Art In Japan During The Feudal Ages

The feudal era of japan is knows as the age of the warrior or the warring states. This was a time when warlords and shoguns were in power and actually even more powerful than the emperor himself. There was a lot of famine and much of the country was stricken with war but at this was the time for artists to prosper, when legend was predominate. All of these things interacted with each other art dealt with human life; myth played a role in burials.

Art in Japan during the feudal ages had a great influence of the time and reflected how the people saw and interacted with their environment and with each other. Japanese art at this time valued more of the emotional appeal and appreciation for nature, life and emotions. They held the idea that “the

These burials would occur when a person died during the summer festival of them welcoming back their ancestor’s souls. Some believe part of the reason why they covered their head was because of the idea that “relative would pass each other in the after life and would hit them on the head.” (3) The living relatives were actually trying to protect the dead from being punished by their ancestors for dying during this important holiday. The fact that such a valuable item whether it was bronze, iron, of different type of metal shows the great importance of this burial. “People were to refrain from ostentacious burials”(4) said one emperor. It wasn't suppose to be excessive for example the emperor ordered that burial mounds be kept low, the coffins shouldn't be decorated or lacquered, the coffin cover shouldn't last longer than the bones. No metal, no jewels, and no jaded armor should be buried with them. Society played little in terms of burials, while religion played the biggest part in burials. This showed how valuable these pots were that were buried with

Step 2- is to wash body clean to ensure nothing dirty comes out of it; family members insert cotton into the nose, ears, and anus and force the mouth and eyes closed. Step 3 – Is hanging a painting of the deceased, it is never a photograph. Step 4 – Is to pose the dead and turn their head to the north. Step 5- changing the manner of daily life such as turning shoji screens upside down. Step 6 – Is to cloth the deceased their favorite clothes. Step 7- is a period of intense mourning lasting 24 hours. Step 8 - mourners dress in all black. Step 9 – Offering intense to the dead. Step 10- mourners give money to the immediate family to help take some of the burden of the funeral expenses off them. Step 11- the family gathers within 24 hours to discuss what the deceased would want. Step 12- the wake period. Step 13- small gifts are given (not money) for the close friends that helped the family. Step 14- when there are bones left from the cremation, a family member removes them from the ashes with chopsticks and passes them to another relative who also picks them up by chopsticks to place them in the urn. Step 15- after the funeral, before entering the house, each person throws salt behind them to ward off evil spirits. Step 16 - to acknowledge gifts and tokens, as well as a feeling of