1. Japan before 1333
Florence Wang

2. Classification of art
• Japan before Buddhism • Buddhist Japan
– Jomon – Asuka
– Yayoi – Nara
– Kofun – Heian
– Kamakura
– Muromachi

3. Japan before Buddhism, 10,500-300BCE; 300 BCE-300 CE
JOMON AND YAYOI PERIODS

4. Middle Jomon pottery
• Heavy and thick
• Coils, rope, lines
• Oldest pottery on Earth

5. Middle Jomon pottery
• Heavy and thick
• Coils, rope, lines
• Oldest pottery on Earth

6. Dotaku
• Ceremonial
bells, sometimes buried
• Geometric patterns, simple
pictographs

7. Japan before Buddhism, 300-552
KOFUN PERIOD

8. Tomb of Nintoku

9. Tomb of Nintoku

10. Haniwa clay figures

12. Shrine of Amaterasu at Ise

14. Buddhist Japan, 552-645; 645-784
ASUKA AND NARA PERIODS

15. Tori Busshi,
Shaka triad
• Among ealiest Japanese
Buddhist statues
• Chinese sculptural style

16. Yakushi triad

17. Horyuji Kondo

18. Horyuji kondo and pagoda

19. Amida triad wall painting

20. Daibutsuden, Todaiji

21. Buddhist Japan, 794-1185
HEIAN PERIOD

22. Taizokai (Womb
World) Mandara

23. Taizokai (Womb World), Kongokai (Diamond World) Mandaras

24. Phoenix Hall, Uji

25. Tale of Genji,
Genji Visits Murasaki

26. Tale of Genji (other prints)

27. Tale of Genji (other prints)

28. The flying storehouse, Legends of Mount Shigi

29. Buddhist Japan, 1185-1332
KAMAKURA PERIOD

30. Portrait statue of the
priest Shunjobo Chogen
• High realistic
• Artists in workshops
functioned like guilds
• Nepotism

31. Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace,
from Events of the Heiji Period

32. Amida Descending
over the Mountains
• Often hung in the
presence of a dying person
• Iconic depiction of Buddha
• Rising moon