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Muromachi period
1333-1573
Disorderly, Ashikaga shogun
No centralized power
Momoyama period
1573-1615
Ashikaga Shogun abolished
Military dictatorship
Decorative period
Edo period
1615-1867
Isolation increases
Military dictators and Shogun want more authority
More contemporary
Meiji Period
1868-1912
Fall of the Shogun- Emperor Meiji!
Eastern ethics, western science
machimono
horizontal scrolls
shigajiku
vertical scrolls
so
flung ink
tatami
straw tea house mats
tokonoma
area in room with art in tea houses
shoji
sliding screens in tea houses
wabi sabi
tradition, simplicity, unique beauty
kogan
water jar
no
shite
waki
theater from Muromachi
main dancer
side dancers
byobu
folding screens
Ukiyo-e
pictures of the floating world
scenes of everyday life
woodblock prints
Edo period
tan-i
yellow dominated Ukiyo-e
benizuri
red dominated Ukiyo-e
netsuke
kimono pockets
okimono
small decorative sculptures