JAPANESE ART

JAPANESE ART
 POTTERY
 PAINTING
 SCULPTURE
 CALLIGRAPHY
 KIRIGAMI
 ORIGAMI
 IKEBANA
 BONSAI
 ANCIENT POTTERY: SAKE CUPS

CHOKO
- Ceramic sake cup shaped like a boar’s snout
 ANCIENT POTTERY: SAKE CUPS

GUINOMI
- Everyday general purpose sake cups
 ANCIENT POTTERY: SAKE CUPS

SAKAZUKI
- Used with the best sake and is traditionally made with
a pattern in the center
ANCIENT POTTERY

JOMON ERA POTS

 ANCIENT POTTERY: FORMS
FUKABACHI
- deep bowls (the most
common type) and jars
with a wide mouth
 ANCIENT POTTERY: FORMS
FUKABACHI
- deep bowls (the most
common type) and jars
with a wide mouth,
sometimes with a
contracted neck.
 ANCIENT POTTERY: FORMS
ASABACHI
- shallow bowls
 ANCIENT POTTERY: FORMS
TSUBO
- vessels with a narrow
mouth, sometimes with a
long neck
 ANCIENT POTTERY: FORMS
CHUKO
- vessels with spouts
 JAPANESE SCUPLTURE
 JAPANESESCULTURE STARTED FROM CLAY
 SCULPTURES ARE SITUATED AT IMPORTANT
BUILDINGS AND FRONT OF HOUSES

Nyoirin Kannon
 JAPANESE SCUPLTURE
 DOGU

- ANCIENT JAPANESE CLAY FIGURES

JAPANESE SCUPLTURE
 DOGU
- Small humanoid and animal figurines
- are constructed of clay and are typically 10 to
30 cm high
- considered by many to be representative of
goddesses
- dogū tend to have large faces, small arms and
hands and compact bodies
 JAPANESE SCUPLTURE
GOGGLE EYED TYPE DOGU
 Shakoki - dogu
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HEART SHAPED TYPE DOGU
 Crescent – shaped eyebrow
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PREGNANT WOMAN TYPE DOGU
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HORNED OWL TYPE DOGU
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 HANIWA
- ANCIENT JAPANESE
TERRACOTA FIGURES
- made for ritual use and buried
with the dead as funerary
objects
- Made using the WAZUMI
TECHNIQUE
 JAPANESE SCUPLTURE
 HANIWA
- Consisted of a cylindrical
portion which represented the
torso, and a skirt-shaped
portion at the base, which
represented the legs.
- Many times a special insignia
or pattern would be displayed
on the torso.
JAPANESE SCULPTURE
 BUDDHIST SCULPTURE
 METAL , WOOD, STONE, TERRACOTTA
 Tenpyo & Yosegi – zukuri style

- realistic face, massive solid volume, natural

drapery

Daiitoku Myoo, or the Wisdom King of Awe-Inspiring Power

JAPANESE SCULPTURE

“Flying Attendant on Cloud.”

 PAINTING
YAMATO –E
- CLASSICAL
JAPANESE PAINTING
- small figures and
careful depictions of
details of buildings and
other objects
 PAINTING
YAMATO –E
 PAINTING
YAMATO –E
- very often depict
stories, with or
without accompanying
text, but also show the
beauty of nature, with
famous places
 PAINTING
YAMATO –E
- Paintings are often on scrolls that can be hung on a wall
"Eastern House Chapter"
“Flying Storehouse"
 PAINTING
UKIYO –E
- WOOD BLOCK PRINTING

FISHERMAN CHOKI COMB

 CALLIGRAPHY
- ART OF FINE HANDWRITING
- Shodo/shoji

Tensho - seal script

Reisho – clerical script
Kaisho – regular script
Gyosho – semi – cursive
Sosho – cursive script
 CALLIGRAPHY
BUNBO SHIHO
- four treasures of the study
1. Fude - brush
2. Sumi - inkstick
3. Suzuri - inkstone
4. Washi - mulberry paper

Other tools:
5. Bunchin – paper weight
6. Shitajiki – cloth
7. In – seal
 ORIGAMI
- ART OF PAPER FOLDING
 MODULAR ORIGAMI
- Variation of origami which consist of putting a number of
identical pieces together to form a complete model
 ACTION ORIGAMI
- Animated variation of origami which uses the kinetic energy
from a person’s hand applied to a region on the model to move
it
 KIRIGAMI/KIRI - E
- ART OF PAPERCUTTING
 KIRIGAMI/KIRI - E
- ART OF PAPERCUTTING
 KIRIGAMI/KIRI - E
- ART OF PAPERCUTTING
 KIRIGAMI/KIRI - E
- ART OF PAPERCUTTING
 KIRIGAMI/KIRI - E
- ART OF PAPERCUTTING
 BONSAI
- Japanese art form using trees grown in containers
 BONSAI
MATERIALS:
 Plant specimen
 Pot
 Bonsai Soil

STYLING TOOLS:
 Wire
 Weights
 Pruners
 BONSAI STYLES
FORMAL UPRIGHT
- CHOKKAN
- style trees are
characterized by a
straight, upright, tapering
trunk.
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FORMAL UPRIGHT
- CHOKKAN
- style trees are
characterized by a
straight, upright, tapering
trunk.
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FORMAL UPRIGHT
- CHOKKAN
- style trees are
characterized by a
straight, upright, tapering
trunk.
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INFORMAL UPRIGHT
- MOYOGI
- trees incorporate visible
curves in trunk and
branches, but the apex of
the informal upright is
located directly above the
trunk's base
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INFORMAL UPRIGHT
- MOYOGI
- trees incorporate visible
curves in trunk and
branches, but the apex of
the informal upright is
located directly above the
trunk's base
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SLANTING
- SHAKKAN
- trunk emerges from the
soil at an angle, and the
apex of the bonsai will be
located to the left or right
of the root base
 BONSAI STYLES
SLANTING
- SHAKKAN
- trunk emerges from the
soil at an angle, and the
apex of the bonsai will be
located to the left or right
of the root base
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CASCADE
- KENGAI
- the apex of a cascade
style falls below the base
of the pot
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CASCADE
- KENGAI
- the apex of a cascade
style falls below the base
of the pot
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SEMI CASCADE
- HAN KENGAI
- bonsai extend just at or beneath the lip of the bonsai
pot
 BONSAI STYLES
SEMI CASCADE
- HAN KENGAI
- bonsai extend just at or beneath the lip of the bonsai
pot
 BONSAI STYLES
DEADWOOD
- SHARIMIKI
- style involves
portraying a tree
in its struggle to
live while a
significant part of
its trunk is bare of
bark
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DEADWOOD
- SHARIMIKI
- style involves
portraying a tree
in its struggle to
live while a
significant part of
its trunk is bare of
bark
 BONSAI STYLES
DEADWOOD
- SHARIMIKI
- style involves
portraying a tree
in its struggle to
live while a
significant part of
its trunk is bare of
bark
 BONSAI STYLES
ROOT-OVER-ROCK
- SHEKI - JOJU
- a style in which the
roots of the tree are
wrapped around a
rock, entering the soil
at the base of the
rock.
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ROOT-OVER-ROCK
- SHEKI - JOJU
- a style in which the
roots of the tree are
wrapped around a rock,
entering the soil at the
base of the rock.
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BONSAI-IN-ROCK
- ISHIZUKE
- a style means the roots of the tree are growing in soil
contained within the cracks and holes of the rock
 BONSAI STYLES
FOREST
- YOSE - UE
- style comprises a
planting of
several or many
trees of one
species, typically
an odd number, in
a bonsai pot
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FOREST
- YOSE - UE
- style comprises a
planting of several or
many trees of one
species, typically an
odd number, in a bonsai
pot
 BONSAI STYLES
FOREST
- YOSE - UE
- style comprises a
planting of several or
many trees of one
species, typically an
odd number, in a bonsai
pot
 BONSAI STYLES
FOREST
- YOSE - UE
- style comprises a
planting of several
or many trees of one
species, typically an
odd number, in a
bonsai pot
 BONSAI STYLES
FOREST
- YOSE - UE
- style comprises a
planting of several
or many trees of one
species, typically an
odd number, in a
bonsai pot
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MULTI TRUNK
- SOKAN
- the trunks growing out of one spot with one root
system
 BONSAI STYLES
MULTI TRUNK
- SOKAN
- the trunks
growing out of
one spot with
one root system
 BONSAI STYLES
MULTI TRUNK
- KABUDACHI
- the trunks
growing out of
one spot with
one root system
 BONSAI STYLES
TWIN TRUNK
- SOKAN
- two trunks growing out
of one spot with one
root system
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TWIN TRUNK
- SOKAN
- two trunks growing out
of one spot with one
root system
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RAFT
- IKADABUKI
 bonsai mimic a
natural
phenomenon that
occurs when a tree
topples onto its
side. Branches
along the top side
of the trunk
continue to grow
as a group of new
trunks.
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LITERATI
- BUNJINGI
- style is
characterized by
a generally bare
trunk line, with
branches reduced
to a minimum,
and foliage
placed toward the
top of a long,
often contorted
trunk
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BROOM
- HOKIDACHI
- The trunk is
straight and
branches out in all
directions about ⅓
- ½ of the way up
the entire height of
the tree.
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WINDSWEPT
- FUKINAGASH
I
- style describes a
tree that appears to
be affected by
strong winds
blowing
continuously from
one direction
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WINDSWEPT
- FUKINAGASH
I
- style describes a
tree that appears to
be affected by
strong winds
blowing
continuously from
one direction
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