Transcript Arts of the Samurai - Asian Art Museum for Teachers

Samurai as Cultivators of the
Arts – Poetry and Tea
Dog chasing (inuoumono), approx. 1640. Japan. Early Edo period (1615–1868). Pair of six-panel screens; ink, colors, and gold on paper.
The Avery Brundage Collection, B60D1 and B60D2.
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• What was its function?
• What is happening in this picture?
• What do you see that makes you say that?
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Dog chasing (inuoumono), approx. 1640. Japan. Early Edo period (1615–1868). Pair of six-panel screens; ink, colors, and gold on paper.
The Avery Brundage Collection, B60D1 and B60D2.
• What is this object?
• What was its function?
• What is happening in this picture?
• What do you see that makes you say that?
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Archery practice, by Shibayama Hirotoyo (1673–1723). Japan. Edo period (1615–1868). Hanging scroll, ink and colors on
silk. The Avery Brundage Collecton, B65D2.
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Yabusame demonstration, Camp Fuji Martial Arts Expo 2008, Photo by pict_u_re, 2008.
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Writing box (suzuribako), 1800–1900. Japan. Edo period (1615–1868) to Meiji period (1868–1912). Gold, silver, and lacquer on wood.
The Avery Brundage Collection, B75M1b.
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• How was it made?
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• What is this
object?
• How was it
made?
• What was
its
function?
• What do
you see
that makes
you say
that?
Noh robe with design of butterflies,
pampas grass, and clouds, 1800–
1868. Japan. Edo period (1615–
1868). Silk with gold. Acquisition
made possible in part by John Jago
Trelawney in memory of his aunt,
Sally Benfield of San Francisco, the
Henri and Tomoye Takahashi
Charitable Foundation with
additional funding from Mr. and
Mrs. Richard C. Mesker, Sr., Hok
Pui and Sally Yu Leung and Mr.
and Mrs. Robert L. Kreuzberger,
2003.10.
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man in the
picture?
• What is he
doing?
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you see
that makes
you say
that?
Tea master Sen Soshitsu XV
prepares tea at the opening
of the Asian Art Museum,
San Francisco, 2003. Photo
by Kazuhiro Tsuruta.
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object?
• How was it
made?
• What was
its
function?
Tea bowl with crane design, approx. 1603. Japan. Edo period (1615–1868). Glazed stoneware; Hagi ware. The
Avery Brundage Collection, B72P17.
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you see
that makes
you say
that?
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