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Iwasa Matabei, Monk Mongaku, from Heike Monogatari ('Tale of the Heike')
This dramatic scene is taken from Heike monogatari ('Tale of…
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Jichosai, Chushingura ('Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers'), a handscroll painting
'The Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers' is the fic…
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Jimbaori (armour surcoat)
The jimbaori was originally simply a serviceable surcoat to …
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Kaigetsudo Anchi, Courtesan, a woodblock print
The Kaigetsudō group of artists, led by Kaigetsudō…
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Kaigetsudo Ando, Courtesan entering a mosquito net, a hanging scroll painting
A mosquito-net tent has been set up over tatami mats spread …
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Kakiemon ware lidded jar
The Japanese started making porcelain at the end of the sixt…
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Kano Eisen'in Michinobu, Cranes, a handscroll painting
Since ancient times the tsuru (crane) has been regarded as a…
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Kano Ryusetsu Hidenobu, Genji monogatari ('The Tale of Genji');, a pair of handscroll paintings
'The Tale of Genji' is the famous early eleventh-century nov…
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Kano Seisen'in Osanobu, copy after the handscroll Landscapes of the Four Seasons by Sesshu
This is a copy after the celebrated handscroll Landscapes of…
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Kano Tanshin Morimasa, Tao Yuanming, a hanging scroll painting
Tao Yuanming (365-427) was a Chinese poet of the Eastern Jin…
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Kano Tan'yu, a handscroll of shukuzu
The practice of making shukuzu , or reduced-size copies, is …
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Kano Torin Yoshinobu, Yang Guifei and Peonies, a triptych of hanging scroll paintings
Yang Guifei (Japanese: Yōkihi) was the consort of Emper…
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Kano Tosen Nakanobu, Birds and Flowers after Classical Chinese Paintings, a hanging scroll painting
Gold dust has been applied to the silk in the sotoguma ('out…
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Kano Yoboku Tsunenobu, Hotei / Pheasant / Cock and Hen, a triptych of hanging scroll paintings
The subjects of these scrolls are all auspicious. In the cen…
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Kano Yukinobu (attributed to), Bird and Flowers, a hanging scroll painting
A bird rests on a branch of plum blossom. The colourful flow…
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Katagiri Ranseki, A sage pointing at the moon, a painting
This painting is from an album of 48 works by 48 painters an…
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Kato Nobukiyo, Descent of the Buddha Amida with two attendant bodhisattvas, a hanging scroll painting
The Buddha Amida (Sanskrit: Amitabha ) is shown in a standar…
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Katsukawa Shun'ei (attributed to), Ten scenes of lovemaking, a handscroll painting
Almost all Ukiyo-e artists produced substantial quantities o…
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Katsukawa Shunsho, The actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Fudo Myo-o, a colour woodblock print
Shunshō was the first woodblock print artist to design …
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Katsushika Hokusai, 'The Talisman' (Mayoke), a colour woodblock print
Surimono (literally ‘printed thing') were de luxe colour woo…
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Kawahara Keiga (attributed to), Genre scenes, paintings
These paintings come from a group of seventeen Japanese work…
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Kawamura Bumpo, Chinese Scholars and Japanese Festival Scenes, a pair of handscroll paintings
Kawamura Bumpō (1779-1821) studied under Gan Ku (1747-1…
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Kawanabe Kyosai, Susano'o no Mikoto subduing the eight-headed serpent, a hanging scroll painting
In Shintō mythology Susano'o was the younger brother of…
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Kei Shokei (attributed to), Mountain landscape, a hanging scroll painting
The artist of this painting is not known, though comparison …
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Keisai Eisen, Young woman arranging her hair, a hanging scroll painting
The young woman depicted here is probably the teenage daught…
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Kettle for informal tea
There were two kinds of kettles used for the Japanese Tea Ce…
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Ki Baitei, Shrine servant, a colour woodblock surimono print
Surimono (literally 'printed things') were limited edition p…
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Kishi Chikudo, Cherry Blossoms on a Spring Evening, a pair of 2-fold screen paintings
This pair of screens has a unique and interesting compositio…
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Kitagawa Tsukimaro, Geisha, a pair of hanging scroll paintings
Although they are slightly different in size, these two pain…
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Kitagawa Utamaro, Lovers in an upstairs room, from Uta makura ('Poem of the Pillow'), a colour woodblock
The album 'Poem of the Pillow' is a masterpiece among the er…
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Kitagawa Utamaro, Ohisa of the Takashima tea-shop, a colour woodblock print
Ohisa was one of the favourite subjects of several Ukiyo-e p…
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Kitagawa Utamaro, Parody of Narihira's Journey to the East, a triptych of colour woodblock prints
This is probably intended as a 'parody picture' ( mitate-e )…
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Kitagawa Utamaro, Woman at her morning toilette, a hanging scroll painting
Utamaro (died AD 1806) was a master at catching the moods of…
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Kitagawa Utamaro, Women sewing, a triptych of colour woodblock prints
Utamaro depicted more types of women, in various activities,…
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Kitano tenjin engi ('Origins of the Kitano Tenjin shrine'), a 6-fold screen painting
According to legend, in the second lunar month of AD 903 the…
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Ko Sukei, Shrine Festival, a hanging scroll painting
A tree is being carried along in a large basket, suspended f…
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Kogo ('incense container') in the form of a dove
The container bears an ink inscription, 'Itto', which is the…
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Kubota Beisen and others, Myriad Fish, a handscroll painting
This scroll is a collaborative work, with thirty-three pictu…
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Lacquer chest
This chest was made for the export market, but is of much hi…
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Lacquer document box
The interlocking design of black crows and white egrets is v…
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Lacquer inro
Guri was a lacquer carving technique which originated in Chi…
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Lacquer inro
This gold hiramakie inrō has an eye-catching design o…
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Lacquer inro
This inrō is made of black lacquer with a coloured shel…
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Lacquer inro
This inrō is an exceptionally fine example of the maki…
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Lacquer inro
This purse-shaped inrō has three compartments and a sub…
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Lacquer pyx (sacrament box)
The namban ornament on this pyx is an example of how Japan…
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Lacquer writing-box
The versatile artist Hon'ami Kōetsu (1558-1637) inspire…
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Large porcelain platter
This magnificent Japanese dish is based on earlier seventeen…
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Life of Shaka, a set of 3 handscroll paintings
The story, which evolved in medieval Japan, interweaves the …
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Long-necked Sue jar
This ritual tomb jar was shaped on a potter's wheel; the mar…
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Maruyama okyo, Cracked ice, a 2-fold screen painting
Low two-fold screens ( furosaki byōbu ) such as this we…
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Maruyama okyo, Nine Old Men of Mt. Xiang, a 2-fold screen painting
The small size and format of this screen suggest it was used…
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Mask of a shishi
The shishi (leonine creature) mask was used in the theatre a…
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Masuyama Sessai, Birds and Flowers, a hanging scroll painting
The parrot is not native to Japan, but it was imported from …
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Matsumura Keibun and Shibata Gito, Geese and Full Moon, a hanging scroll painting
This is a joint work by two pupils of Go Shun (1752-1811), t…
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Matsumura Keibun, Morning glory, a hanging scroll painting
This simple painting would have been selected to hang in the…
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Matsuno Chikanobu, Standing courtesan, a hanging scroll painting
In the medieval period in Japan (twelfth-sixteenth centuries…
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Minamoto no Yoritomo in court dress, a hanging scroll painting
Following his victory in the civil wars between his own Mina…
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Miyagawa Choshun, Pastimes of the new year and flower viewing, a pair of handscroll paintings
Although most Ukiyo-e artists concentrated on the theatre an…
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Mori Shuho, Horses, a 4-fold screen painting
Mori Shūhō (1738-1823) was an artist from Osaka wh…
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Mori Sosen, Monkeys, a hanging scroll painting
Mori Sosen (?1747-1821) is most famous for his paintings of …
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Mori Yoshitoshi, Mie o kiru ('Posturize'), a stencil print
The prints of Mori Yoshitoshi (1898-1992) show influences fr…
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Morikawa Sobun, Deer and Pine in the Snow, a pair of 6-fold screen paintings
A snowy landscape spreads across the wide expanse of this pa…
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Moritoshi, Courtesan in a white kimono, a hanging scroll painting
A high-ranked courtesan strolls elegantly through the street…
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Netsuke, boar's tusk with a crab, carved by Bokugyuken Toshiharu
This netsuke by Bokugyūken Toshiharu shows the influenc…
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Netsuke, sennin
Sennin were immortals from Chinese legend. They are often th…
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Netsuke, shishi on a seal base
The shishi or 'lion dog' was a mythical leonine creature ori…
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Nine-lobed porcelain dish
The porcelain dish is enamelled in overglaze colours in the …
