Instructions: Answer two of the following questions taken from your study questions. Youranswers should be typed, submitted as a single Word document (not PDF, not in 2 documents),and where appropriate, cite your sources You are welcome to consult additional academic sources (i.e. published articles and books, butNOT blogs, or encyclopedias, including, but not limited to, Wikipedia, etc.) no plagiarism or chatgpt
1. With relation to at least one work of art (i.e. vessel, calligraphy, garden, or building),explain the terms wabi and sabi. How do these terms inform the traditional Japanesetea ceremony?How, according to Kendall Brown, was the cult of tea exploited as a political legitimizerin Momoyama Japan?
OR (you may not answer both tea questions)
2. With detailed reference to at least one work of art (i.e. vessel, calligraphy, garden, orbuilding), explain the terms wabi and sabi. How do these terms inform the traditionalJapanese tea ceremony?
Describe the changes in how tea is ritually consumed and its associated aesthetics inJapan during the 1500s. How had tea been enjoyed prior to the Momoyama period, inwhat sort of surroundings and vessels? Who was Sen no Rikyu? Your answer shouldrefer to the Asian Art Museum’s video “Chanoyu: The Japanese Art of Tea:”
3. What is Zen and what are some of the arts associated with it? How do these arts symbolicallyrelate to Zen? Who was Bodhidharma (Daruma)? How can we recognize him (what is hisiconography)? Your answer should refer to at least one named painting of Daurma, including thetitle and artist. Your essay should engage with Nelly Delay, “The Way of Zen.”4. What are shunga-e prints and what do they typically depict? What are nanshoku andwakashu and how does Steven Salal (“The Ephemerality of Gender: Nanshoku andWakashū in Japanese Erotic Art”) recommend that we approach this genre of Japanesevisual culture and why?
