Art 105, 2014, Ho8, Chinese & Japanese Terms

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The "Blue Green" Tradition

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Tradition of landscape painting which artists uses malachite based, green coloring for vegetation.

Originated in T'ang Dynasty.

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The "Ink" Tradition

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Tradition of landscape painting which artist rely more heavily on ink washes for effects.

Originated in T'ang Dynasty.

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Texture Strokes

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Modulated brushwork used for texture of objects, especially rocks.

In Sung landscape paintings.

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Wash

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Highly diluted pigment or ink.

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Space Cell

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A segment of painting scroll meant to be viewed as a self-contained unit.

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Literati

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The scholar-bureaucrat class.

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Genre

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Scenes of everyday life.

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Synec-do-che

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Using a part to stand for the whole.

A literary term typically used to describe poetic form.

Key principle of Southern Sung paintings.

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Boneless Method

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Painting exclusively in washes, rather than outlining and then filling in forms with washes.

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Terracotta

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Hard baked clay.

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Corded Decoration

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Cords of clay attached to the surface of clay pot to form a relief pattern.

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Jomon

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Rope Pattern Pottery, by pressing rope into clay for impression.

Also name for people of Archaic, neolithic period, of Honshu island.

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Shinto

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The aboriginal religion of Japan: Nature spirits and ancestors called "Kami".

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Kami

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Spirits believed to endow all natural phenomena.

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Amaterasu

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Shinto Sun Goddess, ruler of the universe, regarded as ancestor of Japanese Imperial Family.

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Kofun

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Ancient tomb mound.

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Be'

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A hereditary corporation.

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Shotoku Taishi

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Was a Prince.

First Great Patron of Buddhism in Japan.

Imperial Regent of Japan in Early 7th Century.

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Cloister

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A court, usually with covered walks or ambulatories along its sides.

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Pagoda

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Buddhist structure of veneration of relics.

Based on Chinese version of the Indian stupa.

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Kondo

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The main, "golden hall" of Buddhist monastic complex.

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"Shaka"

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Short for Shakamuni.

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Butsu

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"Buddha" in Japanese.

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Bosatsu

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"Bodhisattva" in Japanese.

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Pure Land Sect, Amida Buddha

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Is a branch of Mahayana Buddhism that is focused on the Amitabha Buddha.

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Lacquer

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A resinous spirit varnish, like shellac, that is often colored.

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Shogun

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Military dictator of Japan.

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Daimyo

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Feudal lords of provinces.

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Samurai

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Feudal warrior.

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Era of the Shoguns and Daimyo culture

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PERIODS

Kamakura: 1185-1333

Muromachi or Ashikaga: 1333-1573

Momoyama: 1573-1614

Edo or Tokugawa: 1615-1867

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Shin

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"Axe-hewn" brushstrokes used in monochrome ink painting.

Sharp, angular brushstrokes applied in rather, contrasting tones of light and dark.

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"So" or "Hoboku"

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"Ink-flung style" in Monochrome ink painting. Primarily executed in washes, has a soft and wet appearance, like spilled ink.

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Byobu

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Folding screen, literally means "barrier against the wind".

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Ukiyo-e

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"Picture of floating world", a style of genre pictures and prints. Especially those of the Edo period.

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Woodcut or Woodblock

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A wooden block is like a "Wooden stamp" in print making. Different block for each color used in print.