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ART HISTORY OF JAPAN. Jomon Period Earliest Times - 200 BC. Clay figurines are only 10 inches in height. Yayoi Period 200 BC - 200 AD. Right – Man winding Thread and Two Men husking Rice; Line relief on a bronze bell. Kofun Period Arnd 250 AD - 550 AD. Haniwa Figures.
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Jomon Period Earliest Times - 200 BC Clay figurines are only 10 inches in height.
Yayoi Period 200 BC - 200 AD Right – Man winding Thread and Two Men husking Rice; Line relief on a bronze bell
Kofun Period Arnd 250 AD - 550 AD Haniwa Figures Found in burial mounds (tumults); were made to keep the dead company
Asuka Period 552 - 645 AD To the left - Buddha decoration of door panel; painting on lacquered wood To the right – Ancient records state that this wood statue is a portrait of the Prince
Nara Period645 AD - 794 AD To the right – Goddess of Beauty; Painting on hemp cloth To the left – Bodhisattva Flying on a Cloud; Ink on hemp cloth
Heian Period794 - 1185 To the left - Portrait of Ryuchi; Colors on silk On the bottom left – Animal Scroll; Ink on paper To the right – The Cabin of the Poet Hermit; Colors on silk
Kamakura Period1185 - 1392 Left - Figure of Minister Taira-ao-Shigemori; Hanging scroll, colors on silk Right –Hand scroll, colors on paper Below –Hand scroll, colors on paper
Muromachi Period1392-1573 Left - Winter Landscape; Ink and light color on paper Below – Piece used for burial Below – Tsubo or narrow-necked jar
Momoyama Period 16th & 17th Centuries Right - Portrait of a Lady; color on paper Below – Official tea jar Below – Monkeys; Ink on paper Below – Kansai or ash container
Edo or Tokugawa Period1615 - 1867 Left – Black raku tea bowl Below - ½ of folding screen;color on gold paper Below left- Medicine case
Meiji Period or New Japan1868 - Right – The Black Cat; Color on silk Below – Chair hibachi Below – tea container