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Heian Period (794–1185) Lotus Sutra, Heian period (794–1185), 12th century Japan Gold on indigo-dyed paper The Lotus Sutra, promulgated in India around the early part of the third century A.D., is believed to be the final teaching of Shakyamuni at Vulture Peak. It was part of Buddhist worship in Japan as early as the sixth century and became the most popular sutra. The Lotus Sutra emphasize..

Showa Art Sanzo Wada, South Wind (1907) Tsuguharu Foujita, portrait, Ink and watercolor on paper Ogura Yuki, Bathing Women, 1938, Tokyo Museum of Modern Art Japanese painting in the early Shōwa period was largely dominated by Yasui Sotaro and Umehara Ryuzaburo, who introduced the concepts of pure art and abstract painting to the Nihonga tradition, and thus created a more interpretative versio..

Shōwa period The young Hirohito in his coronation robes 1928 Yasui Sōtarō, Chin jung, 1934, Oil on Canvas, 96.5 cm × 74.5 cm (38.0 in × 29.3 in), Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo The Shōwa period (昭和時代, Shōwa jidai?, literally "period of enlightened peace"), or Shōwa era, is the period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito)..

Meiji Art Toyohara Chikanobu: Excursion to View the Cherry Blossoms, (1887) Toyohara Chikanobu: A Mirror of Japanese Nobility (1887) In the years after 1867, when Emperor Meiji ascended the throne, Japan was once again invaded by new and alien forms of culture. The introduction of Western cultural values led to a dichotomy in Japanese art, as well as in nearly every other aspect of culture, bet..

Meiji period (1868~1912) Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō on the bridge of the Mikasa, before the Battle of Tsushima in 1905. Itagaki Taisuke was attacked by thugs in Gifu. And, he said "Itagaki may die, but liberty never!" The Meiji period (明治時代, Meiji jidai?), or Meiji era denotes the period in Japanese history during the 45-year reign of the Meiji Emperor (from 23 October 1868 to 30 Jul..

Storage jar, Middle Jomon period (ca. 2500–1500 b.c.) Japan Earthenware, unglazed, H. 27 1/2 in. (69.9 cm) The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975 (1975.268.182) Cord-marked pottery is the characteristic ware of the..

II. The World of Romare Bearden I like to divide Bearden’s artistic career into five stages such as a cartoonist, realistic painter, religious painter, abstract expressionist, and a cubist artist in terms of his physical styles and using materials. But, for inner side of his works, I would like to stress that it is impossible for Bearden to separate his socio-realistic and sympathetic eyes on..

Kofun Period (ca. 3rd century–538) Helmet, 5th century; Kofun period Iron, covered with copper-gilt, Japan, The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Kofun period is named after the tomb mounds that were built for members of the ruling class during this time. The practice of building sepulchral mounds and burying treasures with the dead was transmitted to Japan from the Asian continent about the thi..

Yayoi Culture (ca. 4th century B.C.–3rd century A.D.) Storage jar, Yayoi period (ca. 4th century b.c.–3rd century a.d.) Earthenware, Japan, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Beginning about the fourth century B.C., Jomon culture was gradually replaced by the more advanced Yayoi culture, which takes its name from the site in Tokyo where pottery of this period was first discovered in 1884. The ne..

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