Deck 26: Japanese Art After 1333

Question 1

The social and economic changes of the Edo period saw _________ become active patrons of the arts.

A) rural peasants
B) samurai
C) merchants
D) all of the above

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Chanoyu is Japanese for __________, although the word itself doesn't convey the full meaning.

A) painting ceremony
B) tea ceremony
C) bathing ceremony
D) healing ceremony

Answer 2

B

Question 3

_________ are woven straw mats, used in Japanese homes, generally as floor coverings.

A) Fusuma
B) Tatami
C) Raku
D) Shoin

Answer 3

B

Question 4

__________ was an esteemed Zen monk-artist of the Muromachi period who traveled in China.

A) Weh Lin
B) Shubun
C) Sesshu
D) Bunsei

Question 5

Several forms of visual art flourished during the Muromachi period, but __________ reigned supreme.

A) sculpture
B) engraving
C) oil painting
D) ink painting

Question 6

During the Edo period, __________, a celebrated painter of the Rimpa school, also designed highly prized works in lacquer, such as a writing box.

A) Qin Ling
B) An Gyeon
C) Sen no Rikyu
D) Ogata Korin

Question 7

The __________ period of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was one of the most creative eras in Japanese history.

A) Heian
B) Nara
C) Asuka
D) Momoyama

Question 8

The dry rock garden in the Zen temple of __________ is one of Japan's most renowned Zen sites.

A) Ryoanji
B) Nara
C) Heian
D) Asuka

Question 9

__________ are paper-covered sliding doors and can be decorated with paintings.

A) Bhakti
B) Stupas
C) Fusuma
D) Haniwa

Question 10

__________, an esteemed sixteenth-century painter from the Kano school, painted fusuma for Daitoku-ji, a well-known Zen monastery in Kyoto.

A) Gita
B) Vishnu
C) Kano Eitoku
D) Sesshu

Question 11

Traditionally, the __________ Shubun is regarded as Japan's first great master of the ink landscape.

A) samurai
B) courtier
C) monk
D) chef

Question 12

During the Edo period, intellectuals in Kyoto protested against the Tokugawa shoguns by ______________.

A) publishing woodblock prints
B) supporting an imperial coup
C) inciting student protests
D) drinking sencha

Question 13

Founded in the Muromachi period, the __________ school combined training in the ink-painting tradition with new skills in decorative subjects and styles.

A) Heian
B) Nara
C) Hyogo
D) Kano

Question 14

During the period known as Japonisme in nineteenth-century Europe, Western artists were greatly influenced by Japanese _________________.

A) pottery
B) fusama
C) woodblock prints
D) lacquer

Question 15

Landscape , a painting by Shubun's pupil __________ illustrates well the spirit of a Zen-influenced landscape tradition.

A) Bunsei
B) Wen Hu
C) Qin Ling
D) Weh Lin

Question 16

A __________ is an alcove, usually found in a tea house, where a Zen scroll or a simple flower arrangement may be displayed.

A) Tokonoma
B) Fusuma
C) Bhakti
D) Stupa

Question 17

Muromachi ink painting was heavily influenced by the aesthetics of __________.

A) Hinduism
B) Daoism
C) Zen
D) Jainism

Question 18

The most famous tea master in Japanese history was __________.

A) Asuka
B) Ikkyu
C) Sesshu
D) Sen no Rikyu

Question 19

More powerful weaponry in the late sixteenth century led to the construction of monumental fortified __________ such as Himeji .

A) tea houses
B) pavilions
C) castles
D) gardens

Question 20

__________ are warriors.

A) Literati
B) Samurai
C) Krishna
D) Gopti

Question 21

Hokusai's famous The Great Wave is from a series of woodblock prints depicting ___________.

A) the sea
B) Mount Fuji
C) the seasons
D) Japan's southern coast

Question 22

Shoin interiors were found in the homes of _________________.

A) samurai
B) aristocrats
C) well-to-do commoners
D) all of the above

Question 23

__________ is a type of ceramic pottery made by hand, coated with a thick dark glaze, fired at a low heat and prized for use in the tea ceremony.

A) Fusuma
B) Raku
C) Asuka
D) Vishnu

Question 24

Which of the following was NOT a factor seen as contributing to the beauty of tea bowls used in chanoyu?

A) how well the tea bowl fitted the hand of the user
B) who had previously owned or admired the tea bowl
C) the balanced symmetry of the tea bowl's form
D) the subtle qualities of the tea bowl's texture

Question 25

__________ from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are called ukiyo-e in Japanese.

A) Woodblock prints
B) Copper prints
C) Chromacolor prints
D) Albumen prints

Question 26

Which Japanese art form relied on collaboration among individuals?

A) woodblock prints
B) lacquer luxury objects
C) kosode robes
D) all of the above

Question 27

The seventeenth-century painter __________, considered the first great painter of the Rimpa school, painted the Waves at Matsushima , some of the finest surviving golden screens.

A) Sen no Rikyu
B) Sotatsu
C) Qin Ling
D) Weh Hong

Question 28

Work by contemporary artist Fukami Sueharu shows that ___________continues to be a vibrant and lucrative field of Japanese artistic production today.

A) printmaking
B) ceramics
C) drawing
D) painting

Question 29

What design feature was NOT included in the Japanese formal receiving rooms called shoin?

A) a shrine for Buddhist meditation
B) shelves where writing implements were displayed
C) a alcove for flower arrangements or paintings
D) a space fitted for a low writing desk

Question 30

Which statement best characterizes the lifestyle of Zen monk-artists such as Shubun and his followers?

A) They specialized in art rather than religious ritual or teaching.
B) They used art to help teach the ideas of Zen to others.
C) Art was just one facet of their daily lives .
D) They lived a solitary nomadic life and traded their art for food.

Question 31

What influence was introduced into Japanese ink painting during the Muromachi period?

A) Zen Buddhism's emphasis on historical figures
B) Pure Land Buddhism
C) traditions of Chinese landscape painting
D) humor

Question 32

Why did eighteenth-century artists in Kyoto begin to use Western methods of shading and perspective?

A) Commodore Perry opened Japanese ports allowing for greater access to Western art
B) to meet the demand of patrons interested in three-dimensional effects enhanced by optical devices
C) Kyoto's rejection of influences from Chinese art and culture
D) an influx of foreign artists to the imperial court

Question 33

What characterizes works by the Kano school of artists?

A) a revived interest in Chinese art and culture
B) a painting style that combined traditions of ink-painting with brightly colored decorative subjects
C) monochrome paintings in black and diluted grays
D) a preference for rustic unadorned surfaces and asymmetrical forms

Question 34

What area of Japanese shoin-style interiors were frequently decorated with large-scale mural paintings?

A) the tokonoma
B) shoji screens
C) fusama
D) all of the above

Question 35

Zen's initial decline during the Edo period was revived by the Zen monk/teacher/artist, __________, who portrayed subjects from everyday life that his humble followers could easily understand.

A) Sen no Rikyu
B) Kano Eitoku
C) Ogata Korin
D) Hakuin Ekaku

Question 36

Which of the following statements does NOT apply to dry landscape gardens such as the rock garden at Ryoanji in Kyoto ?

A) Cleaning and maintaining the garden provides a form of active meditation.
B) The arrangement of elements was influenced by Chinese landscape painting.
C) The surrounding landscape is considered a part of the garden design.
D) Strolling around the rock formations encourages a sense of oneness with nature.

Question 37

The Tea Bowl, called Yugure ("Twilight") , is attributed to Chojiro, thought to be the founder of what type of pottery?

A) raku
B) Mount Fuji
C) crackle glaze
D) Hokusai

Question 38

Reaching great refinement in the Momoyama period, __________ are upper-class residences that combine a number of traditional features, always asymmetrically arranged.

A) fusuma
B) shoin
C) tatami
D) veranda

Question 39

The Rinpa school refers to a group of artists who _______________________.

A) produced work that reinterpreted ancient courtly-style arts
B) sometimes collaborated with craftmakers in the production of luxury goods
C) worked in the city of Kyoto
D) all of the above

Question 40

What subject was NOT popular among ukiyo-e artists?

A) courtesans
B) Kabuki actors
C) popular sights in Japan
D) famous samurai

Question 41

__________ was the first artist to design woodblock prints to be printed in more than one color.

A) Toshusai Sharaku
B) Suzuki Harunobu
C) Utagawa Hiroshige
D) Katsushika Hokusai

Question 42

__________ is monochromatic painting in black ink and its diluted grays.

A) Gray painting
B) Chroma painting
C) Ink painting
D) Reflective painting

Question 43

___________, whose Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji is one of the best-known sets of graphic art, is one of the great masters of nineteenth-century ukiyo-e landscape.

A) Hiroshige
B) Hokusai
C) Taikan
D) Ekaku

Question 44

The Zen monk-artist Hakuin Ekaku painted many images of _________, the semi-legendary Indian monk who founded Zen Buddhism.

A) Tokusho
B) Bashu
C) Yotaku
D) Daruma

Question 45

Although Japan has a long history of ceramic production, ____________was not manufactured until the early seventeenth century when it became widely adopted for everyday use in response to growing fashion for Chinese arts.

A) red-brick
B) celadon
C) stoneware
D) porcelain

Question 46

In the Edo period, new schools of philosophy developed in Kyoto based on ______________, which promoted individualism and cultivated artistic creativity.

A) Jainism
B) Christianity
C) Zen Buddhism
D) Confucianism

Question 47

The __________ period is especially marked by the ascendance of Zen Buddhism.

A) Muromachi
B) Momoyama
C) Edo
D) Modern

Question 48

A woodblock print having multiple colors is called __________.

A) monochrome
B) duochrome
C) polychrome
D) everychrome

Question 49

In the mid-nineteenth century, Japan's policy of isolation ended. Western influences entered the country, and the emperor was restored to power, an event known as the __________Restoration.

A) Nabeshima
B) Kyoto
C) Meiji
D) Tokyo

Question 50

During the Edo period, ___________ flourished among rural peasants outside of Japan's urban centers.

A) Pure Land Buddhism
B) Zen Buddhism
C) Theravada Buddhism
D) Tibetan Buddhism

Question 51

The first book on the artist Hokusai was published in __________.

A) Germany
B) Britain
C) France
D) Italy

Question 52

In addition to its decorative properties, the practical qualities of __________ make it ideal for storage containers and vessels for food and drink.

A) monochrome paint
B) lacquer
C) porcelain
D) bronze

Question 53

The landscape paintings of Japan's ______in the Edo period reflect their interest in Chinese culture and ideas associated with Daoism.

A) aristocrats
B) literati
C) samurais
D) merchants

Question 54

Ukiyo-e artists designed many prints of actors from the form of popular theater, known as __________.

A) shoin
B) oni
C) kabuki
D) otani

Question 55

Winter Landscape by Sesshu features jagged brushstrokes and flat overlapping planes. What period was this work created?

A) Muromachi
B) Edo
C) Momoyama
D) Modern

Question 56

The designation of craftsmakers as _______________originated in 1897 as a means to safeguard Japan's rich artistic heritage.

A) Living National Treasures
B) Living National Icons
C) Living National Educators
D) Living National Heroes

Question 57

The eighteenth-century artist, ___________, was known for his ukiyo-e of courtesans such as The Flowers of Beauty in the Floating World: Motoura and Yaezakura of the Minami Yamasakiya .

A) Nagasawa Rosetsu
B) Suzuki Harunobu
C) Toshusai Sharaku
D) Otani Oniji

Question 58

The Rock Garden at Ryoanji, Kyoto has been interpreted as representing___________.

A) people on horseback
B) monsters on lands
C) animals in the sky
D) islands in the sea

Question 59

The Buddhist phrase __________ was used in the middle and later Edo periods to describe the taste for life's pleasures.

A) ukiyo
B) fusuma
C) tatami
D) tokonoma

Question 60

The highly disciplined samurai of the Muromachi period particularly admired the austere ideals of __________.

A) Pure Land Buddhism
B) Theravada Buddhism
C) Zen Buddhism
D) Tibetan Buddhism

Question 61

Discuss Zen Buddhism. Consider some of its foundational principles. Relate these principles to their impact on the arts, citing specific works. 

Question 62

Does the teabowl have significance in the tea ceremony? Base your answer on an actual object discussed in the book.

Question 63

What is the "key block" in the woodblock print process?

Question 64

Describe the dry garden at Ryoan-ji. What is its purpose? Consider its design. Where is it located? What does it represent?

Question 65

Describe the means of access to Himeji Castle ?

Question 66

Who are daimyo?

Question 67

Describe the utensils of the tea ceremony.

Question 68

Characterize the style of Yokoyama Taikan. With which painting tradition did he align himself? Is he completely within this tradition?

Question 69

Ike Taiga's View of Kojima Bay blends what country's models with Japanese aesthetics and his own personal brushwork?

A) British
B) Indian
C) Malaysian
D) Chinese

Question 70

How did exposure to European firearms influence Japanese architecture?

Question 71

What are registration marks in the woodblock print process? Are they necessary?

Question 72

A traditional tearoom combines simple elegance and _____________.

A) beauty
B) rusticity
C) ambiance
D) comfort

Question 73

Maruyama Okyo perfected methods to incorporate western shading and perspective into his mid-eighteenth century paintings of a more native Japanese decorative style. Who was his most famous pupil?

A) Nagasawa Rosetsu
B) Suzuki Harunobu
C) Toshusai Sharaku
D) Otani Oniji

Question 74

What is "borrowed scenery"? Give an example.

Question 75

What is the meaning of the Japanese phrase ukiyo-e? Associate this phrase with a specific artist and work.

Question 76

What was the impact of Hokusai's Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji on the arts?

Question 77

What is the Kano school? What artist was a product of this school?

Question 78

What is a writing box? Describe the actual object and identify an artisan who made such writing boxes.

Question 79

The ____________folding screen format from the Edo period was a triumph of scale and practicality, and could be folded for storage and transportation.

A) two-panel
B) one-panel
C) six-panel
D) four-panel

Question 80

Describe the tools and materials used for ink painting. Are these only used for ink painting or are they used for other arts as well?