The Japanese
Arts

 Art in Japan covers a wide range of art styles and media,
including pottery, sculpture, ink painting, and calligraphy
on silk and paper, origami, bonsai and more recently
manga.
The Japanese Arts

 The Japanese visual arts reflect a variety of local
and foreign traditions.
 The Shinto beliefs about forces of nature,
Buddhist teachings about the impermanence of
life, and western styles have all played a role in
shaping the arts of Japan.
Visual Arts

 Japanese art was greatly influenced by the arts of
China but they differ in characteristics. They
learned a variety of skills in painting, architecture,
and the decorative arts.
 China prefers large, evenly balanced, and realistic
while Japan preferred miniatures because of the
lack of rural space and crowded areas.
Visual Arts

 Japanese art was greatly influenced by their
religion.
 During the feudal period, samurai adopted the
values of Zen Buddhism, wherein it emphasizes
simplicity, self- discipline, and closeness to nature.
 Zen emphasized it its teaching that beauty can be
found in ordinary objects and in daily tasks.
Visual Arts

 Japan is known for its authentic and exotic foods.
 They love half-cooked dishes such as the sashimi
and tempura.
 They have sushi or small cakes of cooked rice.
 The Japanese have a very colorful presentation of
their dishes.
Japanese Cuisines

 The Japanese learned a variety of skills in
architecture. They demonstrated sensitive
organization of clearly defined forms.
 A Japanese teahouse is built like a farmhouse
which it embodies the attitude of simplicity,
naturalness, and humility.
Architecture

 It is unique in its own way and has a certain
characteristics about it as well.
 This is also the oldest form of art.
 It is preferred artistic expression in Japan.
Japanese Painting

 Painting flourished in Japan during the Heian
Period (794- 1185), an example of this the “Tale of
Genji,” often called as the first novel in world
literature.
Japanese Painting

 Is the flower arrangement in Japan observing the principle
of heaven, man, and earth.
 Its primary basis is the symbol of relationship in the whole
world wherein it is composed of irregular triangles.
 The highest part is the shin, symbolizes the heaven and
truth.
 The middle part is the soi, represents man.
 The lower part is the tai, symbol for earth.
Ikebana

 Ikebana styles of arrangements:
 Seika or shoka – the living flowers
 Rikka – standing flowers
 Nageiri – flung flower styles when bowl- shaped
vases are used for arrangement.
 Moribina - or piled flowers styles are based for dish
container
Ikebana

 Bonsai literally means “plant in a tray”
 It utilizes horticultural techniques along with artistic
applications to cultivate miniature replicas of trees as
they are found in nature.
 Bonsai trees are common in their gardens.
Bonsai

 The art of folding paper.
 It is not only made as a toy but also a way of expressing
kindness, love, and friendship to someone and is also
given as a form of gift.
 It is a tradition that already existed thousands of years
ago.
 It came from the word: “Oru” meaning to fold and
“kami” meaning paper.
Origami

 Each design symbolizes different meanings:
 A Heron shape symbolizes long life.
 A frog symbolizes fertility
Origami

 More of their designs were decorated with rope
patterns which were impressed by hands.
 Each pottery have different designs:
 The Arita porcelain were adorned with dragons and floral
designs.
 The Bizen ware have reddish-brown color with iron like
hardness.
Pottery

 More of their designs were decorated with rope
patterns which were impressed by hands.
 Each pottery have different designs:
 The Arita porcelain were adorned with dragons and folral
designs.
 The Bizen ware have reddish-brown color with iron like
hardness.
Sculpture

 Best example of their weaving is called Kimono
 Kimonos are have very artistic designs depending on the
request of the upper class.
Weaving

 It refers to the modern Japanese cartoons.
 These are also comics made in Japan.
 It covers a wide range of genres: action-adventure,
romance, sports and games, historical drama, comedy,
science and fiction and fantasy, mystery, suspense,
detective, horror, sexuality, and business, among others.
Manga