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Model house
Before the widespread use of photography in the late ninetee…
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A Battle between the Minamoto and Taira Clans, a 6-fold screen painting on paper
This screen depicts several crucial episodes in the war that…
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Angaja (Ingada), a hanging scroll painting
The sixteen arhats (Japanese: rakan ) were disciples of Shak…
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Articulated model carp
The carp was a favourite fish of Japanese artists and crafts…
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Articulated model crayfish, by Muneaki
After the Meiji Restoration in 1868, many makers of iron hel…
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Articulated model dragon, signed by Myochin Kiyoharu
This iron model dragon is one of several models made by the …
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Azuma Toyo, Plum tree, a 4-fold screen painting
Light washes of ink form the trunk and branches of the plum …
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Battles of Ichinotani and Yashima, a pair of 6-fold screen paintings
This pair of six-fold screens shows scenes from the two fina…
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Benzaiten, a hanging scroll painting
The Buddhist deity Benzaiten (Sanskrit: Sarasvati), is depic…
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Black lacquer writing-box
This writing-box is in the decorative tradition of Hon'ami K…
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Bodhidharma (Daruma), a hanging scroll painting
Bodhidharma (died around AD 532), known as Daruma in Japanes…
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Bodhisattva mask for Gyodo
Gyōdō was a ceremony derived originally from China…
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Box with equipment for an incense game
Like the Tea Ceremony and flower arrangement, the enjoyment …
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Bronze bell from a Buddhist temple
Temple bells were used to announce the time of events during…
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Bronze flower vase
This vase is roughly modelled on the type of Chinese bronze …
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Bronze incense burner
Incense burners were often decorated with sculptures of bird…
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Bronze mirror
This mirror is decorated with a pair of stylized birds among…
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Bronze mirror
Jingles and rattles are found on mirrors of the Kofun period…
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Japanese bronze mirror
Early Japanese mirrors used a number of designs based on Chi…
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Bronze mirror decorated with the figure of a boatman
During the Edo period, some bronze mirrors were made with ha…
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Bronze mirror in the shape of a lotus
The eight-petalled lotus is the symbol of Enlightenment in B…
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Bronze mirror with a handle
This mirror is decorated with a perfect miniature landscape.…
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Bronze tortoise, by Murata Seimin
From the middle of the Edo period (1600-1868), craftsmen sta…
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Bugaku mask of Korobase
Bugaku dances were performed to Gagaku court music derived f…
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Bugaku mask of Ryo-o, the 'Dragon King'
Bugaku is a courtly ritual dance which has survived in Japan…
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Bulbous porcelain jar
This fine bulbous jar is an early example of Japanese porcel…
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Comic pictures and verses (toba-e), a handscroll painting
Toba-e were quickly executed, comical pictures with a lightl…
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Decorative bronze vase
This vase is signed by the maker Hata Zōroku (Zōro…
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Decorative horse-trapping
The Japanese probably learnt horsemanship from the Koreans d…
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Dutch Woman with a Parrot, a colour woodblock print
A European woman holds a parrot on a perch and herein lies a…
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Figure of Aizen Myo-o
Aizen is one of the five Myō-ō (Sanskrit: Vidyaraj…
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Figure of the bodhisattva Fugen
The bodhisattvas Fugen (Sanskrit: Samantabhadra) and Monju…
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Fuchi / kashira
Fuchi and kashira are ornamental fittings which were attache…
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Gan Ku, Cat Killing a Bird, a hanging scroll painting
Gan Ku (1749-1838) left his native Kanazawa in 1779 or 1780 …
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Gan Ku, One Hundred Old Men, a pair of 6-fold screen paintings
'One Hundred Old Men' is a standard theme taken from the Chi…
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Gan Ku, Tiger, a hanging scroll painting
Tiger paintings were very popular in Japan, but as the artis…
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Gan Tai, Eagle and a Monkey, a hanging scroll
In this impressive scene, an eagle has just alighted on a ro…
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Gessen, Landscapes with Figures, a handscroll painting
This scroll contains a series of landscapes, each accompanie…
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Gilt and lacquered bronze statue of Shaka
The historical Buddha was born as a prince named Siddhartha …
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Gilt bronze sword pommel
This gilt bronze pommel was made for a straight single-edged…
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Gilt-copper decorative harness fitting
This harness fitting was excavated by the amateur archaeolog…
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Go Shun, Hare with Pestle in the Full Moon, a woodblock print surimono
The hare (or rabbit) is a common figure in Japanese folklore…
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Gold and coloured lacquer sake pourer in the form of a boy attendant
The figure forms a bottle which can be filled by removing th…
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Hagiwara Hideo, 'In the Valley between the Buildings' (Biru no tanima ni), a colour woodblock print
This view of Mount Fuji is from Shinjuku on the west side of…
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Hanging canopy (tengai)
A canopy or tengai , hangs from the ceiling of Japanese Budd…
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Hanging flower vase
Soon after the Meiji Restoration in 1868, the samurai warrio…
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Hanging scroll painting with a portrait of the monk Jion Daishi
Jion Daishi (AD 632-82) was the Chinese patriarch of the Hos…
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Hanging scroll painting with a portrait of the young Prince Shotoku Taishi
Prince Shōtoku Taishi (AD 574-622, crown prince and reg…
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Hara Zaichu, Chinese Sages at Wuyu, a hanging scroll painting
The inscription above this landscape is a quote from the Ana…
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Hara Zaichu, Tiger, a hanging scroll painting
A tiger stands tensed on a steeply sloping mountainside. The…
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Hashiguchi Goyo, Kamisuki (Combing the hair), a colour woodblock print
Goyō (1880-1921) started out as an illustrator using a …
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Hirado ware ring-handled jar
This jar is a good example of the underglaze blue Hirado war…
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Hirasawa Byozan (attributed to), Scenes of Daily Life of the Ezo, a handscroll painting
Ezo was the pre-modern Japanese name for what is now called …
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Hishikawa Moronobu, Craftsmen of Various Trades, a pair of handscroll paintings
This scene of a paper-making workshop is taken from the seco…
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Hishikawa Moronobu, Scenes in a theatre tea-house, a handscroll painting
The Ukiyo-e school of pictures of the 'floating world' devel…
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Hosoda Eishi, The Chinese beauty Yang Guifei, a hanging scroll painting
Yang Guifei, the concubine of the Tang-dynasty emperor Xuanz…
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Igarashi Shummei, Lao Zi, a hanging scroll painting
Lao Zi (Japanese: Rōshi) was one of the greatest philos…
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Inro and netsuke, Daikoku Ten
The inrō and netsuke were made by the Somada school of …
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Iron helmet
The sujibachi -type helmet was constructed from a number of …
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Iron model of a carp, made by Muneyori
After the Meiji Restoration in 1868, many makers of iron hel…
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Iron tsuba (sword guard)
This tsuba (sword guard) has a sombre appearance compared to…
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Ishida Yutei, Deer and Japanese Cypress, a 2-fold screen painting
The painting is done entirely in tones of black ink, the for…
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Ivory figure of a rakan
The rakan (Sanskrit: arhats , 'enlightened beings'), were t…
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Ivory netsuke: a rat, a kirin and a bird's claw
The tiny sleeping rat, with its perfectly carved feet was pr…
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Ivory netsuke depicting Handaka Sonja
Handaka Sonja was one of the sixteen special disciples of th…
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Ivory netsuke: foxes
The fox has always played a large part in Japanese mythology…
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Ivory netsuke, Kanyu
Chinese legend provided endless material for Japanese artist…
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Ivory netsuke of a mythical beast
The skill and imagination of the best of the early netsuke c…
