LESSON 9.7 How did people express themselves?
LEARNING INTENTION By the end of this lesson you should be able to identify the major distinctive forms of Japanese arts and culture that flourished during the sh̄ogunate period.
TUNE IN Consider the folding screen in SOURCE1 . This would have been commissioned by a daimȳo or wealthy noble from an artist.
SOURCE1 A painted Japanese folding screen created in the early seventeenth century
1. Discuss what you think it reveals about their passions and lifestyle. 2. What kind of art would you commission now to reflect your own passion and lifestyle?
TOPIC9 Japan under the sh̄oguns 237
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