A
Absolute beauty, Eastern solution of mystery of, 116; first requisite of art, 117.
Architecture of Japan, misjudged, 22; example of perfect development, 23; one of great styles of the world, 23; Chino-Korean style of, 25; classical traces in, 31; destruction of early, 32; becomes merged in decoration, 41; curve composition in, 44; modern domestic, 49, 85; modem domestic, debasement of, 50; critical estimate of, 50; lessons to be learned from, 51; proportion in, 51; simplicity in domestic, 52; use of natural woods in, 52; sense of protection in domestic, 53; classical traces in, 58; spiritual import in, 59; primitive Shinto, 60; destruction of early, 64; perfect style in wood, 86, 87.
Architectural styles, sequence of, East and West, 51.
Art of Japan, Western discovery of, 105; last to be extinguished, 105; and that of Europe in the eighth century, 105; and that of Europe in the sixteenth century, 105; primarily Chinese, 106; four periods of, 109; fostering conditions of, 110; carelessness a crime in, 111; ugliness a sin in, 111; ludicrous nineteenth century estimate of, 113; lesson of, 113; technical perfection of, 117; selection, emphasis, and idealization in, 124.
Art, the fall of Japanese, 145.
“Arts and crafts” in Japan, 108.
Ashikaga, fall of the, 41.
Ashikaga period, 38; artistic supremacy of, 108; great artists of, 108; architectural style of, 68.
B
Bathrooms and baths, 94.
Buddhism, incentive power of, towards art, 111.
Buddhist civilization, downfall of, 72.
C
Castle architecture, 45.
Castle-keeps, construction of, 48.
Chigai-dana, 46.
China, the inspiration of Japan, 106; resumption of intercourse with, 35.
Chino-Korean architecture, color of, 36; essential elements in, 60.
Chino-Korean style, 57.
Chion-in, temple of, 36, 37, 44, 69.
Civilization of Japan, 58; artistic expression of, 68.
D
Dai-butsu of Kamakura, the, 127. Decoration, the development of, 69.
Dual mind, the, 118.
E
Empress Suiko, reign of, 24.
Enryaku style of architecture, 66.
F
Feudalism, architectural expression of, 68; fosters industrial art, 108.
Fires in Japan, 49.
Fujiwara period, 35; architecture of, 64; artistic eminence of, 107; great artists of, 107.
Furnishing of Japanese houses. 88.
G
Ginkaku-ji, palace-pavilion of, 40, 65; gardens of, 78.
H
Higashi Hongwanji, Kyoto, temple of, 50; Nagoya, temple of, 44.
Hikone castle, 45, 49.
Himeiji castle, 45, 48, 49.
Hokiji, pagoda of, 31.
Ho-o-do, palace-temple of, 22, 35, 64.
Horenji, temple gardens of, 74.
Horiuji, monastery of, described, 22, 24, 57, 106; norm of all Japanese architecture, 28; pagoda of, 31; sculptures at, 134.
I
Inns and hotels, 100.
Iri-kawa, 47, 90, 91.
Ise, shrines of, 60.
Ishi-yama-dera, gardens of, 77.
J
Japanese civilization, fosters every art, 110.
Jo-dan and ge-dan, 46, 47, 49, 91, 92.
K
Kakimono, display of, 93.
Kamakura period, establishment of, 38; architecture of, 38; sculpture of, 139.
Kasuga temples, Nara, 66.
Kinkaku-ji, palace-pavilion of, 40, 65.
Kofukuji, sculpture at, 139.
Korean bronze statue, Nara, 129.
Koshoji, gardens of, 81.
Kumamoto castle, 45, 48, 49.
Kura, construction of, 50.
Kyoto, removal of court to, 34; palace-pavilions of, 40, 65.
Kyoto period, sculpture of, 139.
M
Missionaries, mistakes of Protestant, 63.
Modern art, failure of, 117.
N
Nagoya castle, 45.
Nagoya, Higashi Hongwanji temple in, 44.
Nara, city of, in eighth century, 32; temple gardens of, 74.
Nara period, architecture of, 27; sculpture of, 134.
Nikko, shrines of, 22, 36, 43, 44, 71.
Nishi Hongwanji temple, Kyoto, 44.
O
Obaku-san, temple of, 40, 43.
P
Painting in Japan, great period of, 69.
“Phoenix Hall,” see “Ho-o-do.
Plaster, Japanese use of, 87.
Proportion in Japanese architecture, 51.
Provincial castles of Daimyo, 45.
R
Residences, vestibules of, 89; plan of, 91, 95; construction of, 93; artistic refinement of, 98; contrast between Japanese and Western, 98.
Rice-paper, Japanese use of, 88.
Royal palaces, type of, 47.
S
San-ju-san-gen-do, temple of, 65.
Sculpture of Japan, largely unknown, 127; classical influence on, 130; Tori Busshi, first master of, 130; portraiture appears in, 134; grandeur of eighth century, 134; during Kyoto period, 139; during Kamakura period, 139.
Shiba, temples of, 22,36-44.
Shinyakushiji, temple of, 34.
Shinto architecture, 60, 61.
Shiogama, gardens of, 74.
Shoji and fusuma, 87.
Shokonsha, shrine of, in Tokyo, 44, 50.
T
Tea-houses and restaurants, 101.
Temple architecture, earliest types of, 27.
Temple gates, 66.
Temple interiors, splendor of, 36, 50, 70.
Todaiji, temple of, 34.
Tokonoma and chigai-dana, 46, 47, 88, 91, 92.
Tokugawa period, 38, 41; architecture of, 27,43,92; feudalism during, 51; Confucian revival during, 51.
Tori Busshi 107, 130.
Torii, 61, 78.
Toshodaiji, temple of, 34.
U
Uyeno, shrines of, 22, 44.
W
Wall-painting, Indo-Chinese, at Horiuji, 28.
Western art, nineteenth century degradation of, 104; extinction of, 112.
Westernism, Japanese revolt against, 72, 85.
Wood, Japanese reverence for, 87.
Wutao-tsz, the legend of, 125.
Y
Yakushiji, pagoda of, 22, 32, 61, 134.
Yashiki, arrangement of, 45; gates, 45; plan of, 45.
Z
Zen missions and Chinese influence, 38.
Zen temples, described, 40.
Zojoji, Tokyo, temple of, 44.