Japanese Art History Resources:
Momoyama Period (1574-1614)

(See also: Japan Resource Page)

Web Resources
Azuchi-Momoyama Period. Wikipedia
Castles of Japan. Takashi Toyooka
The Christian Century in Japan. Michael Hoffman
Himeji Castle, from Japanese Buildings and Cities. Columbia University
Japanese-style painting. Gallery Nishimura
Momoyama Art in museums:

  • Cleveland Museum of Art
  • The Freer and Sackler Galleries
  • Kyoto National Museum
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Tokugawa Art Museum
  • Tokyo National Museum
    Momoyama Buildings and Sculptures, with Shoin Interior. Mike Gunther
    The Samurai Archives. C.E. West and F.W. Seal
    World Cultures: Tokugawa Japan. Richard Hooker
    Yakushi Sculpture Group in To-ji Kondo. Healing Touch UK

    Image Links (click inside)

    1. Monochrome Paintings and Screens
    Pine Trees 16c
    Hasegawa Tohaku     		Landscape
    Unkoku Togan     		Eight Drunken Hermits
    Kaiho Yusho 1602     		Hermits and a Fairy
    Kano Eitoku 16c     		Daoist Immortals...
    Kano Koi 17c
    Daruma 16c
    Formerly attr. Soami     		Tiger
    Tohaku 1606     		Old Trees and Monkeys
    Tohaku 16c

    2. Kano School Polychrome Screens
    Cypress Tree
    Kano Eitoku 16c     		Tartar Envoys
    Kano Eitoku 16c     		Wheat, Poppies, & Bamboo Kano Shigenobu 17c Merry-making...
    Kano Naganobu 17c

    3. Tosa School and Miscellaneous Polychrome Screens
    Phoenixes and Paulownia
    Tosa school 16c     		Butterfly Dance Tosa Mitsuyoshi 1585 Monkey Satire
    Anon. 16c     		Kabuki Screen
    Anon. 17c     		European Court
    Anon. 17c

    4. Ceramics, Lacquerware, and other objects
    Jar for tea water Jar for tea water Tea Bowl Tea Storage Jar
    Lacquer Pyx Mask Box Cosmetic Box Stationary Box Document Box
    Noh Costume Armor

    [last checked: March 8, 2010]

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