Japanese Art
Example of Craftsmanship in Japan
Modern Japan
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Chinese Influence on Japanese Painting
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Zen Aesthetics
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Chinese Influence on Japanese Painting
FUJIWARA TAKANOBU
Portrait of Yoritomo
1179 CE
Color on silk
TAKASE FAMILY
Hitofude-Ryuu Painting
c. 2010 CE
Japanese Single-Stroke (Hitofude) Painting
Member of the Takase Family holding a Hitofude-Ryuu painting
SESSHU TOYO
Splashed-Ink (Haboku) Landscape
(detail of the lower part of a hanging scroll)
1495 CE
Ink on paper
SESSHU TOYO
Winter Landscape
1486 CE
Ink on paper
KANO MOTONOBU
Zen Patriarch Xiangyen Zhixian Sweeping with a Broom
c. 1513 CE
Ink and color on paper
YIN HONG
Hundred Birds Admiring the Peacocks
Late 15th to early 16th century CE
SHEN ZHOU
Poet on a Mountain Top
c. 1500 CE
Examples of Sumi Ink Sticks
Sumi Ink Stick with Ink Stone
Making Materials with Care
Zen Aesthetics
Key Aspects of Buddhism
Koans: Aesthetic Thought within Zen Practice
Saiho-ji (a.k.a. Koke-dera, or 'Moss Temple')
Kyoto, 14th century CE
Zen mountains and "waterfall"
Daisen-in, Kyoto, Japan, c. 1488 CE
Karesansui (dry landscape) garden
Ryōan-ji Temple, Kyoto, Japan, c. 1488 CE
Design Thinking in Japan
Kogan (tea-ceremony water jar)
Late 16th century CE
Shino glazed stoneware with underglaze from slip decoration
Mid-Century Modern
Wabi Sabi
Mid-Century Modern Interior Design
Mid-Century Modern End Table
Wabi-Sabi-Inspired Contemporary Interior Design
KOYAMA KIYOKO
Tea bowl
c. 2000 CE | Stoneware with natural ash glaze
Stoneware cup with clear, crackled glaze, stained by ink
Gold lacquer repair (Kintsugi)
c. 17th century CE
Kintsugi Process
