| A | B |
|---|
| Robe Emperor's Twelve Symbol Robe | precious metal accents |
| Gnarled plum tree | grows out of a rock |
| Kano Sansetsu | Created the work from the Edo Period |
| Shoguns | set up the new capital in Edo (Tokyo) |
| Number of panels in the Old Plum Tree | four |
| symbolizes rebirth | plum tree |
| this was functional because it helped light up the castles | gold leaf |
| Edo Period | Japanese movement around 1615 |
| Quin Dynasty | Chinese art movement began around 1644 |
| Shintao | a Chinese Artist who wrote a book about painting |
| Number of symbols on the robe | 12 |
| Media of the robe | silk with metalic thread |
| fu symbol | stands for prosperity |
| Color of most emporer's robes | yellow |
| Color of robes in times of fasting | blue |
| gi fu | dragon symbol |
| number of dragons on the robe | 9 |
| What does the dragon symbolize? | imperial, king, royal |
| Buddhism and Taoism | influenced Chinese art |
| What was the Emporer's robe used for? | Fasting |
| Northern Song Dynasty | Chinese art movement around 960 A.D. |
| Five Dynasties | landscape paintings from China were popular during this time |
| Qu Ding | artist of the Summer Mountain |
| Seals | used to prevent forgery or show ownership |
| Qianlong | emporer who wrote inscription in upper right along with red seals |
| handscroll | Summer Mountains |
| Media of Summer Mountains | ink on silk |
| subject of Summer mountain | river, trees, people |
| Northern Song Dynasty | ended due to chaos around 1127 a.d. |
| Poem written in a Boat on the Wu river | same era as Summer Mountains |
| Calligraphy used these in the Northern Song Dynasty period | ideograms |
| Mi Fu | artist who inscribed the Poem Written in a boat |
| Wu River | Subject of Mi Fu's poem |
| Civil Service Exams influenced this kind of art | Calligraphy or handwriting |
| Han Dynasty | Edo Period |
| Confucisanism based on | order and filial piety (ancestors) |
| Taolism was based on | oneness with nature and the universe |
| Yuan Dynasty | 1279-1368 Chinese |
| Qing Dynasty | 1644-1911 Chinese |
| Pine tree | symbolizes uprightness |
| symbols of wealth | symbolized peacocks and peonies |
| willow tree | symbolized love |
| bamboo, plum blossoms, geese, gulls, egrets | symbolized men or noble character |
| Mongols ruled during this time | Yuan Dynasty |
| Seals were used by artists to | sign their works |
| Correct order of the Chinese Dynasties | Han, Five Dynasties, Yuan and Quig |
| Ashikaga Period | Japan, 13 92 |
| Era when Budhism began in Japan | Ashikaga |
| Kyoto | where the Japanese emporer lived |
| The Old Plum Tree was kept in a small room there | palace in Edo |
