History of Japanese art / Penelope Mason.

Includes index.

Map of Japan -- Ch. 1. The Birth of Japan: The Jomon and Yayoi Periods and the Kofun Era. The Jomon Period (10,500-300 B.C.). Early Jomon (5000-2500 B.C.E.). Middle Jomon (2500-1500 B.C.E.). Late and Final Jomon (1500-300 B.C.E.). The Yayoi Period (300 B.C.E.-300 C.E.). The Kofun Era (300-710 C.E.). Kofun Construction. Haniwa. Mirrors. Ornamented Tombs. Two Late Kofun-Era Tombs -- Ch. 2. Encounter With China and Buddhism: The Asuka, Hakuho, and Nara Periods. Shinto. Buddhism. The Asuka Period (542-645). Early Temple Building. Tori Busshi and Early Asuka Sculpture. Tamamushi Shrine. The Hakuho Period (645-710). Horyuji. Yakushiji. The Nara Period (710-794). Kofukuji. Todaiji. Toshodaiji. Arts of the Late Nara Period -- Ch. 3. New Beginnings and the Formulation of Court Culture: The Heian Period. The Early Heian Period (794-951). Kyoto and the Imperial Palace. Esoteric Buddhism of the Tendai and Shingon Schools. New Elements in Esoteric Worship. Jingoji. Muroji. Daigoji. Fudo and the Godairiki Bosatsu.

The Middle Heian, or Fujiwara, Period (951-1086). Religious Architecture. The Phoenix Hall. Independent Raigo Paintings. Shaka Paintings. The Rise of Yamato-e in Secular Painting. The Late Heian, or Insei, Period (1086-1185). Buddhist Temples in Kyoto. Buddhist Temples in the Northern Provinces. Sanjusangendo. Buddhist Hanging Scrolls and Illustrated Sutras. Emakimono. Shinto Arts -- Ch. 4. Samurai Culture and the Coming of Pure Land and Zen Buddhism: The Early Feudal Period. Outlines of Early Feudal Period History (1185-1573). Kamakura Culture. Todaiji. Kofukuji. The Kei School of Sculptors. Revival of Jingoji and Kozanji. Secular Emaki. Pure Land Buddhism. Pure Land Priests and Their Illustrated Biographies. Pure Land Devotional Paintings. Zen Buddhism. The Aesthetics of Wabi. The Zen Temple. Zen Painting. Early Zen Priest-Painters. Master Zen Priest-Painters. Muromachi Culture. Ceramics. Tea-ceremony Wares -- Ch. 5. A Turbulent Transition: The Momoyama Period.

Consolidation Under New Military Leaders (1573-1615). Momoyama Arts. Architecture. Castles. Shoin. Katsura Imperial Villa. Painting. Kano Eitoku. Kano Mitsunobu. Kano Sanraku. Hasegawa Tohaku. Kaiho Yusho. Sotatsu. Genre Painting. Ceramics -- Ch. 6. Peace and Stability in Later Feudal Times: The Tokugawa, Or Edo, Period. Politics, Society, and Culture of the Tokugawa Shogunate (1615-1868). Architecture. Sculpture. Traditional Painting of the Kano. Kano Tanyu. Seisenin (Kano Osanobu). The Revival of Yamato-e. The Rinpa School. Ogata Korin. Later Rinpa Artists. Realism in Edo Painting. Yofuga, Western-style Painting. The Realism of the Murayama-Shijo School. Eccentric Painters. Zenga. Bunjinga, Painting by the Literati. Pioneers of Bunjinga. The Second Generation. The Third Generation. The Fourth Generation. Ukiyo-e Pictures of the Floating World. The Beginnings of Ukiyo-e. Polychrome Woodblock Prints. Ukiyo-e in the 19th Century. Ceramics -- Ch. 7. After Feudalism: The Modern Period.

Society and Culture from 1868 to 1945 in the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa Eras. Architecture. Western Architects and Their Students. The Modern Movement. Painting in the Meiji Period (1868-1912). Western-style Painting. Japanese-style Painting. The Last of the Literati Masters. Painting to 1945 in the Taisho (1912-1926) and Showa (1926-1989) Eras. Yoga Painting. Tokyo Nihonga. Kyoto Nihonga. Woodblock Prints. Sculpture. Ceramics -- A Reader's Guide to the Arts of Japan / Sylvan Barnet and William Burto.