Edo Period

1603 – 1868

Reestablished Shogunate of Ieyasu – moved capitol to Edo

Rimpa School of Painting

Boat Bridge, writing box, lacquered wood, gold leaf

drawn from a 10th century poem

Tawaraya Sotatsu

• Tawaraya Sotatsu

• Matsushima Screens

• Pair of 6 panel screens

• Rimpa School

• Edo Period, 17th c.

• Ink, gold leaf on paper

Literati Style (Nanga School) Painting

• Inspired by new Confucianism in Japanese, ancient Chinese literati, and individualism.

• Made work unique by blending Chinese models (literati), Japanese aesthetics, and personal expression.

• Geese Aslant in the High Wind

• Edo Period, 1817• Ink and light colors on

paper• Literati styles include:

expressive layers of calligraphic brushwork building up forms of trees, mountains, monochrome, and the solitary human habitation.

Uragami Gyokudo

Poet on a Mountaintop, Literati painting example from Chinese artist, Shen Zhou, late 1400’s

• Yosa Buson, Cuckoo Flying over New Verdure, Edo late 18th century

• Literati Style: relating to Chinese literati, educated, literary, poetic, use of haiku

• Social gatherings with everyday people

• Art for Middle CLASS

• Work produced between 17th and 20th century

Ukiyo-e: Pictures of the Floating World

Daruma and a Young Woman in the Rain”, woodblock print by Suzuki Harunobu, 1765

• 1st artist to design drawings for a multi-colored print

• Geisha as Daruma Crossing, Edo Period, mid - 18th c. Color woodblock

Ukiyo-e

Suzuki Harunobu

Katsushika Hokusai

“If I could live to 100, I would finally learn how to be an artist.”

Became immediately acclaimed in Western Europe - highly influencing late-19th and early 20th century art.

Great Wave over Kanagawa, Katsushika Hokusai,

Grand COURTESAN, Takahashi, Meiji period, 1872

nihonga: Japanese style in modern day