edo period 1603 – 1868 reestablished shogunate of ieyasu – moved capitol to edo
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Edo Period
1603 – 1868
Reestablished Shogunate of Ieyasu – moved capitol to Edo
Rimpa School of Painting
Boat Bridge, writing box, lacquered wood, gold leaf
drawn from a 10th century poem
Tawaraya Sotatsu
• Tawaraya Sotatsu
• Matsushima Screens
• Pair of 6 panel screens
• Rimpa School
• Edo Period, 17th c.
• Ink, gold leaf on paper
Literati Style (Nanga School) Painting
• Inspired by new Confucianism in Japanese, ancient Chinese literati, and individualism.
• Made work unique by blending Chinese models (literati), Japanese aesthetics, and personal expression.
• Geese Aslant in the High Wind
• Edo Period, 1817• Ink and light colors on
paper• Literati styles include:
expressive layers of calligraphic brushwork building up forms of trees, mountains, monochrome, and the solitary human habitation.
Uragami Gyokudo
Poet on a Mountaintop, Literati painting example from Chinese artist, Shen Zhou, late 1400’s
• Yosa Buson, Cuckoo Flying over New Verdure, Edo late 18th century
• Literati Style: relating to Chinese literati, educated, literary, poetic, use of haiku
• Social gatherings with everyday people
• Art for Middle CLASS
• Work produced between 17th and 20th century
Ukiyo-e: Pictures of the Floating World
Daruma and a Young Woman in the Rain”, woodblock print by Suzuki Harunobu, 1765
• 1st artist to design drawings for a multi-colored print
• Geisha as Daruma Crossing, Edo Period, mid - 18th c. Color woodblock
Ukiyo-e
Suzuki Harunobu
Katsushika Hokusai
“If I could live to 100, I would finally learn how to be an artist.”
Became immediately acclaimed in Western Europe - highly influencing late-19th and early 20th century art.
Great Wave over Kanagawa, Katsushika Hokusai,
Grand COURTESAN, Takahashi, Meiji period, 1872
nihonga: Japanese style in modern day