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Katsura Imperial Villa (Kyoto) 1620-1663. Edo period/ shogun/Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616)/ Prince Toshihito (1579-1629)/ daimyo/ importance of the tea ceremony (chanoyu).
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Edo period/ shogun/Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616)/ Prince Toshihito (1579-1629)/ daimyo/ importance of the tea ceremony (chanoyu)
lack of ornament but variety of textures/ integration of building and garden/ division of society into four distinct classes/ chonin (or shoin)
Miyamoto Musashi. Shrike, early seventeenth century, hanging scroll, ink on paper
a ronin devoted to the practice of kendo/enlightened at age 50
Ogata Korin. White Plum Blossoms in the Spring, Tokugawa period, late seventeenth to early eighteenth centuries, screen, color on gold paper
Rinpa School/ tarashikomi/ emphasis on pattern, dramatic contrast, and simplified motifs/ the Kariganeya (Wild Goose)
Kano Tsunenobu. Ascending and Descending Dragons, two of a set of three hanging scrolls
Kano school/ inner artists (oku eshi) and official artists (omote eshi)/ tokonoma/ emphasis on diligent practice and tradition
Yosa Buson. Traveler and Horse Passing through a Spring Landscape, seventeenth century, hanging scroll, ink and color on ink
Yosa Buson/ Literati Style/ dense foliage patterns with pale colors/ sencha
Yosa Buson. Selections from The Narrow Road to the Deep North, 1779Basho’s text
Uragami Gyokudo. Frozen Clouds, Sifted Snow, c. 1811-12, hanging scroll, ink on paper
ideal of the pure Nanga artist/ influence of the Chinese song dynasty/“unfinished” oscillation between pure gesture and pure form
Uragami Gyokudo. Reading the “Book of Changes” in the Cloudy Mountains, hanging scroll, ink on paper
Okamoto Toyohiko. Moored Boats in Autumn, early nineteenth century, detail from a pair of six-panel screens; ink and light color on paper