Asian Art History / Christenson
Japan

Jomon (10000 - 300 bce)

1. clay vessel, cordmaking pattern, Hokkiado, 8000 - 5000 bce

2. clay vessel, cordmaking pattern, 5000 - 2000 bce

3. cord making patterns

4. stone circle, Tamadamachi, Kaaono city, Akita prefecture 1500-300 bce

5. Coil-built pottery, Jomon, Nigata Pref., 4000-2000 bce

6. Coil-built pottery

7. Coil-built vase, pottery Mijanomae, Nagano Dist 3000-2000bce

8. figurine, Kurokama site, Yamanaghi Perf. 2500-1500 bce

9. figurine, Aomori perf. , 15"

Kofun  (300- 710)  "Haniwa Tumulus Period"

10. Tomb of Emp. Nintoku,

11. typology of tombs,

12. Bell, bronze 300bce-300ace

13. Haniwa warrior, polychrome ceramics, 53"

14.  "  ",

15.  "  ",  6c

16.  "  deer,   Hidokora, Shimane

17.  "  man and woman dancing

18. diagram of "hanawa" placement, Futatsuyama Tomb, Gunma Prefecture

19. Takehara domen w/ paintings

20. Chokko-mon design, Edera tomb 4c ­ 5c

Nara (710-784)

21. Yumedono Kannon, in hall of dreams, Horyuji, Nara

22. Miroku (wood) 7c

23. Amida Triad, guilded bronze

24. standing Yakushi Jingoji, Kyoto, c793, cypress wood

25. Priest , Ganjin (wood lacquer),Toshodai-ji Temple 763-84

26. Furuna (One of Ten Great Disciples) painted dry lacquer, c 734

27. process of dry-lacquer and clay

28. Guardian Fig. Shukongo-Shin (lacquered/clay ) Todai-Ji, Nara 8c

29. Jihokuten, in the Kaidanin, Todaiji, clay / paint 60” (one of four)

30. detail, Kwan-yin, wall painting Houju-ji

31. Hokke Mandala,

32. Horyuji monastery, Nara, 607, aerial view

33.  "  " , Kondo, “Golden Hall”

34.   "  " , five storied pagoda, 7- 10c

35.   “  “  cross-section of Horuji pagoda

36. "hondo", Yakushji, Nara, after 730, (rebuilt 1980)

37. . “  “ , Triad in the Hondo, lante 7c

38. Diabutsuden facade, Todai-ji, Nara (740-52) world's largest wooden building

39.  “  “ , Interior w/ the Buddha (children’s book illustration)

40.  “  “ , casting of the Buddha (children’s book illustration)

41.  “  “ , Konogori Kishi, 26’ 6” tall, XIIIc

42. Hoden (main hall), Ise, Mie prefect. , begun by Empress Jito (686 -697)

43.  Shinto Shrines, 1. Shimei (Ise) 2. Taisha (Isumo)   3. Nagare (Kyoto)   4. Kasuga (Nara)            5. Hachiman (Oita)   6. Hie (Shiga)

Heian (794-1156)

44. Interior of the Kondo, Kanshinji, Osaka

45. Womb mandala (detail) colors on silk, 859 - 880

46. Taizokai  (womb world) Ryokai Mandara, 9c

47. Kongokai (diamond world) of Ryokai, Mandara 9c

48. Bodhisattva Fugen, w/ attendants,  30” x 16”,  13c

49. anon.                 Fugen,

50.  anon.                    Fudo Myoo, in the Kudo, Kyoogokuji, Toji, wood, painted 68”  839

51.  Fujiwara Takanobu,              Port. of Shigemori (color on silk) (1142-1205)

52. Kaikei,             Hanchiman in guise of a monk, 13c wood/paint.

53. Jocho, Hoodo (Phoenix Hall), Byodo-in Temple, Uji, c1053  (private chapel under Fujiwara)

54.   "     "     "     "     "

55.  Jocho, "     "     "     "   , Amida Nyorai,  c1053  cypress wood w/ lacquered cloth  9'2"

56.  “      “      “            , dancing Apsara, 1053

57.  Tankei, Sanjusangendo, Kyoto, 1166-1266  , 350' long (holds 1000 kannon images)

                                        translated as “the Hall of 33 bays”

58.   "     "         "

59.  "     "         "

60.  "       "         " Kannon Bodhisattva, 11’ h (w/ eleven faces and 1000 arms) 1164

61. “     “     “ , Daibendudokuten,  65”

62.  "     "     "     Bususennin (Vasu) one of the 28 Spirits ) 1166