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

(See also: Japan Resource Page)

Web Resources
Azuchi-Momoyama Period. Wikipedia
Castles of Japan. Takashi Toyooka
Himeji Castle, from Japanese Buildings and Cities. Columbia University
History of Roman Catholicism in Japan. Wikipedia
Japanese-style painting. Gallery Nishimura
The Kano School of Painting. Metropolitan Museum of Art
Momoyama Art in museums:
  • Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
  • Boston Museum of Fine Arts
  • British Museum
  • Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Freer and Sackler Galleries
  • Kimbell Art Museum
  • Kyoto National Museum
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art
  • 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 Hasegawa Tohaku	Landscape Unkoku Togan	Eight Drinking Hermits Kaiho Yusho	Hermits and a Fairy Kano Eitoku	Daoist Immortals... Kano Koi	Daruma Formerly attr. Soami	Tiger Tohaku
Old Trees and Monkeys Tohaku

2. Polychrome Screens

Cypress Tree Kano Eitoku	Tartar Envoys Kano Eitoku	Phoenixes and Paulownia Tosa Mitsuyoshi	Butterfly Dance Tosa Mitsuyoshi	Monkey Satire Anon.	Kabuki Screen Anon.	European Court Anon.
Tagasode Anon.

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 updated: August 4, 2013]

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