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KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY

JAPANESE ART A

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COURSE DESCRIPTION:

An introductory survey of Japanese art created during the Muromachi, Azuchi-Momoyama, Edo, Meiji, Taishō, Shōwa, Heisei, and Reiwa periods.

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RESOURCES:

CERAMICS

• The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka
  • A Brief History of Japanese Ceramics

CRITICAL ANALYSIS & THEORY:

• Formal, or Visual Analysis:
  • Art & Art History: Formal Analysis & Comparative Analysis, by Zack Garcia and Tamara Smith, Undergraduate Writing Center, University of Texas at Austin, 2006, 2009
  • Art Criticism and Formal Analysis Outline, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
  • “Bank of Questions,” College of Arts & Humanities, University of Maryland College Park
    • Questions on Form
    • Questions on Content
    • Questions on Context
    • Questions on Frame
    • Questions on Gaze
  • “Elements of Art,” J. Paul Getty Museum
  • “The Basics of Visual Literacy,” College of Arts & Humanities, University of Maryland College Park
  • Understanding Formal Analysis, The J. Paul Getty Museum
  • “Understanding Formal Analysis: Elements of Art,” J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011
  • “Understanding Formal Analysis: Principles of Design,” J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011
  • “Principles of Design,” J. Paul Getty Museum
  • Visual Analysis, Writing Studio, Thompson Writing Program, Duke University
  • Writing a Formal Analysis in Art History, The Nesbitt-Johnston Writing Center, Hamilton College

GALLERY, MUSEUM, and PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:

• The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Search the Collections: Japanese Art

• Freer and Sackler Galleries
  • Open F|S: Japanese Art

• Harvard Art Museums
  • Browse Our Collections (filter results by Place: Japan)

• Imperial Household Agency: Shōsōin Repository
  • Search

• The J. Paul Getty Museum
  • Museum Collection Search (specify Culture/Country search option: Japanese or Japan)

• The Khalili Collection
  • Japanese Art of the Meiji Period (1868 – 1912)
  • Kimono (1700 – 2000)

• Metropolitan Museum of Art:
  • Collection (filter results by Geographic Location: Japan)

• Timeline of Art History , Works of Art (select a geographical region: East Asia)

• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston:
  • Collection Tour: Japanese Paintings
  • Collection Tour: The Spaulding Collection

• Nara National Museum:
  • Collection Database
  • Advanced Search
• Princeton University Art Museum
  • Asian Art Collection: Japan
• Yale University Art Gallery:
  • Collections
  • Search the Collection (refine results by Culture: Japanese)

JAPANESE ART HISTORY:

• Asian Art Collection, Japan, “Japan Timeline,” Princeton University Art Museum, 2018

JAPANESE HISTORY:

ONLINE PUBLICATIONS:

• MetPublications, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (select Thematic Category: Asian Art, Japan)

ONLINE COLLECTIONS:

• eKokuhou: eMuseum Advanced Search

• Independent Administrative Institution National Museum of Art 
  • Collections: Advanced Search

WOODBLOCK PRINTS:

• BIJINGA
  • ALLURE: Elegant Women in Japanese Prints, Honolulu Museum of Art, 2019
• SHUNGA
  • Arts of the Bedchamber: Japanese Shunga, Honolulu Museum of Art, 2012
  • Tounge-in-Cheek: Erotic Art in 19th-Century Japan, Honolulu Museum of Art, 2013
  • Modern Love: 20th Century Japanese Erotic Art, Honolulu Museum of Art, 2014

MISCELLANEOUS LINKS:

Architecture:

• The Joinery (Twitter account featuring 3D animated GIF diagrams of Japanese joinery techniques)

Illustrated Scrolls:

• “Story of the Courtier Ban Dainagon” (replica), original attributed to Tokiwa Mitsunaga (illustrator) and Asukai Masatsune (author), National Diet Library Digital Collection

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