Japanese Art - 2 Jomon, Yayoi and Kofun

Second video about the Japanese Art serie. Any doubt? Send me a message.

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Japanese art is an expression of japanese culture, developed through time and various periods and styles that happened in a chronological form, influenced by the historic moment, society and culture. The main manifestations had their origin in religion and politic power, being shintoism and buddhism the main philosophies.

Jōmon: from 11000 BCE to 500 BCE. This is neolithic period. The ancestors of the japanese are the Ainu, stablished in this island of Hokkaidō. They were semi-sedentary societies that lived in little towns. Among the things found from these people, there are bone instruments, stones, ceramics and figures, these last ones called dogū, associated to spiritual beings

Yayoi: from 500 BCE to 300 CE. This culture appears in the island of Kyūshū, going later to Honshū, where absorbed the Jōmon culture. Society based in agriculture, it is the reign of emperor Yamato. It begins the cultivation of rice. Among their manifestations, there are decorated ceramics and dōtaku bells

Kofun: from 300-552. This era meant the consolidation of the imperial power. In architecture, there are funerary monuments and sanctuaries. The kofun are the old tombs. The first shintoist temples (called jinja) were made of wood over an elevated platform.
Daisenryō Kofun: the tomb of emperor Nintoku, at Osaka. In this place were found terracotta figures called haniwa
Hashihaka Kofun: the supposed tomb of Queen Himiko of Yamataikoku, near Nara
Goshikizuka Kofun
Torii: a welcoming arch that points the access to a sacred place
Ise Sanctuary: it has two complexes. The Naikū is dedicated to Amaterasu, goddess of the sun, and Gekū is dedicated to Toyouke no Ōmikami, the goddess of agriculture and home. The main building is called shoden. In the painting, Amaterasu is represented coming out of the celestial cave
Izumo Taisha: it is said that this temple was founded by Amaterasu
Kinpusen-ji: this is the main temple of the shugendō, a religion that combines shintoism, buddhism and animist beliefs. It is the second biggest wooden structure of Japan

Music: Ancient Sage by Brandon Fiechter

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