Momoyama style

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Momoyama style is a late 16th-century Japanese artistic and architectural style characterized by bold ornamentation, rich colors, and lavish decorative elements reflecting the power and opulence of the warlord elite.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Momoyama style canonical 2
Momoyama culture 1
Momoyama tea culture 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese art style ⓘ
architectural style ⓘ
cultural period style ⓘ
associatedWith Azuchi–Momoyama period ⓘ
castle towns ⓘ
daimyo culture ⓘ
tea ceremony culture ⓘ
warlord elite ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
follows Muromachi period style ⓘ
hasCharacteristic asymmetrical layouts ⓘ
bold ornamentation ⓘ
display of power and wealth ⓘ
dynamic compositions ⓘ
gold-leaf backgrounds ⓘ
lavish decorative elements ⓘ
monumental scale ⓘ
opulent materials ⓘ
rich colors ⓘ
influenced Kano school painting ⓘ
Rinpa school ⓘ
early Edo painting ⓘ
influencedBy Chinese painting ⓘ
Muromachi ink painting ⓘ
Zen aesthetics ⓘ
linked to: Japanese aesthetics
precedes Edo period style ⓘ
startTime late 16th century ⓘ
typicalBuildingType shoin-style reception halls ⓘ
tea houses ⓘ
tenshu (castle keep) ⓘ
typicalMaterial decorated plaster walls ⓘ
gold leaf ⓘ
lacquer ⓘ
polychrome pigments ⓘ
typicalMotif Chinese-style figures ⓘ
birds and flowers ⓘ
courtly scenes ⓘ
landscape scenes ⓘ
pine trees and plum blossoms ⓘ
seasonal themes ⓘ
tigers and dragons ⓘ
usedIn arms and armor decoration ⓘ
castle architecture ⓘ
ceramics ⓘ
fusuma painting ⓘ
interior decoration ⓘ
lacquerware ⓘ
screen painting ⓘ
tea room design ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zuihoden Mausoleum → architecturalStyle → Momoyama style ⓘ
Higashiyama culture → influenced → Momoyama culture ⓘ
linked to: Momoyama style
Furuta Oribe → movement → Momoyama tea culture ⓘ
linked to: Momoyama style
Zuihoden → architecturalStyle → Momoyama style ⓘ