Transcript Arts of the Samurai - Asian Art Museum for Teachers

Japan’s Warrior
Government
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• Who is depicted in
this sculpture?
• What is he doing?
• How was this object
made?
• What do you see that
makes you say that?
• Why was this figure
important to
samurai?
Seated Buddha Amitabha (Japanese: Amida). Japan. Heian period (794–
1185). Lacquer and gold on wood. The Avery Brundage Collection,
B60S10+.
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• What
happening in
this painting?
• Why would
this picture
have appealed
to the
samurai?
Taming the Ox, by
Sekkyakushi, active in
early 1400s. Japan.
Muromachi period (1333–
1573). Hanging scroll, ink
on paper. Transfer from
• What do you
see that makes
you say that?
the Fine Arts Museum,
Gift of Ney Wolfskill Fund,
B69D46.
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Matchlock pistol (bajozutsu). Japan. Edo
period (1615–1868). Iron, wood, lacquer,
gold, and silver. Gift of Dr. and Mrs. William
Wedemyer, 2004.39.
• What is this
object?
• What might it
symbolize?
Matchlock pistol (detail; 2004.39).
• What do you see
that makes you
say that?
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Palanquin, 1800–1868. Japan. Edo period (1615–1868). Lacquer, gold and mother of pearl on wood, and metal. Gift of Norma C. and Jack D.
Tomlinson, B85M7.
• What is this object?
• What was its function?
• What do you see that makes you say that?
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Traveling chest, 1800–1868. Japan. Edo period (1615–1868). Lacquer and gold on wood; metal fittings, locks, and handles. Gift of Norma C. and Jack
D. Tomlinson, 1991.127.
• What is this object?
• What was its function?
• What do you see that makes you say that?
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