| A | B |
|---|
| simplicity | emphasis of Japanese art |
| Jomon culture, 7000-200 BCE | pottery, haniwa, fertility figures |
| Jomon pottery | design made by pressing rope into clay |
| haniwa | small sculpture placed around burial mound |
| Yayoi culture, 200BCE-300 AD | developed Shinto religion |
| Shintoism | ancestor worship, love of nature |
| torii | ceremonial gates to Shinto shrines |
| Ise shrine | most famous Shinto shrine |
| Asuka Period, 538-645 AD | Buddhism imported from China |
| Horyu-ji | oldest existing wooden building in the world |
| Nara Period, 646-748 AD | all art based on Chinese & Buddhist art |
| Todai-ji | largest wooden building in the world, houses bronze Buddha |
| Daibutsu | 50 foot tall bronze statue of Buddha is world's largest |
| Heian Period, 794-1185 AD | Golden Age of Japanese Art |
| Amida Buddha | Buddha offering rebirth in a western paradise |
| yamato-e painting | flat looking Japanese scroll painting in makimono format |
| makimono format | scrolls painted horizontally |
| Kamakura Period, 1192-1338 AD | beginning of samurai society, Zen Buddhism |
| Zen Buddhism | belief in meditation, monastic lifestyle, spiritual exercises |
| mortise & tenon system | sliding glass door style construction of Japanese house walls |
| shoji | paper & wood screens that are Japanese house walls |
| Muromachi Period, 1338-1578 AD | art reflects Zen ideal of simplicity |
| ikebana | Japanese flower arranging |
| sumi-e | black ink painting on white paper |
| chanoyu | Japanese tea ceremony |
| Momoyama Period, 1573-1615 AD | Golden Age of Samurai Culture, Zen art |
| Himeji Castle | most spectacular Japanese castle, 1601 |
| Edo Period, 1615-1867 AD | Japan closed to outside world, rise of ukiyo-e art forms |
| ukiyo-e paintings | paintings of everyday life & culture |
| Mt. Fuji | usually in ukiyo-e paintings & prints |
| Kitagawa Utamaga | ukiyo-e printmaker, invented "close up," painted court ladies |
| Katsushika Hokusai | Master ukiyo-e printmaker, "Great Wave" |
| Meiji Restoration 1868 AD | Japan open to Western trade & culture |
| Modern Period | developed Imari & Kutani ceramics |
