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Japanese Art (brief) week 7
brief look at Japanese art
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Art History
10/26/2011

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Haniwa

Kyoto, Kofun period

Earthernware, H 27"

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Main hall, Inner shrine, Ise

Mie Prefecture

Site dates to 1st c. CE, most recent buildings rebuilt in 1993 (wooden structure)

*note tradition of rebuilding while using the same form

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Horyuji Compound

Pagoda to the weft (left), golden hill (kondo) to the east (right(

Nara Prefecture, Asuka period

*oldest wooden temple in the world

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Womb world Mandala

Heian period

Hanging scroll, colors on silk

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Phoenix Hall

Byodin, Uji

Kyoto Prefecture, Heian Period

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Jocho

Amida Buddha

Phoenix Hall, Byodin

Kyoto Prefecture, Heian period

*carved out of wood

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Section of the Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace

Kamakura Period

handscroll, ink and colors on paint

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Kosho

Kuya Preaching

Kamakura Period

painted wood w/ inlaid eyes

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Descent of Amida and the 25 Bodhisattvas

Kamakura Period

hanging scroll

colors and gold on silk