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Japanese art
Table of Contents
  • Introduction & Top Questions
  • General characteristics
  • Formative period
    • Paleolithic stage
    • Jōmon period
    • Yayoi period
    • Tumulus, or Kofun, period
  • Asuka period
    • Sculpture
    • Painting
  • Hakuhō period
    • Sculpture
    • Painting
  • Nara period
    • Sculpture
    • Painting
    • Decorative arts
  • Heian period
    • Esoteric Buddhism
    • Amidism
    • Calligraphy and painting
    • Decorative arts
  • Kamakura period
    • Sculpture
    • Painting
  • Muromachi period
    • Painting and calligraphy
    • Ceramics
    • Lacquerware
    • The tea ceremony
  • Azuchi-Momoyama period
    • Painting
    • Ceramics
  • Tokugawa, or Edo, period
    • Painting
    • Wood-block prints
    • Ceramics
    • Lacquerware
    • Sculpture
  • Modern period
    • Western-style painting
    • Japanese-style painting
    • Wood-block prints
    • Sculpture
    • Ceramics
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Hokusai: The Breaking Wave off Kanagawa
Pottery from the Jōmon period
dōtaku
haniwa horse head
Kuratsukuri Tori
bodhisattva
Tōdai Temple: Great Buddha Hall
Shūkongōjin
Kichijōten
Phoenix Hall of Byodo Temple
How Beauty Looking Back reflects Japanese history
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