Momoyama Art Forms

Kiri-mon

Oda

Nobunaga

(1534-1582)

Toyotomi

Hideyoshi(1536-1598)

Hideyoshi

Statue

Helmets

tsuba

(sword guards)

Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542-1616)

Castle Architecture

Himeji Castle

Himeji Castle

Himeji

Castle

Ground

Plan

Himeji Castle

Courtyard 1

Himeji Castle Core

Himeji Castle

Courtyard 2

Himeji Castle donjon

Himeji Castle donjon

Osaka

Castle

Nijo Castle

Nijo

Castle

Screens

Momoyama/Edo

Painting

• Official “power” painting for feudal lords

• Monochrome in the Southern Song style.

• Genre painting

Azuchi Castle Decorations

Art for the Feudal Lords

Screens in a Rooom

Kano School

• Backbone of Momoyam-Edo art history

• Closest heirs to Song Chinese tradition

• Served Japan’s leaders like Chinese

academy

• Set professional standards from 15th -

19th centuries

• Leaders in direct family blood line.

Masanobu (1434-1530

Motonobu (1476-1559)

Munenobu Shoei

Eitoku (1543-90)

Mitsunobu (1565-1608) Takanobu Sanraku (1561-1635)

Tanyu (1602-1674)

Kano Masanobu Four Sages on Mt. Shang

Masanobu (1434-1530

Motonobu (1476-1559)

Munenobu Shoei

Eitoku (1543-90)

Mitsunobu (1565-1608) Takanobu Sanraku (1561-1635)

Tanyu (1602-1674)

Kano

Motonobu

White-

robed

Kannon

Kano Motonobu

Landscape

Masanobu (1434-1530

Motonobu (1476-1559)

Munenobu Shoei

Eitoku (1543-90)

Mitsunobu (1565-1608) Takanobu Sanraku (1561-1635)

Tanyu (1602-1674)

Kano Eitoku(1543-1590)

Kano

Eitoku,

Hawk on

Pine

Kano Eitoku, Cypress

Tree

Kano Eitoku,

“Sites In and

Around

Kyoto”

genre painting

Genre Painting on

Screens

Warrior

on

Genre

Screen

Masanobu (1434-1530

Motonobu (1476-1559)

Munenobu Shoei

Eitoku (1543-90)

Mitsunobu (1565-1608) Takanobu Sanraku (1561-1635)

Tanyu (1602-1674)

(adopted)

Kano Sanraku

Twenty-four Paragons

of Filial Piety

Sanraku’s

Significance & Style

• Adopted son, but most talented disciple.

• Retreat from Eitoku’s dynamic style.

• Move toward elegant ornamental

treatment.

• More “intellectual” subject matter.

• Hideyoshi was his great patron.

Masanobu (1434-1530

Motonobu (1476-1559)

Munenobu Shoei

Eitoku (1543-90)

Mitsunobu (1565-1608) Takanobu Sanraku (1561-1635)

Tanyu (1602-1674)

Kano

Tanyu

Self-

Portrait

Kano

Tanyu,

Tiger

among

Bamboo

Hasegawa Tohaku,

Pine Trees

Hasegawa

Tohaku,

Monkeys

Kaiho Yusho,

“Fishing Nets”

Kaiho Yusho,

“Fishing Nets”

Bridge Screen

Miyamoto

Musashi,

“Shrike

on

Branch”

Hime-ji Castle

and

Osaka Castle

Namba

n

Byobu,

Ship

Namban Byobu, Priests

Portugu

ese

Mercha

nt &

African

Slave

Hidden

Christian

Art

Hidden Christian

Art

Koraku-en, Okayama

Katsura Rikkyu, Kyoto

Sambo-in Garden

END

Sun & Moon Landscape

Kiyonag

a

Current

Manners in

Eastern

Brocade

(series)

Tokuga

wa

Ieyasu

Kano Eitoku, Crane &

Pine