Midterm 2 Flashcards
(71 cards)

Gu Kaizhi c345-406,
Admonitions of the Court Instructress to the Ladies of the Court

(Left) Entertainers Riding on an Elephant, on a plectrum guard of a biwa. 8th century, Shosoin, Todaiji
(Right) Landscape detail, Dunhuang, cave 172, mid-8th century

Fan Kuan
Travelers Among Mountains and Streams
ca. 1000 CE, Northern Song
Ink on silk, hanging scroll

Guo Xi (Kuo Hsi)
Early Spring
1072, Northern Song
Ink on silk, hanging scroll

Emperor Huizong
Auspicious Cranes
Early 12th c., Northern Song
Ink and color on silk, album leaf

Emperor Huizong
Five-colored Parakeet on a Blossoming Apricot Branch
Early 12th c., Northern Song
Ink and color on silk, album leaf

After Zhang Xuan (713-41)
Ladies Preparing Newly Woven Silk
Song dynasty copy (court of Emperor Huizong) of a Tang original, 12th c.

Ma Yuan Walking on a Mountain Path in Spring
Early 13th c., Southern Song
Ink on silk, hanging scroll

Xia Gui, Pure and Remote View of Rivers and Mountains
Early 13th c., Southern Song
Ink on paper, handscroll

Tale of Genji Illustrated Handscroll, ca. 1120-1140, Heian period
Kashiwagi I - The Oak Tree, illustration 1
Ink and color on paper, handscroll
- Mono no aware: the pathos of human existence, awareness of impermanence
- Fukinuki yatai: “ripped-away roof” style

(Top) Tale of Genji Illustrated Handscroll, ca. 1120-1140, Heian period
Kashiwagi II - The Oak Tree, illustration 2
Ink and color on paper, handscroll
(Bottom) Tale of Genji Illustrated Handscroll, ca. 1120-1140, Heian period
Kashiwagi III - The Oak Tree, illustration 3
Ink and color on paper, handscroll

Tale of Genji Illustrated Handscroll, ca. 1120-1140
Suzumushi II - The Cricket Bell, illustration 2

Miraculous Tales of Mt. Shigi
Between 1157 and 1180, Heian period
Ink and color on paper, handscroll

Painting of the Impure Aspect of the Human Realm, 13th c.
Kamakura period
Ink and color on silk

Hungry Ghosts handscroll
(Gaki zõshi)
Late 12th century, Kamakura period
Ink and color on paper

Hell Scroll
Late 12th century, Kamakura
Ink and color on paper
Handscroll

Hell Scroll
13th c., Kamakura period
Ink and color on paper

Both: Mountain-crossing raigô
Early 13th century, Kamakura
Ink and color on silk, hanging scrolls

Descent of Amida and the 25 Bodhisattvas
early 13th century, Kamakura period
Ink and color on silk, hanging scroll

Tōdaiji: Nandaimon 南大門 (Great South Gate)
1199, Kamakura period

Agyō by Kaikei
Wooden sculpture
Installed 1203
Great South Gate, Tōdaiji

Unyō by Unkei
Wooden sculpture
Installed 1203
Great South Gate, Tōdaiji

Ren Renfa
Two Horses (Lean Horse and Fat Horse)
Late 13th century, Yuan dynasty
Handscroll, Ink and color on silk

Qian Xuan, Watching Geese
Dated 1295, Yuan dynasty
Handscroll; ink, color and gold on paper














































