ART 357 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Tumulus, Kakemono, Japanese Tea Ceremony
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Amaterasu, shinto (nature deities) goddess of sun, ancestress of the japanese emperors. Kogaku soko and the garden of the daisen-in kyoto. Way of tea chanoyu tea master sen rikyu (1522 - 91) Kabuki - form of theater in japan; mie pose. Edo-- tokyo; yoshiwara district -- for pleasure -- merchant classes. Mound-tomb of emperor nintoku. sakai, osaka, late 4th early 5th century ce. No lay people can go inside, only royal family. One of oldest surviving wooden building in the world. Masters used to build this maybe korean. Upturned eaves of building, 6-dynasties style, replication of chinese and korean forms. Kondo was response to buddhist or indian stupa. Interior of the ho-o-do (phoenix hall) of byodo-in with amida figure by jocho. uji. 1053. gilded joined wood. Made with multiple blocks of wood fit together, then gilded. Seated in lotus position on a lotus flower. Buddha and goes up to top of building.
