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Muromachi Art Forms1333-1573
Historical Periods
• 1333-1336 = Kemmu Restoration
• 1336-1392 = Nambokucho Period
• 1392-1573 = Muromachi (Ashikaga)
Period
Historical Periods
• 1333-1336 = Kemmu Restoration
• 1336-1392 = Nambokucho Period
• 1392-1573 = Muromachi (Ashikaga)
Period
Historical Periods
• 1333-1336 = Kemmu Restoration
• 1336-1392 = Nambokucho Period
• 1392-1573 = Muromachi (Ashikaga)
Period
Ashikaga
Takauji
Zen IllustratedArt & Religion in Muromachi Japan
Bodhidharma
(Jpn., Daruma)
Daisen-inDaitoku-ji Monastery
• Mt. Meru
• Water of Life
• Kannon bosatsu
• Fudo-myo-o
Parable in
Stones
Turtle
BridgeCrane
Tiger
Mt. Meru
Kannon
Crane & Turtle Islands
Tiger of Youth
Barrier of Doubt (Life)
“Turtle” and “Treasure Ship”
Satori
“Awakening”
Zen Solution to Human
Predicament
•Chie (Wisdom, prajna)
•Jihi (Compassion, karuna)
Two Aspects of Satori
• Embodiment of
Wisdom
• Holds a sword
• Holds a scroll
• Rides a lion
• Kasho, disciple of
Shakyamuni
Monju
bosatsu
• Embodiment of
Compassion
• Hands in prayer
holding a scroll
• Rides an elephant
• Annan, disciple of
Shakyamuni
Fugen
bosatsu
Mu Qi
Triptych
• Wisdom
• Like Monju- bosatsu
“Crane”
• Compassion
• Like Fugen-bosatsu
“Monkey”
Kannon-bosatsu
Goddess of Mercy
• Zen: a mixture of jiriki (self-power) and
tariki (other-power)
• Repudiation of scriptures
• Rejection of rationalism
• Teacher-disciple relationship
• Koan (mind puzzles)
• Zazen (seated meditation)
Methods for
Attaining Satori
“Blind Man with Lantern” Sengai
“Hui-neng, 6th
Chan Patriarch,
Tearing up
Sutras”
Liang KaiChinese Painter
“Hui-k’o
Presenting
His Arm….”
Sesshu
Mu Qi[Fa-Chang]
(c. early 13th century)
Six
Persimmons
Chinese Painter
Josetsu“Catching a Catfish with a Gourd”
“Daruma”(Bodhidharma)
Attributed to Sesshu
Cow
Herding
Pictures
#1
CowHer
ding
Pictures
#2
CowHer
ding
Pictures
#3
CowHer
ding
Pictures
#4
CowHer
ding
Pictures
#5
CowHer
ding
Pictures
#6
CowHer
ding
Pictures
#7
CowHer
ding
Pictures
#8
CowHer
ding
Pictures
#9
CowHer
ding
Pictures
#10
“Enso” by Torei
Liang Kai( c. 1250)
Sixth Patriarch
Chopping Bamboo
Chinese Painter
Wisdom
Compassion
Bodhi
Tree
The
“Void”
“Front garden” Daisen-in
The Aesthetics of
RocksJapanese Gardens of the Muromachi Period
Saiho-ji“The Moss Temple”
Muso Soseki
Kinkaku-ji“The Golden Pavilion”
Ginkaku-ji“The Silver Pavilion”
Ashikaga
Yoshimasa
tokonoma
tatami mats
Ryoan-jiWorld’s Most Famous Rock Garden
YagotoGreenville, South Carolina
Noh Drama
• Great age of “lyrical” Chinese painting.
• Inspiration for Japanese painting of the
Muromachi period.
• Zen as the conduit for Chinese art forms.
Southern Song [Sung]
Dynasty
(1129-1276)
Mokuan
“The Four Sleepers”
Mokuan,
“Hotei”
Mincho(1352-1431)
Hermitage by the
Mountain Brook
Mincho,
“Shosaiga”
Mincho,
“White Robed
Kannon”
Mincho,
“Shaka
Nehan”
Josetsu
“Catching
a Catfish
in a
Gourd”
Josetsu,
“Catching a Catfish in a Gourd”
Shubun,
“Landscape
of the Shu
Mountains.”
Shubun,
“Landscap
e of the
Shu
Mountains.
”
Shubun
“Reading in the
Bamboo Study”
Shubun
“Reading
in the
Bamboo
Study”(detail)
Sesshu
“Winter
Landscape”
Sesshu,
“Winter Landscape” (detail)
Sesshu,
“Winter Landscape” (detail)
Sesshu,
“Winter
Landscape
” (detail)
Sesshu,
“ The
Long
Landscap
e Scroll.”
Sesshu,
“Long Landscape
Scroll.”
Sesshu,
“Haboku”
(detail)
Sesshu,
“Hui-ko
Offering His
Arm to
Bodhidharma.”
Sesshu,
Daruma
Leavell,
“Amanohashidate”
Sesshu
,
“Hawk
on
Pine”
Leavell
,
“Hawk
on
Cyprus
”
