ART HIS 42C Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Acala, Gunma Prefecture, Iwate Prefecture
Document Summary
Fudo myoo - name of a new deity that arrived in japan for the first time with esotericism, fudo means immovable one, myoo means wisdom king. 1st image (jomon period) - hollow masked dogu, late jomon (1500-1000 bc), height around 34 cm, a symbol of fertility due to its wide hips and thick thighs, from nakappara, nagano prefecture. 3rd image (jomon period) - 50 cm height, middle jomon period, before the flame-ware style, swirling clay spirals, found in iwate prefecture. 6th image (kofun period) - sue-ware, made by a specialist, formed at high heat, see people placed on the shoulders of the sue-ware. 7th image (kofun period) - late kofun period, earthenware, seated girl. 9th image (nara period) - made of dry lacquer, this is how we know it is from nara period, Its face is exotic, foreign, not japanese.