Learning from Asian Art: Japan

Comparative Timeline This timeline will help your students place the objects in this kit into the larger context of important events in world history.
World History Events	Works of Art in Learning from Asian Art: Japan
c. 2500 BCE Indus Valley is home to the largest of the four ancient urban civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, and China	Jōmon Period 10,500–300 BCE Jōmon Jar (Middle Jōmon Period, 2500–1500 BCE)
c. 4th century BCE Buddhism first propagated in India
c. 1305 Giotto paints the Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel Frescoes in Padua, Italy	Kamakura Period 1185–1333 Amida Buddha (late 13th century)
1620 Mayflower lands at Plymouth, Massachucetts	Momoyama Period 1568–1615 Calligraphy of a Poem (early 17th century) Hand Drum (17th century)
1776 United States Declaration of Independence 1853 Vincent van Gogh born in Netherlands	Edo (Tokugawa) Period 1615–1868 Courtier on Horseback (17th century) Tea Storage Jar (c. 1700) Recumbent Bull (c. 1775) Pilgrims at Kirifuri Waterfall (c. 1831–32) Fireman's Coat (19th Century)
1917 United States enters World War I	Modern Period 1868–present Ceremonial Teahouse Sunkaraku (c. 1917)

Comparative Timeline