Japanese Art Final
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 The Illustrated Legendary Biography of Prince Shotoku | Depicts famous events from Shotoku's life Japanese National Treasure |
| Choju Jinbutsu Giga | Caricatures of Animals doing human things (satire) |
| Ban Dainagon Ekotoba | Conspiracy: Ban Dainagons burning down of the otennmon gate inside imperial compound. |
| Genji Monogatari: The Tale of Genji | A tale of love and lust, contains 45 chapters |
| Shigisan engi | Flying granary, Exorcism of the engi emperor, the story of the nun |
| Yoshitsune jigoku yaburi | Jigoku = hell; yaburi = to break, asunder invasion and take-out of Hell scroll |
| Shuten Douji | Demon Kidnaps daughters soldiers kill daemon with the aid of poison wine and a special helmet |
| William Sturgis Bigelow | American collector/ preserver of Japanese art |
| Okakura Kakuzo (aka Okakura Tenshin) | Japanese scholar, Tried re-educating Japanese people on their cultural heritage |
| Ernest Francisco Fenollosa | Foreign govt adviser, founded Tokyo school of fine arts and Tokyo imperial museum |
| Daumier Honoroe | Best known for his political satirizes of his countryman (the French) Pear shaped people |
| Leni Riefenstahl | German artist backed by Hitler Famous for her Nazi propaganda film Triumph of the Will |
| John Heartfield | German Artist who Parodied Hitler's Regime |
| Leonard Fouijita | Japanese Artist influenced by Paris, Greek art and Diego Viera Hired to paint war propaganda (WWII) |
| Tezuka Osamu | Japanese Cartoonist, considered the father/ godfather of anime Famous for creating Astro Boy |
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