Deck 26: Japanese Art After 1333

Question 1

During the period known as Japonisme in nineteenth-century Europe, Western artists were greatly influenced by Japanese

A) pottery
B) fusama
C) woodblock prints
D) lacquer

Answer 1

C

Question 2

What is a name for woven straw mats that are generally used in Japanese homes as floor coverings?

A) fusuma
B) tatami
C) raku
D) shoin

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What characterizes works by the Kano school of artists?

A) a revived interest in Chinese art and culture
B) a painting style that combined traditions of ink painting with brightly colored decorative subjects
C) monochrome paintings in black and diluted grays
D) a preference for rustic unadorned surfaces and asymmetrical forms

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which eighteenth-century artist was known for using the technique of nishiki-e in his prints of courtesans?

A) Suzuki Harunobu
B) Nagasawa Rosetsu
C) Toshusai Sharaku
D) Otani Oniji

Question 5

In the mid-nineteenth century, Japan's policy of isolation ended. Western influences entered the country, and the emperor was restored to power, an event known as the

A) Nabeshima Restoration.
B) Kyoto Restoration.
C) Meiji Restoration.
D) Tokyo Restoration.

Question 6

What area of Japanese shoin-style interiors were frequently decorated with large-scale mural paintings?

A) tokonomas
B) shoji screens
C) fusamas
D) verandas

Question 7

In the Edo period, new schools of philosophy developed in Kyoto based on

A) Jainism.
B) Christianity.
C) Zen Buddhism.
D) Confucianism.

Question 8

Which Japanese art form relied on collaboration among individuals?

A) wall paintings
B) hanging scrolls
C) kosode robes
D) ceramics

Question 9

The Tea Bowl, called Yugure ("Twilight") (Fig. 26-8), is attributed to Chojiro, thought to be the founder of what type of pottery?

A) raku
B) Mount Fuji
C) crackle glaze
D) Hokusai

Question 10

During the Edo period, intellectuals in Kyoto protested against the Tokugawa shoguns by

A) publishing woodblock prints.
B) supporting an imperial coup.
C) inciting student protests.
D) drinking sencha.

Question 11

During which period did a fully settled agricultural society emerge, accompanied by hierarchical social organization?

A) Kamakura
B) Nara
C) Heian
D) Yayoi

Question 12

Which statement best characterizes the lifestyle of Zen monk-artists such as Shubun and his followers?

A) They specialized in art rather than religious ritual or teaching.
B) They used art to help teach the ideas of Zen to others.
C) Art was just one facet of their daily lives.
D) They lived a solitary nomadic life and traded their art for food.

Question 13

The first book on the artist Hokusai was published in

A) Germany.
B) Britain.
C) France.
D) Italy.

Question 14

Work by contemporary artist Fukami Sueharu shows that Japanese artistic production today continues to be vibrant and lucrative in the field of

A) printmaking.
B) ceramics.
C) drawing.
D) painting.

Question 15

Which artist painted Landscape (Fig. 26-2), which illustrates the spirit of a Zen-influenced landscape tradition?

A) Bunsei
B) Wen Hu
C) Qin Ling
D) Weh Lin

Question 16

What kind of perspective can be seen in screens from both the Kano School and the Edo period?

A) atmospheric
B) linear
C) intuitive
D) diminutive

Question 17

Which dry rock garden in a Zen temple is one of Japan's most renowned Zen sites?

A) Ryoanji
B) Nara
C) Heian
D) Asuka

Question 18

Ukiyo-e artists designed many prints of actors from the form of popular theater, known as

A) shoin.
B) oni.
C) kabuki.
D) otani.

Question 19

The Zen monk-artist Hakuin Ekaku painted many images of _________.

A) Tokusho.
B) Bashu.
C) Motoura
D) Daruma.

Question 20

Which period of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was one of the most creative in Japanese history?

A) Heian
B) Nara
C) Asuka
D) Momoyama

Question 21

How did exposure to European firearms influence Japanese architecture?

Question 22

What is the tea bowl's significance in the tea ceremony?

Question 23

What is the meaning of the Japanese phrase ukiyo-e? Associate this phrase with a specific artist and work.

Question 24

What material, applied to wood or leather in thin coats, is ideal for storage containers or vessels for food and drink?

A) monochrome paint
B) lacquer
C) porcelain
D) bronze

Question 25

Describe the aesthetics of the Kano School's Appreciation of Painting (Fig. 26-6) and Sotatsu's Waves at Matsushima (Fig. 26-9).

Question 26

Which folding screen format from the Edo period was a triumph of scale and practicality and could be folded for storage and transportation?

A) two-panel
B) one-panel
C) six-panel
D) four-panel

Question 27

What is a writing box? Describe the actual object and identify an artisan who made writing boxes.

Question 28

Discuss the formal elements of Ornamental Box: Dancing in the Cosmos (Fig. 26-21).

Question 29

Discuss the current state of ceramics in Japan.

Question 30

The landscape paintings of the Edo period reflect the interest in Chinese culture and ideas associated with Daoism of the

A) aristocrats.
B) literati.
C) samurais.
D) merchants.

Question 31

Explain the phenomenon known as ukiyo-e. Consider the origin of this word and what it came to mean. Build your discussion on specific artists and their work, referring to technique, style, subject matter, and audience.

Question 32

The Rock Garden at Ryoanji, Kyoto (Fig. 26-4) has been interpreted as representing

A) people on horseback.
B) monsters on lands.
C) animals in the sky.
D) islands in the sea.

Question 33

What were registration marks in the woodblock print process? Are they necessary?

Question 34

What inspired Tange Kenzo in the design of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (Fig. 26-19)?

Question 35

Discuss the Muromachi period and the introduction of Zen Buddhism. Describe the impact of Zen Buddhism on painting.

Question 36

Compare and contrast Winter Landscape (Fig. 26-3) and View of Kojima Bay (Fig. 26-12) in terms of form, composition, and content.

Question 37

Consider the changes that impacted Japan and the arts during the Meiji period.

Question 38

Ike Taiga's View of Kojima Bay (Fig. 26-12) blends Japanese aesthetics and his own personal brushwork with the models of which country?

A) Britain
B) India
C) Malaysia
D) China

Question 39

Who was a daimyo?

Question 40

Write a comparison of artistic production in Kyoto and Edo during the Edo period. Consider how the different social and economic contexts of each city influenced issues of patronage, style, and the types of art produced.