Shoin interiors were found in the homes of _________________.

The highly disciplined samurai of the Muromachi period particularly admired the austere ideals of __________.

What design feature was NOT included in the Japanese formal receiving rooms called shoin?

The Rinpa school refers to a group of artists who _______________________.

Landscape , a painting by Shubun's pupil __________ illustrates well the spirit of a Zen-influenced landscape tradition.

The eighteenth-century artist, ___________, was known for his ukiyo-e of courtesans such as The Flowers of Beauty in the Floating World: Motoura and Yaezakura of the Minami Yamasakiya .

What is the "key block" in the woodblock print process?