Art 152 / EAS 143
Approaches to Chinese and Japanese Art

Module Two: Art in the Shrine/Temple

Bonnie Cheng, Department of Art

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01. Sword with Ring Pommel
Iron & Gilt Bronze
Kofun Period
ca. 7th c CE

02. Bronze Mirror with Abstract Design
Kofun Period
ca. 300-600 CE

03. Raised Storehouse/Granary
(reconstruction)
Yayoi Period
300 BCE-300 CE

04. Main Hall (honden)
Izumo Shrine, Shimane Prefecture
ca. 5-6th c CE (rebuilt 1744)

05. Positions for Worship at Inner Shrine
Ise Shrine, Mie Prefecture
ca. 3rd c CE

06. General View of Main Hall
(honden)
Inner Shrine
Ise Shrine, Mie Prefecture
ca. 3rd c CE

07. Story of Sumedha (section)
Dunhuang Cave #257
Northern Wei Dynasty
4-6th Centuries
Wall Painting
Gansu Province

08. West Wall, N. Side, Vimalakirti
Dunhuang Cave #420
Northern Wei Dynasty
4-6th Centuries
Wall Painting
Gansu Province

09. Figural Representation from
Dunhuang Caves
Northern Wei Dynasty
4-6th Centuries
Wall Painting
Gansu Province

10. Lotus Sutra,
North Slope Ceiling
Dunhuang Cave #420
Northern Wei Dynasty
4-6th Centuries
Wall Painting
Gansu Province

11. Plan & Elevation
Dunhuang Cave #254
Northern Wei Dynasty
4-6th Centuries
Wall Painting
Gansu Province

12. View of Central Pillar Cave
Dunhuang Cave #254
Northern Wei Dynasty
4-6th Centuries
Wall Painting
Gansu Province

13. King Sivi (Sibi) Jataka
Dunhuang Cave #254
Northern Wei Dynasty
4-6th Centuries
Sculpture/Wall Painting
Gansu Province

14. King Sivi (Sibi) Jataka
Dunhuang Cave #254
Northern Wei Dynasty
4-6th Centuries
Wall Painting
Gansu Province

15. Hungry Tigress Jataka
Dunhuang Cave #254
Northern Wei Dynasty
4-6th Centuries
Wall Painting
Gansu Province

16. Plan & Elevation
Dunhuang Cave #285
Western Wei Dynasty
6th Century
Wall Painting
Gansu Province

17. View of Cave & Main Buddha
Dunhuang Cave #285
Western Wei Dynasty
6th Century
Wall Painting
Gansu Province

18. "Conversion of 500 Bandits"
Dunhuang Cave #285
Western Wei Dynasty
6th Century
Wall Painting
Gansu Province

19. "Conversion of 500 Bandits"
Dunhuang Cave #285
Western Wei Dynasty
6th Century
Wall Painting
Gansu Province

20. Main Buddha
Yungang Cave #20
Northern Wei Dynasty
Mid-Late 5th C
Sculpture, Datong, Shanxi Province

21. Great Buddha with Attendants
Fengxian Temple
Tang Dynasty,7th century CE
Longmen Grottoes, Henan Province

22. Scroll Brought to Japan
by Paekche emissaries from China
ca. 584 CE

23. Maitreya Buddha
Feng-Hsien Temple
Chuguji Temple, Horyu-ji, Nara
Asuka Period
7th century

24. Aerial View of Horyu-ji
Horyu-ji, Nara
Asuka Period
7th century

25. Pagoda
Horyu-ji, Nara
Asuka Period
7th century

26. Parinirvana
Sculptural Tableaux, Pagoda
Horyu-ji, Nara
Asuka Period
7th century

27. Exterior View of Kondo
Horyu-ji, Nara
Asuka Period
7th century

28. Section of Kondo
Horyu-ji, Nara
Asuka Period
7th century

29. Interior View of Kondo
Horyu-ji, Nara
Asuka Period
7th century

30. Bronze Shaka Triad
Horyu-ji, Nara
Asuka Period
633 CE

31. Bronze Shaka Triad
(Compared with Chinese Buddha (L)
Horyu-ji, Nara
Asuka Period
633 CE

32. Tamamushi Shrine
painted lacquer+
Horyu-ji, Nara
Asuka Period
7th century

33. Tamamushi Shrine(det)
Hungry Tigress Jataka
painted lacquer
Horyu-ji, Nara
Asuka Period
7th century

34. Aerial View of Daibutsu-den (Great Buddha Hall)
Todai-ji, Nara
Nara Period
Orig. construction
8th century

35. View of Daibutsu-den (Great Buddha Hall)
Todai-ji, Nara
Nara Period

36. Daibutsu (Great Buddha)
bronze
Todai-ji, Nara
Nara Period
Orig. construction
8th century

37. JOCHO
Amida Buddha in Phoenix Hall
Kyoto, Byodo-in (Hoodo)
Heian Period, 1053

38. White Path Between Two Rivers
Hanging Scroll, Color on silk
Kamakura Period, 13th C
Seattle Art Museum

39. Deities
Hanging Scroll, Shiga color on silk
Kamakura Period, 13th C

40. JIGOKU ZOSHI
Hell of Pus & Blood
Handscroll, colors on paper
Kamakura Period, late 12th C
Cleveland Museum of Art

41. JIGOKU ZOSHI
Hell Scroll (Hell of Excrements)
emaki scroll, colors on paper
Kamakura Period, late 12th C
Setsu Iwao, Kanagawa Prefecture

42. Hell Scroll (Hell of Excrements)
Handscroll, colors on paper
Kamakura Period, late 12th C
Cleveland Museum of Art

43. Hell Scroll (Hell of Iron Mortar)
Handscroll, colors on paper
Kamakura Period, late 12th C
Nara National Museum

44. Hell Scroll (Hell of Dissections)
Handscroll,ink, colors on paper
Kamakura Period, late 12th C
Setsu Iwao, Kanagawa Prefecture

45. Gaki Zoshi
Hungry Ghosts Scroll
Painted Handscroll
Kamakura Period
ca.12th century

46. Zen Rock Garden, Stone & Sand
Dry-Landscape Garden
Kyoto, Ryoan-ji Temple
Muromachi Period
Late 15th century

47. Rock Garden of Daisenin
Kyoto, Daitokuji Temple
Muromachi Period
early 16th c.

48. Rock Garden of Daisenin (detail)
Kyoto, Daitokuji Temple
Muromachi Period
early 16th c.

49. JOSETSU
Catching a Catfish with a Gourd
Hanging Scroll
Muromachi Period
ca. 1413

50. SHUBUN (attributed)
Reading in a Bamboo Study
Hanging Scroll
Muromachi Period
ca. 1446

51. SESSHU (after Xia Gui)
Winter Landscape
Hanging Scroll
ink and color on paper
Muromachi Period
15th C (?)

52. SESSHU
Hoboku (splashed ink style)
Landscape
Hanging Scroll
ink on paper
Muromachi Period
1495

53. SESSHU
Hoboku (splashed ink style)
Landscape & Poem
Hanging Scroll
ink on paper
Muromachi Period
1495

54. SESSHU
Bodhidharma & Huike
Hanging Scroll
ink on paper
Muromachi Period
1496

55. KAO
Kanzan
Hanging Scroll
Muromachi Period
late 15th c.

56. KAO
Kanzan
Hanging Scroll
ink on silk
Muromachi Period
late 15th C

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