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| The Art of Calligraphy in Asia |
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| Princeton University Art Museum
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“Calligraphy, the art of beautiful writing, was long considered the supreme art form in China, Japan, and Korea. This elevated status reflects the importance of the written word in East Asian cultures. In ancient China, early emperors asserted their power by engraving edicts or pronouncements on stone in their own calligraphic script. The elite members of society were scholar ¬officials, whose status was attained by their command of the written word. In addition to the central role played by writing in Chinese culture, the visual form of the language also contributed to the distinctiveness of the calligraphic tradition. The vast number and complexity of the characters that make up the Chinese script presented artists with a unique platform on which to explore the creative possibilities of design. The writing of Chinese characters-which was then widely adopted in Korea around the fourth century and in Japan in the mid-sixth century-was thought to be the purest visual manifestation of the writer's inner character and level of cultivation. It was the medium through which a person's thoughts, feelings, and artistry were best conveyed. In looking at a piece of calligraphy, we may admire the way a calligrapher manipulated the brush to create an object of beauty in which rhythmic energy is conveyed through strokes and dots done with ink. Changes in ink gradation, the relationship between characters, and the elegance of a single line can entice viewers regardless of the legibility of the text.
Go to Museum Resource: https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/object-package/art-calligraphy-asia/104193 | |
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| Art of East Asia: Curriculum Guide |
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| San Diego Museum of Art
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The Museum’s Education Department has created a series of lesson plans to help introduce art into the classroom. The following lesson plans have been designed to help educators create elaborate classroom activities that will enhance their students’ understanding of works of art at The San Diego Museum of Art. See also: Exploring the Art of East Asia [PDF}.
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.sdmart.org/curriculum/ | |
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| Arts of the Samurai [PDF] |
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| Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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"The term samurai is derived from the word saburau, or “one who serves.” The evolution of the samurai from mounted guards to the nobility (during the twelfth century) and their subsequent ascent to military leaders of Japan (until imperial restoration during the nineteenth century) is chronicled in distinctive warrior arts and literary tradition. This packet examines the samurai through precious art objects from the museum’s collection. These include authentic military equipment (arms and armor), paintings depicting famed conflicts, ceremonial attire, and objects created for religious and cultural pursuits strongly connected with the samurai class."
Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2019/12/ArtsofSamurai... | |
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| The Asian Art Digital Teaching Project: Japan |
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| Columbia University, Media Center for Art History
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A module for "classroom presentation or student study" of two important scrolls from the Kamakura Period – Illustrated Legends of the Kitano Shrine (Kitano Tenjin Engi) and Illustrated Sutra of the Miracles of Kannon.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.learn.columbia.edu/nehasian/html/neh_geo_con_japan.html | |
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| Asian Art Outlook |
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| Asia Society
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A resource for educators featuring highlights from the Asia Society's permanent collection. The site aims to serve as "an accessible and tangible starting point for discussion about the history, geography and cultures of Asia." Features 21 artworks (7 from the Indian subcontinent, 7 from China, and 7 from Japan), each with background text and a detailed guide on how to look at the work. Also includes 8 additional lesson plans related to Asian art, history, and culture.
Go to Museum Resource: http://sites.asiasociety.org/education/AsianArt/index.htm | |
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| Asia Rising: Japanese Postcards of the Russo-Japanese War (1904-5) |
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| Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Visualizing Cultures
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"Imperial Japan’s 1904–05 war against Tsarist Russia changed the global balance of power. The first war to be widely illustrated in postcards, the Japanese view of the conflict is presented in images from the Leonard A. Lauder Collection of Japanese Postcards at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston." See the ESSAY section for an in-depth, illustrated reading of the images from the historical record. See the VISUAL NARRATIVES section for a shorthand view of the unit's primary themes and images. A CURRICULUM section for teachers and students can be found under the "Asia Rising" menu at the top of the page.
Go to Museum Resource: http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/asia_rising/index.html | |
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| Asuka Period, 552-645 |
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| Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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"Korean envoys introduced Buddhism to Japan in 552. Empress Suiko and the prince-regent Shotoku championed the new religion." A brief one-paragraph overview, with one object representative of the period.
Go to Museum Resource: http://archive.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/history/japan-asuka-period.cfm | |
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| Black Ships & Samurai: Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan (1853-1854) |
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| Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Visualizing Cultures
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"On July 8, 1853, residents of feudal Japan beheld an astonishing sight—foreign warships entering their harbor under a cloud of black smoke. Commodore Matthew Perry had arrived to force the long-secluded country to open its doors." The ESSAY section "examines graphics from the American and Japanese sides of the momentous encounter"; the VISUAL NARRATIVES section "retells topics or stories from the encounter." A CURRICULUM section for teachers and students can be found under the "Black Ships & Samurai" menu at the top of the page.
Go to Museum Resource: http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/black_ships_and_samurai/index.html | |
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| Bu and Bun: The Arts of War and Peace |
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| Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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In addition to superior strategic and military ability, most elite samurai were expected to be versed in the cultural arts. The warrior’s ideal balance of military and artistic skill is captured well in this description of the sixteenth century daimyo Hosokawa Yusai (1534–1610): “Renowned for his elegant pursuits, he is a complete man combining arts [bun] and arms [bu]. A man of nobility, a descendant of the sixth grandson of the emperor Seiwa, he was a ruler endowed with awesome dignity and inspiring decorum…He built a splendid castle, which was majestic, beautiful and high…He discussed Chinese poetic styles and recited by heart the secret teachings of Japanese poetry…" See also Archery Practice.
Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/resources/bu-and-bun-the-arts-of-war-and-peace/ | |
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| Buddhist Art from China and Japan |
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| The Cleveland Museum of Art
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This lesson explores new objectives for art and examines how Chinese painting reflects Buddhist principles. Students learn to consider the meaning and significance of Buddhist mudras through the examination of images from the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.clevelandart.org/lesson-plan-packet/buddhist-art-china-and-japan | |
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| Capturing the Haiku Moment (Teacher’s Guide) [PDF] |
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| Portland Art Museum
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Poetic Imagination in Japanese Art: Capturing the Haiku Moment in Nature, Art, and Poetry curriculum is a series of lessons designed for 2nd–12th grade students to “awaken their senses” within the natural world. The lessons are rooting in the Japanese cultural value of Living in Harmony with Nature and find expression in the Japanese poetic form of haiku and in Japanese art.
Go to Museum Resource: https://portlandartmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Capturing-the-Haiku-Mo... | |
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| Chado: The Japanese Tea Ceremony |
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| The Cleveland Museum of Art
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This lesson introduces students to the Japanese tea ceremony to consider the art and the tradition of the tea ceremony and study the serving pieces used in the ceremony by participating in a tea ceremony. Students will learn the importance of the performance of tea ceremony through the history of how it became what it is today.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.clevelandart.org/lesson-plan-packet/chado-japanese-tea-ceremony | |
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| Confucius, Shotoku, and the Golden Rule |
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| The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Confucian thought, Prince Shotoku’s Constitution, and the Golden Rule provide an opportunity for teachers and students to develop a shared vision for learning and classroom relationships. By looking at these ancient sayings, modern-day students can formulate their own rules of conduct.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.clevelandart.org/lesson-plan-packet/confucius-shotoku-and-golden-rule | |
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| Courtship and Calligraphy in “The Tale of Genji” |
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| The Cleveland Museum of Art
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The purpose of this lesson is to discover through an examination of The Tale of Genji and other Japanese literature, the importance of calligraphy to courtship rituals in the Japanese court culture of the late Heian period (794-1185).
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.clevelandart.org/lesson-plan-packet/courtship-and-calligraphy-tale-g... | |
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| Create a Miniature Collagraph Screen Inspired by the Japanese Screens Crows in Early Winter |
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| Santa Barbara Museum of Art
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Create a 2-dimensional design for a 3-dimensional structure in the form of a miniature tri-fold screen. Experiment with a collagraphy printmaking technique. Create a dynamic composition using only two colors.
Go to Museum Resource: https://content.sbma.net/education/lessonPlans/pdf/Miniature%20Collagraph%20Scr... | |
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| Create a Simulated Woodblock Print |
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| Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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Students will be able to identify, compare and contrast images of traditional Japanese woodblock prints. They will then create their own simulated woodblock prints. Downloads include activities, slideshow and guides.
Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/resources/create-a-simulated-woodblock-print/ | |
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| Create Your Own Illustrated Haiku |
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| Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry made of three lines (5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables) that is commonly a meditation on nature. Make an image using colorful paper and ink, and then write a haiku inspired by your creation. Downloads include visual instructions and an activity.
Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/resources/create-your-own-illustrated-haiku/ | |
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| Creating a Japanese Screen |
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| Asia Society
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Lesson plan that introduces the idea that art is made to enhance our surroundings and also that the choices made about them reflect something about the person choosing. Uses two Japanese folding screens -- one from the Edo and the other from the Muromachi period -- as primary sources.
Go to Museum Resource: http://sites.asiasociety.org/education/AsianArt/lessons.japanese.htm | |
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| Creating a Mixed Media Landscape: Inspired by the Japanese Woodblock Prints of Kawase Haui [PDF] |
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| Santa Barbara Museum of Art
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Printmaking art activity with the following goals: 1) To create a Master Study of the print by Kawase Hasui, 2) To explore printmaking and watercolor painting techniques, 3) To experiment with the compositional components of a successful landscape painting or mixed media piece.
Go to Museum Resource: https://content.sbma.net/education/lessonPlans/pdf/22Hasui%20mixed%20media%20ar... | |
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| Cultivating Enlightenment: The Manifold Meaning of Japanese Zen Gardens |
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| Education About Asia
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An excellent visual and narrative introduction to Japanese Zen, and perhaps its most iconic symbols. While Zen gardens have been a fixture of Japanese aesthetics since the Muromachi Period (1336–1573), the purposes and meanings of these austere landscapes have been far less fixed, and indeed have changed somewhat since their first appearance as places for meditation in the Zen temples of medieval Japan. ...The image of the Zen garden, however,... “speaks” for itself, and provides us with a representation of spiritual quality that is best experienced rather than discursively argued. This is only appropriate since the transmission of Zen wisdom is supposed to be nonverbal. With PDF download.
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.asianstudies.org/publications/eaa/archives/cultivating-enlightenmen... | |
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| Denshō: The Japanese American Legacy Project |
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| Denshō: The Japanese American Legacy Project
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"Densho's mission is to preserve the testimonies of Japanese Americans who were unjustly incarcerated during World War II before their memories are extinguished. We offer these irreplaceable firsthand accounts, coupled with historical images and teacher resources, to explore principles of democracy and promote equal justice for all." With background essays examining the causes of the incarceration, along with lesson plans, a timeline, glossary, and bibliography. The ARCHIVE section holds more than 270 visual/oral histories (more than 500 hours of recorded interviews) and nearly 9,000 historic photographs and documents.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.densho.org/ | |
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| Edo Period, 1615-1868 |
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| Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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"With the decisive battle of Sekigahara, Tokugawa Ieyasu effectively usurped control of the country. In 1603 he assumed the title of Shogun and established his seat of power in the small fishing village of Edo (modern-day Tokyo)." A brief one-paragraph overview, with 34 objects from the period.
Go to Museum Resource: http://archive.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/history/japan-edo-period.cfm | |
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| Educator Resource Packet: Flowering Cherry with Poem Slips by Tosa Mitsukoi |
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| The Art Institute of Chicago
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"This screen celebrates the Japanese tradition of viewing cherry blossoms to mark the arrival of spring. The tree’s blossoms and hanging poem slips create an elegant design against the gold of the silk. This teaching packet includes an essay, discussion questions, activity ideas, and a glossary."
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.artic.edu/collection/resources/educator-resources/21-educator-resou... | |
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| Educator Resource Packet: Southern Barbarians (Namban byobu) |
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| The Art Institute of Chicago
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"This screen portrays a ship arriving in Japan from Portugal with European merchants in pantaloons and broad-brimmed hats bearing exotic products. The Japanese, in long, flowing patterned robes and sandals, are on the shore picnicking and curiously watching the arrival of the Portuguese. This teaching packet includes an essay, discussion questions, activity ideas, and a glossary."
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.artic.edu/collection/resources/educator-resources/35-educator-resou... | |
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| Explore a Japanese Handscroll: The Art of Hon'ami Kōetsu (Edo Period, early 1600s) |
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| Princeton University Art Museum
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An excellent interactive website for exploring an Edo period handscroll by Hon'ami Kōetsu (1558-1637). "In this handscroll Kōetsu transcribed ten verses from the poetry anthology Shinkokin wakashū on sheets of colored paper that are decorated on the front and back with woodblock-printed mica designs." After exploring the scroll the user can write his/her own poem (by selecting from a set of phrases) and then see this poem "written" on his/her own handscroll in the style of Kōetsu.
Go to Museum Resource: https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/asian-art/japan/viewers/poem-scroll-viewer/ | |
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| Garden of the Phoenix (Chicago’s Jackson Park) |
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| Garden of the Phoenix (Chicago’s Jackson Park)
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In Chicago's Jackson Park, our future is growing from the past. The new Garden of the Phoenix symbolizes Japan and the U.S.'s 160-year story.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.gardenofthephoenix.org/ | |
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| Getting Started with Zazen (Seated Meditation) |
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| Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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In Zen Buddhism, zazen (pronounced: zah-zen) is a sitting meditation. Zazen is not focusing on a specific object or thought. Instead, it is the liberating of one’s mind of all thought into a state of emptiness (a complete emptiness that is also complete fullness) from which the practitioner hopes to experience spontaneous awakening to the inner self (enlightenment). Download Includes a glossary.
Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/resources/getting-started-with-zazen-seated-medi... | |
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| Gutai: Splendid Playground |
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| Guggenheim Museum
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The first U.S. museum retrospective exhibition ever devoted to Gutai, the most influential artists’ collective and artistic movement in postwar Japan and among the most important international avant-garde movements of the 1950s and 1960s. The exhibition aims to demonstrate Gutai’s extraordinary range of bold and innovative creativity; to examine its aesthetic strategies in the cultural, social, and political context of postwar Japan and the West; and to further establish Gutai in an expanded history of modern art. Includes audio tours and activity guides. See also: Teaching Materials.
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.guggenheim.org/exhibition/gutai-splendid-playground | |
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| Gyotaku |
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| Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College
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"Gyotaku (guh-yo-tah-koo) is the Japanese art of fish painting. It was developed more than a century ago as a fisherman's method of recording the size and species of his catch, and is now accepted as an art form worldwide. Students will study the history of fish printing and make their own prints." For grades 1 & 2.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.oberlin.edu/amam/asia/gyotaku/Default.html | |
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| Gyotaku: The Japanese Art of Fish Printing |
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| The Kennedy Center, ArtsEdge
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"Gyotaku (gyo=fish, taku=rubbing) was invented in the early 1800's in Japan by the fishermen to record their catch. ... By acquiring knowledge of historical and cultural qualities unique to this particular art form students can gain an understanding of how Gyotaku reflects a part of Japanese history." In this lesson plan "[s]tudents will select a fish, prepare it, ink it, apply the paper or fabric, and complete the fish print for display. During this process they will also examine the fish and learn the correct names and uses of the external anatomical parts of the fish."
Go to Museum Resource: https://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/lessons/grade-5/Gyotaku_Japanese_... | |
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| Haiku: Learning and Sharing the Beauty of Being Human (9-12) |
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| The Kennedy Center, ArtsEdge
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Over the course of two classes, students will reflect on their daily lives to find small moments of peace and/or happiness. Using these moments and/or observations, students will create a haiku and an accompanying photograph, which will be combined into a digital visual class anthology.
Go to Museum Resource: https://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/lessons/grade-9-12/Haiku_Learning... | |
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| Heiji Monogatari Emaki (Tale of the Heiji Rebellion) Scrolls with A Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace |
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| Princeton University Art Museum
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The Heiji disturbance, which occurred late in 1159, represents a brief armed skirmish in the capital. ...The Heiji scrolls date from the thirteenth century and represent a masterpiece of "Yamato" style painting. The scene appearing here, entitled "A Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace," is the property of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, provides an excellent introduction to the genre of picture scrolls. The scrolls read from right to left, and all action flows to the left. They can be documented as being treasured artifacts in the fifteenth century, when nobles mention viewing them, but they now only survive in fragmentary form.
Go to Museum Resource: http://digital.princeton.edu/heijiscroll/ | |
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| History and Traditions of the Samurai |
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| Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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Students will use images of samurai armor and weaponry to learn related vocabulary. They will describe the functional and aesthetic aspects of armor through focused viewing and reading, and they will draw conclusions about the changing code of the samurai over the course of 800 years. Download includes a lesson plan, a number of guides, and slideshows.
Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/resources/history-and-traditions-of-the-samurai/ | |
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| How to Identify a Buddha |
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| Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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"The earliest surviving representations of the Buddha date from hundreds of years after his death, so they are not portraits in the usual sense. Buddha images vary greatly from place to place and period to period, but they almost always show these conventional features..." Downloads includes student handouts and a teacher packet on Hindu Buddhist Art. See also An Introduction to Buddhism.
Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/resources/how-to-identify-a-buddha/ | |
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| The Influence of East Asian Lacquer on European Furniture |
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| Victoria and Albert Museum
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When lacquered objects made in East Asia first reached Europe in about the early 16th century, they were highly prized for their flawless finish and light-reflecting qualities. Lacquer became available to European elites, along with other luxury items including silk and porcelain, once Portuguese explorers discovered a sea route to the East around the southern tip of Africa and across the Indian Ocean. The flow of goods increased in the early 17th century when the Dutch and English East India Companies began to bring goods to markets in Amsterdam and London. By 1700 many European country houses and palaces contained examples of East Asian export lacquer. Asian lacquer was admired as a precious and mysterious material.
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/east-asian-lacquer-influence | |
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| An Introduction to Japanese Buddhism |
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| Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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Buddhism was officially transmitted to Japan in 525, when the monarch of the Korean kingdom of Baekje sent a mission to Japan with gifts, including an image of the Buddha, several ritual objects, and sacred texts. Buddhism’s journey from India to China, Korea, and Japan had taken about a thousand years. See also An Introduction to Japanese Buddhism video with Professor Robert Sharf, University of California, Berkeley, discusses Japanese Buddhism at the Medieval Japan Teacher Institute at the Asian Art Museum.
Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/resources/an-introduction-to-buddhism-in-japan/ | |
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| Japan! culture + hyperculture |
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| The Kennedy Center, ArtsEdge
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"The Kennedy Center festival, JAPAN! culture + hyperculture, brings together more than 100 performances, workshops and student and family events during February 2008. This interactive passport, or iPass, is designed to provide pre- and post-visit information and activities for students, classrooms and families." With information on the following topics: Art, Theater, Dance, Music, Robots, Manga, Anime, and Installations.
Go to Museum Resource: https://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/multimedia/series/VideoStories/japan | |
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| The Japanese Garden |
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| Bowdoin College
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An excellent resource about Japanese gardens. Currently featuring 29 gardens (primarily "the historical gardens of Kyoto and its environs, including Nara"), the website was "designed simply to provide the visitor with an opportunity to visit each garden, to move through or around it, to experience it through the medium of high-quality color images, and to learn something of its history." With additional information about the origins and key elements of the Japanese garden, this is a truly outstanding resource on the topic of Japanese gardens. Also with a bibliography, glossary, and list of web links.
Go to Museum Resource: http://learn.bowdoin.edu/japanesegardens/index.html | |
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| Japanese Robots |
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| The Kennedy Center, ArtsEdge
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"The term 'robots' covers a wide range of machines, from simple factory systems to ultra-lifelike humanoid helpers. Japanese engineers and designers have taken robotics to new heights, bringing robots out of the factory and into stores and homes. To interact with Japanese robots is to get a glimpse of the future today."
Go to Museum Resource: http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/interactives/ipass/robots.html | |
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| Jomon Period, ca. 11,000-300 B.C. |
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| Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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"The gradual melting of Ice Age glaciers caused the sea level to rise and isolate Japan from the Asian mainland around 11,000 B.C." A brief one-paragraph overview, along with one representative object from the period (an earthenware pot) described by an MIA curator.
Go to Museum Resource: http://archive.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/history/japan-jomon-period.cfm | |
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| Kamakura Period, 1185-1333 |
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| Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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"In 1185, Minamoto no Yorimoto proclaimed himself the Shogun (military dictator) of the country and moved the seat of government to Kamakura, a small village in Eastern Japan that gives its name to this historical period." A brief one-paragraph overview, with two objects representative of the period.
Go to Museum Resource: http://archive.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/history/japan-kamakura-period.cfm | |
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| The Kitano Tenjin Engi Emaki |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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A multimedia learning website about a 13th-century Japanese handscroll that illustrates the legends of the Kitano Shrine (Kitano Tenjin Engi). Included are a short introduction to the Kitano Tenjin Engi Emaki and audio introduction to the pieces.
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/45428 | |
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| Kofun Period, 300-552 |
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| Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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"A ruling aristocracy with close ties to Korea emerges during this period. Kofun, literally "old tomb," refers to tumuli, or mounded graves, built for the imperial family and other high-ranking aristocrats." A brief one-paragraph overview, along with one object representative of the period.
Go to Museum Resource: http://archive.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/history/japan-kofun-period.cfm | |
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| Lacquerware Boxes |
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| Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College
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"Primitive lacquering was known in Japan as early as the third century B.C., but did not develop into a significant art form until the introduction of Chinese lacquering techniques in the seventh or eighth century A.D. Based upon the AMAM's own lacquerware document box, students will create their own versions as they study the history and techniques of lacquerware." For grades 3 & 4.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.oberlin.edu/amam/asia/lacquerware/Default.html | |
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| Learning from Asian Art: Japan |
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| Philadelphia Museum of Art
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"This online resource introduces students to Japanese art and culture as they explore works in the Philadelphia Museum’s collection. Each art image is accompanied by background information, a set of looking questions, and related classroom activity suggestions that students can use individually, in small groups, or as a whole class." With 10 images, plus a map, timeline, and list of recommended print resources and websites.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.philamuseum.org/booklets/4_22_39_1.html | |
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| Make a Temple Book or Japanese Screen |
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| Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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Students will create their own books and stamps, and can inscribe poetry or good wishes on each others books. They will then take their books with them on a pilgrimage to the Asian Art Museum, the Japanese tea garden, or the beach, and record their impressions. Downloads include instructions and visual guides.
Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/resources/make-a-temple-book-or-japanese-screen/ | |
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| Meiji: Tradition in Transition |
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| Virtual Museum Canada
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This website for younger students introduces Meiji Japan from the perspectives of three generations of a fictional family, the Nakamuras, who are depicted as manga characters. The following topics are covered: 1) The Go Game (The Emperor, The Samurai, Politics, Industry, Religions); 2) The Western Parlor (Furniture, Education, Wedding Ceremony); 3) The Japanese Parlor (Decorative Arts, Tea Ceremony, etc.); 4) Ginza (Architecture, Transportation, Fashion, etc.); 5) Sumo. With images of related artworks throughout.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/edu/ViewLoitCollection.do;jsessionid=4207067E8DBC83... | |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asian Art |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Metropolitan Museum's content-rich website offers many options for exploring its online collection of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Himalayan art. Browse artworks by country/culture, time period, or subject area; or search for artworks and featured content for a specific country/culture or topic by using the Timeline website's search tool.
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ | |
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| Minneapolis Institute of Arts: The Art of Asia |
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| Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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The Explore the Collection section of this content-rich site features nearly 3,500 objects from the MIA's collection of Asian art. All images have a Zoom View; most images have descriptions. A Featured Objects section highlights 20 objects from the collection in great detail (through curator interviews), and six Featured Collections showcase objects in the following categories: 1) Ancient Chinese Bronzes; 2) Architectural Models; 3) Chinese Furniture; 4) Imperial Silks; 5) Taoist Art; and 6) Ukiyo-e. Users can also browse objects by country/region or by one of 15 subject categories (architecture, paintings, ceramics, drawings, etc.) or use the keyword search. An Add to My Collection feature allows users to create an online gallery to save and to share.
Go to Museum Resource: http://archive.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/explore/index.html | |
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| Momoyama Period, 1573-1615 |
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| Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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"After a period of civil strife, the warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi reunified the country and built a castle in Momoyama, literally "Peach Mountain," south of Kyoto." A brief one-paragraph overview, with one object representative of the period.
Go to Museum Resource: http://archive.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/history/japan-momoyama-period.cfm | |
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| Museum Dictionary: A Young Person's Guide to the Collections of the Kyoto National Museum |
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| Kyoto National Museum
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"Museum Dictionary: A Young Person's Guide to the Collections of the Kyoto National Museum": excellent teaching resource for students of Japanese, Chinese, and Korean art. Images enlarge, text in story format.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.kyohaku.go.jp/eng/dictio/index.html | |
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| Nature of the Beast: Animals in Japanese Paintings and Prints |
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| Pacific Asia Museum of USC
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Paintings and prints from the Edo period to the late 20th century. The inclusion of characters such as Godjira (Godzilla), Doraemon, and the Forest Spirit from Princess Mononoke makes this an especially fun unit for students. Text essays with images on the following topics: 1) Tradition; 2) Reality; 3) Imagination. With an Edo-period timeline, glossary of related terms, lesson plans for teachers, and a "Random Monster Generator" activity for students.
Go to Museum Resource: https://pacificasiamuseum.usc.edu/exhibitions/past/online-exhibition-nature-of-... | |
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| Noh Theater |
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| The Kennedy Center, ArtsEdge
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In this lesson plan "students study the art of the Japanese Noh theater and act out a Noh play. In learning about the history, theatrical elements, music and dance, and costuming, they are also comparing and contrasting these to the other theater elements they have studied involving Greek, Elizabethan and Modern Theater. Students will be assigned or allowed to choose essay questions that they will need to research and answer."
Go to Museum Resource: https://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/lessons/grade-9-12/Noh_Theater | |
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| On Kawara—Silence |
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| Guggenheim Museum
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Online exhibit of "On Kawara—Silence." Through radically restricted means, On Kawara’s work engages the personal and historical consciousness of place and time. Kawara’s practice is often associated with the rise of Conceptual art, yet in its complex wit and philosophical reach, it stands well apart. On Kawara—Silence is the first full representation of Kawara’s output, beginning in 1964 and including every category of work, much of it produced during his travels across the globe. Includes videos, and audio tours. See also: Teaching Materials.
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.guggenheim.org/exhibition/on-kawara-silence | |
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| A Picture of Change for a World in Constant Motion |
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| New York Times
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An animated and annotated walk through of a woodblock print by Katsushika Hokusai: “Ejiri in Suruga Province,” from his renowned cycle “Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji.” Written in 2020 by Jason Farago, an art critic for the New York Times, the charming and informative annotation and enlarged images provide excellent historical background for this period in Tokugawa history and examples of artistic exchange between Japanese and other Western traditions of the time.
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/07/arts/design/hokusai-fuji.html?fb... | |
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| Poetic Imagination in Japanese Art |
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| Portland Art Museum
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“Poetic Imagination in Japanese Art focuses on one of the great strengths of the Cowleses’ holdings: visual art closely tied to poetic traditions. Poetry, painting, and calligraphy have always been deeply intertwined in East Asia, but in Japan the nature and meaning of those relationships have evolved over time, responding to larger cultural changes. The artworks in this exhibition, spanning the eighth to 20th centuries, illuminate the central role of poetry in the visual arts across time and in diverse social contexts.”
Go to Museum Resource: https://portlandartmuseum.org/exhibitions/poetic-imagination-in-japanese-art/ | |
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| Popular Protest in Postwar Japan: The Antiwar Art of Shikoku Gorō |
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| Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College
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This online exhibit, organized by Oberlin College faculty professor Ann Sherif, situates the art of Hiroshima native Shikoku Gorō in the context of antiwar, antinuclear, and social justice movements from 1945 to 2020. The exhibit guides viewers through the diverse art that Shikoku, in collaboration with grassroots networks of artists & writers, created to promote social justice: guerilla art protesting the Korean War, poems against the nuclear arms race, a children’s book about war, cityscapes critiquing Hiroshima’s wartime past, and recent performing arts that trace this activist history.
Go to Museum Resource: http://scalar.oberlincollegelibrary.org/shikoku/index | |
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| Red Luster (Lacquer) |
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| The Newark Museum
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Much of East Asia Lacquer is made from a toxic resin produced by the so-called ‘varnish tree’ (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly identified as Rhus vernicifluum) native to parts of China that also grows in areas of Korea and Japan. Initially, this tree’s resin is processed into a liquid that may be applied over any surface such as woods, metals, cloth, ceramics, baskets, shells, and so forth. To maximize lacquer’s significant protective coating, multiple thin layers are applied and each layer must fully dry before the next is added. Drying is carefully controlled to prevent cracking that would weaken the functional and decorative properties. Raw lacquer dries into a naturally dark color. Adding opaque minerals, such as cinnabar reds (mercury sulfide), orpiment yellows (arsenic sulfate), and malachite greens (copper carbonate) creates colored lacquers. In different processing stages, lacquer can be worked in a variety of techniques.
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.newarkmuseum.org/red-luster | |
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| Samurai Warrior Codes: Comparing Perspectives from the Kamakura, Muromachi, and Edo Periods |
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| Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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The term, bushido, is often used to describe the samurai warrior code during medieval and modern times. The definition refers to a late 19th century description and was actually quite different than codes from earlier times. Compare warrior codes from different times with the modern definition of bushido. Then, choose which code you think matches the samurai in the screen painting, the Battles at Ichi-no-tani and Yashima, from The Tale of the Heike. Downloads include a Lesson Plan, slide show, and Student Handout.
Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/resources/samurai-warrior-codes-comparing-perspe... | |
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| Samurai War Tales: Battle of Awazugahara, from The Tale of the Heike |
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| Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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Based on real events from the 900s to 1600s and then embellished over time to create powerful narratives full of good storytelling, sympathetic characters, and poignant and stirring events, War Tales provide information and insights into the lives of Japans warriors. The Tale of the Heike is among Japan’s most celebrated war tales. It traces the rise, brief glory, and fall of the Taira clan (also known as the Heike clan). “This scene illustrates an episode from the chapter 'The End of the Life of Kiso Yoshinaka' in The Tale of the Heike, a thirteenth-century recounting of the wars between two powerful clans, the Heike and the Genji (also called the Taira and the Minamoto).” Also see the video “The Samurai and the Storyteller” and Battles at Ichi-no-tani and Yashima.
Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/resources/battle-of-awazugahara-from-the-tale-of... | |
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| Scrolls of the Mongol Invasions Annotated |
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| Princeton University Art Museum
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This site allows you to view individual scenes depicting the Mongol Invasions of Japan. Takezaki Suenaga, a warrior who fought against the Mongols in both 1274 and 1281, commissioned scrolls recounting his actions. This unique record of the invasions, and important eyewitness account, was heavily damaged in the ensuing centuries – according to lore they were even once dropped into the ocean! By the time of their rediscovery in the eighteenth century, the scenes and text of the scrolls were scattered into separate sheets. See also the partner site: Mongol Invasions of Japan - 1274 and 1281.
Go to Museum Resource: http://digital.princeton.edu/annotatedscrolls/ | |
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| Shintaro-san of the Mountain: Mountains, Minyo, and Japanese Culture |
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| Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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This tutorial provides an introductory view into Japanese traditional ballads or folksongs, known as minyo, and folktales involving the cultural heritage of Japanese mountains. Basic background of Japanese traditional music and Japanese mountain folklore will be discussed; musical activities, experiences, and stories support this lesson.
Go to Museum Resource: https://folkways.si.edu/shintaro-san-of-the-mountain-mountains-minyo-and-japane... | |
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| The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95 in Woodblock Prints from China and Japan |
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| The British Library
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Produced in conjunction with theJapan Center for Asian Historical Records (JACAR), this web exhibition “The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895： as seen in prints and archives” has been produced as a collaboration between the Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (JACAR) and the British Library. Its aim is to bring together the collection of prints of the Sino-Japanese War held by the British Library and documents made public by JACAR to show how the events of the Sino-Japanese War were depicted and recorded by the people of the time. Both the Japanese and the Chinese prints included in this special web exhibition were produced at the time of the Sino-Japanese War to show the people of their respective countries what the war was like, a role played nowadays by news photographs. Therefore each country had a tendency to portray its own soldiers as strong and brave, but those of the opposing country as weak and small. Moreover many of the depictions seem to be based not on actual observation of the locations or events but on hearsay. Indeed some of them show scenes which could not have happened. From this it is clearly evident that these works were intended as propaganda at the time.
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.jacar.go.jp/english/jacarbl-fsjwar-e/index.html | |
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| Soran Bushi: Exploring Japanese Work Song |
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| Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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Soran Bushi, a Japanese work song, allows for exploration into Japanese culture (work song/environment/nature) as well as exploration in creative composition/arranging. This unit takes students on an aural journey from the boats of the Hokkaido fishermen to their own perspective & interpretation, giving students a sense of pulse and rhythm as they compose and arrange, inspired by Japanese traditional music.
Go to Museum Resource: https://folkways.si.edu/soran-bushi-exploring-japanese-work-song/music/tools-fo... | |
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| The Spread of Buddhism Across Asia |
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| Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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Understand, through the analysis of artifacts and maps, how Buddhism changed as it spread across Asia and came to reflect the countries that embraced it. Downloads include a slideshow and handout on Buddhist artifacts and a lesson plan.
Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/resources/the-spread-of-buddhism-across-asia/ | |
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| Steeped in History: The Art of Tea [PDF] |
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| Fowler Museum at UCLA
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"Throughout its history tea has been a prevalent theme in the visual arts—scenes of tea embellish ceramics and textiles and are the subject of paintings and drawings, and all manner of vessels have been fashioned for the preparation and presentation of tea. Steeped in History brings together rare Chinese ceramics and paintings, 18th- and 19th-century Japanese ceramics and prints, extraordinary English and Colonial American paintings, vintage photographs and historical documents, tea-serving paraphernalia and furniture from many countries, and much more —to tell the fascinating history of tea." This curriculum guide to the exhibition includes five lessons corresponding to the five themes of the exhibition: 1) China, Cradle of Tea Culture; 2) The Way of Tea in Japan; 3) Tea Craze in the West; 4) Tea and Empire; 5) Tea—Parties and Poetry.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.international.ucla.edu/media/files/Fowler_tea_curriculum.pdf | |
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| Teahouse (Chashitsu) |
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| Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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With introductory overview and images of this permanent architectural installation at the MIA that replicates the Sa-an, an 18th-century teahouse in the Gyokurin-in, a temple complex within the famous Zen monastery of Daitoku-ji in Kyoto. The CURATOR INTERVIEW section examines aspects of the room in greater detail. There is also a link to another installation -- an audience hall modeled after a formal 17th-century shoin (study) at the Konchi-in temple in Kyoto -- also with an image gallery and curator interview.
Go to Museum Resource: http://archive.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/architecture/japanese-teahouse.cfm | |
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| Throwing Off Asia II: Woodblock Prints of the Sino-Japanese War (1894-95) |
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| Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Visualizing Cultures
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"The 'Westernization' of Japan included strengthening the military and engaging in major wars against both China and Tsarist Russia. These remarkable propaganda prints illustrate Japan's startling victory in the Sino-Japanese War." See the ESSAY section for an in-depth, illustrated reading of the images from the historical record. See the VISUAL NARRATIVES section for a shorthand view of the unit's primary themes and images. A CURRICULUM section for teachers and students can be found under the "Throwing Off Asia II" menu at the top of the page.
Go to Museum Resource: http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/throwing_off_asia_02/index.html | |
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| Throwing Off Asia I: Woodblock Prints of Domestic "Westernization" (1868-1912) |
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| Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Visualizing Cultures
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"The remarkably swift 'Westernization' of Japan in the late-19th and early-20th century was most vividly captured in popular woodblock prints. The images in this unit illustrate the great political, social, cultural, and industrial transformations that took place." See the ESSAY section for an in-depth, illustrated reading of the images from the historical record. See the VISUAL NARRATIVES section for a shorthand view of the unit's primary themes and images. A CURRICULUM section for teachers and students can be found under the "Throwing Off Asia I" menu at the top of the page.
Go to Museum Resource: http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/throwing_off_asia_01/index.html | |
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| Throwing Off Asia lll: Woodblock Prints of the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05) |
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| Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Visualizing Cultures
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"Meiji Japan’s 'Westernization' culminated in a titanic war against Tsarist Russia that stunned the world and established Japan as a major imperialist power with a firm foothold on the Asian mainland. This unit draws on photographs and rare war prints." See the ESSAY section for an in-depth, illustrated reading of the images from the historical record. See the VISUAL NARRATIVES section for a shorthand view of the unit's primary themes and images. A CURRICULUM section for teachers and students can be found under the "Throwing Off Asia III" menu at the top of the page.
Go to Museum Resource: http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/throwing_off_asia_03/index.html | |
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| Ukiyo-E |
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| Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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"During the Edo Period (1615-1868), a uniquely Japanese art form developed known as ukiyo-e, or 'pictures of the floating world.' A Buddhist concept, ukiyo originally suggested the sadness (uki) of life (yo). But during the peace and prosperity of the 17th century, another ideograph, also pronounced uki but meaning "to float," emerged. Instead of connoting sadness, ukiyo came to be associated with the momentary, worldly pleasures of Japan's rising middle class." Brief introductory text and 362 prints from the MIA collection, plus a short video (Pictures of the Floating World) and two featured collections of images: 1) Images of Women by Kitagawa Utamaro; 2) Rain in Woodblock Prints.
Go to Museum Resource: http://archive.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/explore/explore-collection-ukiyo-e.cfm | |
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| Uses of Gold in Japanese Paintings |
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| Kyoto National Museum
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Gold has traditionally been a sacred color associated with deities and Buddhist beings. Gold also represents the bright rays of light that illuminate our world. Artists used either gold leaf or gold paint depending on the desired “light” effect, and employed many different techniques—such as kirikane (gold foil is cut into strips or other desired shapes and affixed to objects to be decorated)—for their application. Among the objects in the Kyoto National Museum’s collection are works demonstrating the fascinating and richly varied effect of gold on Japanese art. Museum content on Google Arts & Culture.
Go to Museum Resource: https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/use-of-gold-in-paintings-kyoto-nation... | |
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| Visions of Enlightenment: Arts of Buddhism |
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| Pacific Asia Museum of USC
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An excellent site for students, with many additional resources for teachers. Text essays with images on the following four topics: 1) The Perfected One: The Buddha; 2) Compassionate Beings: Bodhisattvas, Deities, Guardians, Holy Men; 3) Buddhist Places; and 4) Signs, Symbols, Ritual Objects. Also features an extensive glossary of Buddhist-related terms and an excellent interactive map and timeline outlining the life of the Buddha and the spread of Buddhism. Teaching unit at the link below. See also Introduction.
Go to Museum Resource: https://pacificasiamuseum.usc.edu/exhibitions/past/exhibitions-at-usc-pam-prior... | |
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| Yellow Promise/Yellow Peril: Foreign Postcards of the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05) |
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| Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Visualizing Cultures
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"Imperial Japan’s 1904-5 war against Tsarist Russia changed the global balance of power. The first war to be depicted internationally in postcards, it is captured here in these dramatic images." See the ESSAY section for an in-depth, illustrated reading of the images from the historical record. See the VISUAL NARRATIVES section for a shorthand view of the unit's primary themes and images. A CURRICULUM section for teachers and students can be found under the "Yellow Promise/Yellow Peril" menu at the top of the page.
Go to Museum Resource: http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/yellow_promise_yellow_peril/index.html | |
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| Yokohama Boomtown: Foreigners in Treaty-Port Japan (1859-1872) |
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| Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Visualizing Cultures
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"This window on the imagined life of foreigners in Japan at the dawn of the modern era is based on the catalogue of the 1990 exhibition at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Yokohama: Prints from Nineteenth-Century Japan, by Ann Yonemura." The ESSAY section provides historical background and analysis; the VISUAL NARRATIVES section "enables the user to scroll through two sequences of Yokohama prints" -- one sequence telling the story of foreign settlement in Yokohama, the other surveying the scene through the work of woodblock artist Sadahide. A CURRICULUM section for teachers and students can be found under the "Yokohama Boomtown" menu at the top of the page.
Go to Museum Resource: http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/yokohama/index.html | |
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| Zen Buddhism |
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| Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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An introduction to Zen, a form of Buddhism that emphasizes seeking one’s own Buddha nature through meditation. Download a Zen glossary and activity.
Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/resources/zen-buddhism/ | |
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