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Tokugawa Culture
Irises, from a scene of The Tale of Ise, Ogata Korin. Nezu Institute of
Fine Arts (http://www.nezu-muse.or.jp/index_e.html)
Fous on visual arts
• Genroku era
• Chonin, or “townspeople” culture
• Contrast with Kitayama and Higashiyama
of Medieval Japan
• Pictoral art (“soft” classification)
• Yamato-e
• Kara-e
Kitayama/Higashiyama
• Ashikaga patronage
• Zen influence
• Ascetic, sparse
Sesshu, Winter landscape
Ginkakuji-Temple of the
Silver Pavilion
Higashiyama culture
Sesshu, Amanohashidate
Ryoanji
What kind of picture?
Kara-e
“Chinese”
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Bunsei, Japanese, active mid–15th
centur, Landscape
Sansuizu
, Japanese
Muromachi period, latter half of the
15th century
Japan
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
73.2 x 33 cm (28 13/16 x 13 in.) (height
x width)
Yamato-e
“Japanese”
Kikuchi Yosai, Japanese, 1788–1878
Benkei and Minamoto no Yoshitsune
Benkei to Yoshitsune
Hanging scroll
Japanese
Meiji era, 1876
Japan
Hanging scroll; ink and light color on silk
Yamato-e
Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace, from the Illustrated Scrolls of the Events of the Heiji Era (Heiji
monogatari emaki) Handscroll Japanese Kamakura period, second half of the 13th century; ink
and color on paper 41.3 x 699.7 cm (16 1/4 x 275 1/2 in. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston:
Fenollosa-Weld Collection 11.4000
Tokugawa-era schools
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Kano
Tosa
Rinpa
Bunjinga (“literati”)
Kyoto “Shijo”
Kano School: Song dynasty animated line and soft
ink washes, catered to Tokugawa samurai elite
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Four Dragons in Mists and Clouds
Handscroll
Chinese
Southern Song, mid-13th century
China
Ink and a touch of color on paper
44.8 x 254.8 cm (17 5/8 x 100 5/16 in.)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Special Chinese
Kano Hogai, Japanese, 1828–1888, Dragon
Ascending the Heavens, Hiryu shoten, Meiji
era, about 1887
Japan
Panel; ink on paper
Image: 137.9 x 62.4 cm (54 5/16 x 24 9/16 in.)
Taoist Immortals and Zen Masters
Kano Koi
Died 1636 Momoyama period, 17th century
Japan
One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and gold on paper
151.2 x 357.2 cm (59 1/2 x 140 5/8 in.) (height x width)
Kajima Volume 1: Chapter 7, pg. 130: no. 81 (2)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Fenollosa-Weld Collection 11.4233
Kano School
Emperor Kokaku Returning to the Capital over the Sanjo Bridge
Tosa Mitsusada Japanese
Edo period, late 18th–early 19th century
Japan
One of a pair of six-panel folding screens: ink, color, and gold on paper
175.2 x 384 cm (69 x 151 3/16 in.)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Fenollosa-Weld Collection 11.4568
Tosa School
Waves at Matsushima,
Ogata Korin Edo period, 18th
century
Japan
Six-panel folding screen; ink, color, and gold on paper
150.18 x 367.79 cm (59 1/8 x 144 13/16 in.) (height x width)
Kajima Volume 1: Chapter 8, pg. 140: no. 7
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Fenollosa-Weld Collection 11.4584
Rinpa School
Chinese landscape, Ikeno Taiga.
(1723-1776).168.0x372.0 each.
Edo Period, 18th century.
National Treasure.
A10430
Gift of Mr. Dan Ino.
Bunjinga literati