Japanese Art History Exam 2

a school of Japanese art depicting subjects from everyday life, dominant in the 17th-19th centuries.

Ukiyo-e

Japanese word used to describe pictures of beautiful women in Japanese art, especially the wonderful body of works skillfully crafted by the woodblock artists of Japan.

Bijinga

single sheet print

Ichimai-e

also known as Bunjinga (文人画 "literati painting"), was a school of Japanese painting which flourished in the late Edo period among artists who considered themselves literati, or intellectuals. While each of these artists was, almost by definition, unique and independent, they all shared an admiration for traditional Chinese culture. Their paintings, usually in monochrome black ink, sometimes with light color, and nearly always depicting Chinese landscapes or similar subjects, were patterned after Chinese literati painting, called wenrenhua (文人画) in Chinese.

Nanga Style

Japanese paintings from about 1900 onwards that have been made in accordance with traditional Japanese artistic conventions, techniques and materials. ex. fallen leaves

Nihonga

type of Japanese multi-coloured woodblock printing

Nishiki-e

Western-influenced objective realism, but achieved with traditional Japanese painting techniques. It concentrates less on the exact depiction of its subject, but rather on expressing the inner spirit and usually has an element of playfulness and humor compared to the Maruyama school. Popular motifs include tranquil landscapes, kachō (bird and flower), animals, and traditional subjects from Chinese poetic and Confucian lore, but there is generally little or no interest in legends, history, or classical literature.[1]

Shijo School

new prints", "new woodcut (block) prints") was an art movement in early 20th-century Japan, during the Taishō and Shōwa periods, that revitalized traditional ukiyo-e art rooted in the Edo and Meiji periods (17th-19th century).

Shin Hanga

Sōsaku-hanga was an art movement in early 20th-century Japan. It stressed the artist as the sole creator motivated by a desire for self-expression, and advocated principles of art that is "self-drawn", "self-carved" and "self-printed"

Sosaku Hanga

Japanese wood-block prints hand-coloured with an orange-red tone

Tan-e

Tanshukaku is an architectural typology found in Japanese castle complexes. They are easily identifiable as the highest tower within the castle.

Tanshukaku

Use of brick and western style in architecture

Tatsuno Style

Western Style Paintings

Yoga

Japanese folding screens

byobu

are vertical rectangular panels which can slide from side to side to redefine spaces within a room, or act as doors.

fusuma

10x15 in print large format

oban