
Japanese Scroll Paintings Japanese Tiger Wall Silk Scroll Painting
Stuff to know • Japanese • Started from 10th millennium B.C., which was when people began to reside in East Asia • There are two different types of scrolls: Chinese landscape scroll and Japanese narrative scroll. • Chinese landscape scroll: is culture’s greatest contribution to the history of painting • Japanese narrative scroll: is more of a story-telling painting Iris Scroll
Differences Japanese Buddhist Sansui Ga
Different Artist • Fujiwara Takanobu: 1142-1205 • TawarayaSotatsu: 1600-1640 Portrait of Yoritomo by: Fujiwara Takanobu Dated in 1606- poem page mounted as a hanging scroll
References • http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hi/hi_tawa.htm 2nd picture • http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/tawaraya_sotatsu.html 2nd artist • http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/fujiwara_takanobu.html 1st artist • http://www.artfund.org/artsaved/search/artist/t/4845/Takanobu 1st picture