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Nōami Kannon
was a dōbōshū (artist and art connoisseur for the shogunate) in the service of the Ashikaga shogunate, an esteemed Ink wash painting, suiboku (monochrome ink) painter, renga (linked verse) poet and tate-bana flower artist. He was especially closely involved with the 6th shōgun Ashikaga Yoshinori and the 8th shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimasa. Nōami served the Ashikaga shogunate as the curator of the shogunate's collection of artworks known as the ‘Higashiyama Treasure, Higashiyama Gomotsu’. An astute art connoisseur, Nōami collected and evaluated the imported artworks for the shogunate and developed elaborate guidelines for the display of artworks in shoin rooms such as the mannerisms for displaying hanging scrolls, ornamenting Tokonoma, chigai-dana (staggered shelf alcove), displaying flowers and vases on alcoves, and displaying pieces on shoin writing desks. These guidelines are captured in the "Reference for the Display of Objects of Beauty" (Kundaikan Sō Chōki 君台観左 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Tea Ceremony
The Japanese tea ceremony (known as or lit. 'Hot water for tea') is a Culture of Japan, Japanese cultural activity involving the ceremonial preparation and presentation of , powdered green tea, the procedure of which is called . The term "Japanese tea ceremony" does not exist in the Japanese language. In Japanese the term is ''Sadō'' or ''Chadō'', which literally translated means "tea way" and places the emphasis on the Tao (道). The English term "Teaism" was coined by Okakura Kakuzō to describe the unique worldview associated with Japanese way of tea as opposed to focusing just on Tea ceremony, the presentation aspect, which came across to the first western observers as ceremonial in nature. In the 1500s, Sen no Rikyū revolutionized Japanese tea culture, essentially perfecting what is now known as the Japanese tea ceremony and elevating it to the status of an art form. He redefined the rules of the tea house, tea garden, utensils, and procedures of the tea ceremony with h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1471 Deaths
Year 1471 ( MCDLXXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January – Portuguese navigators João de Santarém and Pedro Escobar reach the gold-trading centre of Elmina on the Gold Coast of west Africa, and explore Cape St. Catherine, two degrees south of the equator, so that they begin to be guided by the Southern Cross constellation. They also visit Sassandra on the Ivory Coast. * February - March – Champa–Đại Việt War: Emperor Lê Thánh Tông captures the Champa capital, establishing new regions in middle Vietnam. * March – The Yorkist King Edward IV returns to England to reclaim his throne. * April 14 – Battle of Barnet: Edward defeats the Lancastrian army under Warwick, who is killed. * May 4 – Battle of Tewkesbury: King Edward defeats a Lancastrian army under Queen Margaret and her son, Edward of Westminster the Prince of Wales, who is killed. * May 22 – King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1397 Births
Year 1397 ( MCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January – Mircea I takes back the throne of Wallachia. * February 10 – John Beaufort becomes Earl of Somerset in England. * June 6 – Richard Whittington is nominated as Lord Mayor of London for the first time. * June 17 – Eric of Pomerania is crowned in Kalmar (Sweden) as ruler of the Kalmar Union, a personal union of the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway (with Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Shetland and Orkney) and Sweden (including Finland and Åland) engineered by Queen Margaret I of Denmark, his great-aunt and adoptive mother, who retains ''de facto'' power in the realm. * July 12 – Richard II of England attempts to reassert authority over his kingdom by arresting members of a group of powerful barons known as the Lords Appellant. * September 25 – The Treaty of Kalmar is signed. * September 29 ** John Hollan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masaki Art Museum
is an art museum in Tadaoka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, that opened in 1968. The collection, built up by , comprises some thirteen hundred works, including three National Treasures A national treasure is a structure, artifact, object or cultural work that is officially or popularly recognized as having particular value to the nation, or representing the ideals of the nation. The term has also been applied to individuals or ... and twelve Important Cultural Properties. Gallery See also * Fujita Art Museum * Kubosō Memorial Museum of Arts, Izumi * List of National Treasures of Japan (writings: others) * Bokuseki References External links *Masaki Art Museum* Art museums and galleries in Osaka Prefecture Tadaoka, Osaka Art museums and galleries established in 1968 1968 establishments in Japan {{Japan-art-display-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sōami
was a Japanese painter and landscape art, landscape artist. Family Sōami was the grandson and son of the painters and art connoisseurs Nōami and Geiami, respectively. Career Sōami was in the service of the Ashikaga shogunate and is claimed to have designed the rock garden of the Ginkaku-ji temple. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Sōami's paintings were in the style of China's Southern School; some of his greatest pieces covered over twenty panels, and depicted Japanese landscapes using Chinese methods. His work was among the first ''Nanga (Japanese painting), nanga'' or Southern School work in Japan. Sōami is most known for hiLandscape of the Four Seasons (Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers)(at Archive.org). Famous works * Ryōan-ji: Zen temple whose rock garden may have been designed by Soami * Seika: A style of flower arrangement supported by Soami * Daisen-in: A Zen temple noted in part for screen paintings attributed to Soami References * Etō, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geiami
was a Japanese painter and cultural figure during the Muromachi period in the service of the Ashikaga shōgunate. Born into a family of renowned artists and curators known as the Ami family, he succeeded his father Nōami (Shinno) as curator of the Ashikaga art collection and developed his own career as a painter. He is known for his yamato-e paintings executed in Sumi-e (ink wash) style, continuing the tradition of Tenshō Shūbun. Together with his father and his son Sōami, he was part of the group referred to as the San-Ami ("Three Amis"). Biography and Career Shingei was active not only as a painter but also as a participant in the broader cultural activities of the Muromachi shogunate. As a member of the dōbōshū (同朋衆) under Ashikaga Yoshimasa, he contributed to a variety of artistic and aesthetic responsibilities, including scroll mounting, interior room arrangement (''zashiki kazari''), and the composition of linked-verse poetry (''renga'', 連歌) His pos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suiboku
Ink wash painting ( zh, t=水墨畫, s=水墨画, p=shuǐmòhuà) is a type of Chinese ink brush painting which uses washes of black ink, such as that used in East Asian calligraphy, in different concentrations. It emerged during the Tang dynasty of China (618–907), and overturned earlier, more realistic techniques. It is typically monochrome, using only shades of black, with a great emphasis on virtuoso brushwork and conveying the perceived "spirit" or "essence" of a subject over direct imitation. Ink wash painting flourished from the Song dynasty in China (960–1279) onwards, as well as in Japan after it was introduced by Zen Buddhist monks in the 14th century. Some Western scholars divide Chinese painting (including ink wash painting) into three periods: times of representation, times of expression, and historical Oriental art. Chinese scholars have their own views which may be different; they believe that contemporary Chinese ink wash paintings are the pluralistic continuati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murata Jukō
is known in Japanese cultural history as the founder of the Japanese tea ceremony, in that he was the early developer of the wabi-cha style of tea enjoyment employing native Japanese implements. His name may also be pronounced Murata Shukō. Biography He was born in Nara; some accounts refer to his father as a blind ''biwa'' player, although it is generally assumed that he was from the mercantile class. At an early age, he became an attendant at Shōmyōji, a Buddhist temple of the Jōdo sect in Nara. During his youth, Jukō encountered the boisterous '' tocha'' gatherings of tea connoisseurs; although these held no appeal for him, he became interested in tea as a stimulant to keep him awake during his studies. His interest in tea took him to Kyoto, where he learned about the aristocratic practice of the tea ceremony from Nōami. It is recorded in the ''Record of Yamanoue Sōji'' that Jukō was employed by the shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimasa as a tea master at the Ginkaku-ji; howev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōdō
is the art of appreciating Japanese incense, and involves using incense within a structure of codified conduct. ''Kōdō'' includes all aspects of the incense process, from the , to activities such as the incense-comparing games and . ''Kōdō'' is counted as one of the three classical Japanese arts of refinement, along with ''ikebana'' for flower arrangement, and ''chadō'' for tea and the tea ceremony. Etymology The word 香 ''kō'' is written with the Chinese Kangxi radical, Kangxi radical 186, which is composed of nine strokes (although it can be expanded up to 18 strokes 馫). Translated, it means "fragrance"; however, in this context, it may also be translated as "incense". The word 道 ''dō'' (written with the same character as Chinese ''tao''/''dao'') means "way", both literally (street) and metaphorically (a stream of life experience). The suffix -道 generally denotes, in the broadest sense, the totality of a movement as endeavor, tradition, practice and ethos. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokonoma
A , or simply , is a recessed space in a Japanese-style reception room, in which items for artistic appreciation are displayed. In English, a could be called an Alcove (architecture), alcove. History There are two theories about the predecessor of : the first is that it derives from the room structure of the , which flourished in the Heian period (794–1185) and declined in the Muromachi period (1336–1573); the second is that it derives from the room structure of Zen monasteries in the Kamakura period (1185–1333). In the room of the monastery, there was a board called which displayed Buddhist altar fittings such as candlesticks, incense burners and vases. On the wall behind was a hanging scroll with a Buddhist theme. The second theory is that the and the back wall developed into a -style in the Muromachi period. In , an architectural style developed in the Muromachi period, came to be used as room decoration, and the owner of the house sat in front of decorated wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokiwayama Bunko
is a Japanese foundation with an important collection of Japanese and Chinese art, in particular ceramics, calligraphic works, and paintings. Established by Tsûsai Sugawara in 1954, this includes two National Treasures, twenty-three Important Cultural Properties (six paintings, sixteen calligraphic works/old documents/classical texts, one Muromachi-period red lacquered bowl), and eighteen Important Art Objects. The foundation possesses one of the largest collections of bokuseki calligraphy, ceramics, and religious arts in Japan. Tsûsai Sugawara (1894–1981), a popular cultural figure in Japan, started collecting in 1943 and in 1954 established the Tokiwayama Bunko ("library") Foundation, named for the area of Kamakura where he had his private residence. Initially a physical gallery was opened to the public, consisting of multiple wooden buildings on Sugawara's estate, but amendments to the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties necessitated the closure of the vu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
