japan quizzes

European artistic techniques and styles were introduced to Japan via ______, even after the Tokugawa's ban on foreigners

Dutch traders

Most Japanese castles date to the period of the Onin War (1467-1477).

F

Which of the following are true of developments in Japanese gardens during the Kamakura and Muromachi Periods?

Gardens were often built attached to temple buildings to help monks in meditation and religious advancement., Gardens became smaller, simpler and more minimalist, while retaining many of the same elements as before, such as ponds, islands, bridges and waterfalls.

This is an early Ukiiyo-e print by Erotic prints like this would remain a regular theme in later ukiyo-e.

Hishikawa Moronobu

Who of the following are probably the most famous of all ukiyo-e artists, who are well-known for their landscape prints?

Hokusai, Hiroshige

established an artist enclave in northern Kyoto in the early Edo period. A profligate artist, he created tea bowls, lacquer ware, calligraphy, painting, and gardens.

Hon'ami Kōetsu

During the Edo period, many commoners wore ________derived ikat or batik fabrics.

Indonesian

Which of the following is true of the garden at Shisendo?

It was once the retreat of the poet and calligrapher Ichikawa Jozan., It was designed to be a quiet solitary retreat where the host and his guests could relax and compose poetry, drink, tea, and hang out.

The gardens of Saiho-ji are famous for_

It's thick trees and lush green moss.

This folding screen is done in the style of the _____ School, which created the official style for the Tokugawa shogunate.

Kanō

Maruyama Ōkyō, who created the screens above, synthesized which of the following traditions?

Kanō Shool, Chinese painting, European painting

Which of the following is true about the sculptures created for the reconstruction of Tōdaiji?

Most restoration was undertaken by members of the Kei school, descended from Jōchō who created the Amida Buddha at the Byōdōin., Many of the repairs and restorations closely followed Tang and Song models and styles.

ware are glazed in eye-catching colors such as copper green, and molded into unusual forms.

Oribe

What are some of the reasons the series, 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō, became so popular?

Prints from the series could serve as souvenirs, records of travel, and postcard-like gifts. , In the series, Hiroshige focused on activities of people form all social classes, framing everyday life within prints that showed sensitivity to place, time, season, and weather.

was one of the first tea masters to incorporate rustic ceramic vessels into the tea ceremony and found beauty in unrefined, natural, or imperfect forms.

Sen no Rikyū

or borrowed scenery is the concept of integrating the background landscape outside the garden into the design of the garden. Both, natural objects such as mountains and hills and man-made structures such as castles, can be used as borrowed scenery.

Shakkei

Which of the following are kiln sites where unglazed stonewares first intended for utilitarian use, but later used in the Japanse tea ceremony, were made?

Shigaraki, Bizen

Which of the following is true of the Katsura Imperial Villa?

Specific elements of it were recreated from the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)., It was built for Prince Toshito.

Which of the following is true of developments in Japanese gardens during the Edo Period?

Strolling gardens with ponds, islands and artificial hills that could be enjoyed from a variety of viewpoints along a circular trail grew in popularity among the upper class., Small gardens called Tsuboniwa became popular among the urban population.

Prints by ________ frequently portray women in close-up views concentrating on details like the tilt of the head or the expression of the woman's features.

Suzuki Haranobu

was the first to perfect a method for making multi-colored prints.

Suzuki Haronobu

Shoin architecture and its living-reception rooms reflected and expressed the formalized relationship between samurai lord and retainer.

T

Which of the following are true about the Japanese Tea Ceremony?

The ceramics used in this context—tea bowls, water jars, flower vases, tea caddies, and so forth—are functional tools valued for their practicality as well as artworks admired for their aesthetic qualities, The intimate setting of the tea room, which is usually only large enough to accommodate four or five people, is modeled on a hermit's hut. , The tea ceremony as it is known today emerged in the sixteenth century among the warrior elite.

Which of the following are typically used in Japanese garden design?

The correct answers are: stone, gravel, and sand, ponds, streams, and waterfalls, islands and bridges, hills

Which of the following is true of raku ware?

They are molded by hand rather than on a potter's wheel., The Raku family of potters, which traces its lineage to the time of the early tea master Sen no Rikyū, still produces tea bowls today.

What are shigajiku?

This is the name for a landscape painting that complements groups of poems composed at a literati gathering.

What is a chinzō?

This is the name given to the genre of patriarchal portraiture, which was important in charting the transmission of Buddhist doctrine.

An average Ukiyo-e print was within the budget of most people.

True

Castles were a new type of permanent stronghold that developed in the 16th and 17th century that served as administrative seats, elite residences, army garrisons, and military fortresses.

True

In Japan, Japanese prints traditionally were not considered as fine art.

True

In Japan, Ukiyo-e prints were a part of popular culture, but abroad they have been regarded as fine art.

True

Japanese prints were produced color by color with one block for each color

True

Many Impressionist painters, like Vincent van Gogh were inspired by Ukiyo-e prints.

True

The first full color woodblock prints were New Year's calendar prints produced by Suzkuki Haranobu for a group of young playboy poets.

True

Which of the following Edo artists worked in a style known as nanga, which was derived from Chinese literati painting?

Yosa Buson, Ikeno Taiga

Through patronage of ______ Kamakura rulers sought to produce a cultural legacy to rival that of the aristocratic Fujiwaras.

Zen temples and associated cultural activities

Matcha, the tea used in the tea ceremony is

a powdered green tea

Which of the follow is a print by Sharaku, who created prints for a very short time form 1794-1795 and whose real identity is unknown?

angry man face

Which of the following were typical layouts of Japanese castles?

as ladder-like progressions up a hill, as a series of concentric rings, in a number of interlocking units

Bijinga-e is a type of Ukiyo-e print that depicts:

beautiful women

Which of the following are the three most common subjects in Ukiyo-e?

beautiful women, kabuki actors, famous places

Ashikaga and Muromachi Zen painters only painted religious subject matter.

f

or dry rock and gravel gardens developed within the context of Zen Buddhism.

karesansui

During the Heian Period aristocrats created _______ gardens featuring large ponds and islands connected by arched bridges under which boats could pass. A gravel covered plaza in front of the building was used for entertainment, while one or more pavilions extended out over the water.

shinden

ware has a milky white glaze to which simple motifs from the natural world are applied in a free fashion.

shino

shrines, like the Ise Shrines, whose buildings are surround by wide pebbled areas may provide a sense of what Japanese gardens were like before the introduction of Chinese culture.

shinto

Shugaku-in is a good example of a ______ garden due not only to its size, but in the way its three villas are distributed amid the lush, intricate landscaping of the hillside of Mt. Hiei.

strolling

Arts of the Momoyama Period are characterized by both a robust, opulent, and dynamic style and a counter-aesthetic of rustic simplicity.

t

During the Edo period, tea wares remained subtle and subdued, but decorative ceramics were sometimes used for the serving of food.

t

Each raku ware tea bowl by Chojiro has its own personality and was given its own name.

t

It is within the development of shoin architecture that tatami mats were first used to cover the entire floor of rooms.

t

Kamakura realism strove to capture both the physical characteristics and the spiritual likeness of a subject. Such developments ushered in the beginnings of Japanese portraiture.

t

The creation and decoration of Japanese garments, like ceramics or lacquers, were conceived as a single artistic activity.

t

Zen gardens were designed for solitary meditation and contemplation.

t

Zen painting was grounded in Chinese traditions, but Japanese artists gradually altered the structure and expression of subject matter, without changing the content.

t

in both secular and monastic architecture, all around fusuma panel paintings decorated residences, giving each room a particular mood suitable for the activities that would take place in it.

t

reached the height of their development during the Azuchi-Momoyama Period when the contemporary tea masters refined and perfected their design and imbued them with the spirit of "wabi" or rustic simplicity, for which they are recognized today.

tea gardens

A castle's _____ or keep, was a fortified residence and the last defensible position in the fortification.

tenshu

A ______ is a recessed alcove were typically a painting, flowers, or other works of art are displayed.

tokonoma

In shoin architecture, the _____ is an attached study, which projects from the wider veranda outside.

tsuke shoin