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Nishimura Shigenaga, The actor Sanjo Kantaro as a tea-seller, a woodblock print
The onnagata (female impersonator) Sanjō Kantarō p…
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Nishiyama Hoen, Procession of Insects, a hanging scroll painting
An orderly procession of insects, made up of grasshoppers, b…
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Nishiyama Hoen, Various Birds, a handscroll painting
To the right, geese descend against the backdrop of the wani…
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No mask known as hannya
In the Nō drama, the hannya is a mask worn by the chara…
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No mask of a young woman
Nō theatre masks are the opportunity for very subtle ex…
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Nozaki Shin'ichi, Paper Hina Dolls and Cherry Blossoms, a triptych of hanging scroll paintings
Hina dolls are the main feature of the annual hina-matsuri (…
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Oda Kaisen, Egret on a Willow, a hanging scroll painting
A pure-white heron had been a popular theme in Japanese pain…
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ohara Donshu, Priest Xuan-zhuang and his attendants from the Xijouji, a hanging scroll painting
This unusual work illustrates the Chinese classic, Xijouji (…
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Okamoto Toyohiko, Mountain Village, a 2-fold screen painting
Toyohiko has conjured up this view of an isolated village hi…
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Okamoto Toyohiko, Seashore and Mountains in the Seasons, a pair of 6-fold screen paintings
The traditional subject of the changing seasons is portrayed…
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Okimono of turtles, by Masanao
This is typical of the okimono (ornaments) of the period whi…
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Okumura Masanobu (after), a wooden printing block for two illustrations from the album Yukun Sennin ('Courtesans
Printing blocks for Japanese colour woodblock prints were us…
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Okumura Masanobu, Courtesans as Three Sake Drinkers, a woodblock print
This illustration is a parody of a well-known classical pain…
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Okumura Masanobu, Two geisha and a boy carrying a shamisen case, a woodblock print
Two geisha are on their way to perform at a New Year party…
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Onchi Koshiro, The Sea, a triptych, 1 painted study and 2 colour woodblock prints
Onchi Kōshirō (1891-1955) was one of the most infl…
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Painted wooden figure of the artist Sesshu Toyo, by Miwa
Portrait sculpture became an important art-form in the Kamak…
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Pair of porcelain, Kakiemon, model elephants
Many such models of animals, such as dogs, cats, deer, boars…
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Pair of stirrups
This type pf stirrup was fully developed by the Heian period…
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Panel from a shrine or temple
This wooden openwork panel would have been used as part of t…
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Pipes and smoking sets
Tobacco was probably introduced into Japan from the Philippi…
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Porcelain handled jug
This elegant handled ewer has a design of stylized plum flow…
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Porcelain teapot
This elegant teapot is made of porcelain decorated in overgl…
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Portable lacquered wood shrine
The shrine shows the Buddha Amida (Sanskrit: Amitabha ) flan…
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Pottery vessel
This vessel has a gentle outward curve ending in a wide mout…
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Purse and netsuke
This style of purse, as well as pressed metal fittings like …
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Rabbits and autumn grasses, a 6-fold screen painting
This screen was probably one of a pair. Twelve rabbits are s…
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Red lacquer inro
The technique of tsuishū originated in Song dynasty Chi…
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Round mirror box
We can not be certain exactly when this box was made, as dec…
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Saddle
This is an outstanding example from the mid-seventeenth cent…
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Saru no soshi ('Illustrated Tale of Monkeys'), a handscroll painting
Although some of the sections are missing, this long Japanes…
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Scenes from Ise monogatari ('Tales of Ise'), a 6-fold screen painting
This was probably originally one of a pair of screens. It sh…
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Scenes of Foreigners: England, a colour woodblock print by Utagawa Yoshitora
Yoshitora (worked about 1850-80) was an artist of Edo (moder…
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Seated figure of Shaka
The historical Buddha was born as a prince named Siddhartha …
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Set of armour
This composite suit of Japanese armour brings together items…
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Shell game box decorated with scenes from Genji monogatari ('The Tale of Genji')
This hexagonal wooden box was made to contain a game involvi…
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Shibata Gito, Acrobats, a 2-fold screen painting
This is a makura-byōbu ('pillow screen') placed around …
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Shibata Zeshin, Eagle in the Snow, a hanging scroll painting
The eagle had succeeded in catching what looks like a fox, b…
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Shimomura Kanzan, Diogenes, a hanging scroll painting
An aged man in a white robe, with white hair and beard, sits…
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Shiokawa Bunrin, Fireflies, a hanging scroll painting
Shiokawa Bunrin (1808-77) was a pupil of Okamoto Toyohiko, a…
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Shotoku Taishi e-den ('Illustrated biography of Prince Shotoku Taishi'), fragments from a set of hanging
Prince Shōtoku Taishi (573-622) is regarded as the foun…
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Statue of a retired townsman
In Japan it was quite common for prosperous townsmen and mer…
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Stupas known as the Hyakuman To
In an act of Buddhist piety, the Japanese Empress Shōto…
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Sue ware coffin
Sue pottery was a type of ware made in the Kofun ('Old Tomb'…
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Sue ware jar
This is an example of a traditional Sue ware tomb jar, with …
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Sugawara no Michizane in Chinese dress, a hanging scroll painting
Sugawara no Michizane (845-903) an outstanding cultural figu…
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Sugimura Jihei (attributed to), 'Tokiwa at Fushimi' (Fushimi Tokiwa), a woodblock print
Very few large sheet-prints survive by the pioneering print …
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Sumiyoshi Hirosada, Court amusements in spring and autumn, a pair of hanging scroll paintings
The viewing of cherry blossom in the spring, and the moon in…
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Sumiyoshi Keishu, Birds and Flowers in Four Seasons, a pair of hanging scroll paintings
This pair of hanging scrolls features the common theme of ka…
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Sumiyoshi Keishu, Falcons on Perches, a pair of hanging scroll paintings
Falconry in medieval Japan, as in many countries, was a popu…
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Suzuki Harunobu, Hunting for insects, a colour woodblock print
Suzuki Harunobu (died 1770) was one of the first Ukiyo-e art…
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Suzuki Hyakunen, Planting Rice Seedlings in the Rain, a hanging scroll painting
The trees and mountains behind the three rice-planters are o…
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Suzuki Kason, Pine, Bird and Spider, a 2-fold screen painting
The composition is focused to the centre of the left-hand pa…
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Suzuki Kiitsu, Flowers and grasses of the Four Seasons, a pair of hanging scroll paintings
Suzuki Kiitsu (1796-1858) was a pupil of Sakai Hōitsu (…
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Suzuki Kiitsu, The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry, a hanging scroll painting
The concept of the thirty-six great poets originated with th…
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Suzuki Shonen, Composing a Poem among the Pines, a hanging scroll painting
This painting is a late masterpiece of the bunjinga , or 'l…
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Sword mounting in itamaki tachi style
There were two ways of carrying Japanese swords: tachi -type…
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Sword travelling-case with grapevine design
Daimyō , provincial governors, and other high-ranking s…
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Tachi (long sword) blade
A number of characteristics indicate that this sword was mad…
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Tachi (long sword) blade
This blade is signed 'Bishi Osafune Moro (Kage)' ('Morokage …
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Takehisa Yumeji, 'Princess Tatsuta' (Tatsuta-hime), a colour woodblock print
Tatsuta-hime, the Shintō goddess of autumn and the harv…
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Tani Buncho, Dragon in Clouds, a hanging scroll painting
Dragons hold a prominent place in Chinese mythology, where t…
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Tani Buncho, Earthly Paradise of Wuling, a handscroll painting
This scroll tells the story of the Earthly Paradise of Wulin…
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Tani Buncho, Kazan en'u ('Summer Mountains and Misty Rain'), a hanging scroll painting
This is typical of the atmospheric ink paintings of summer s…
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Tanto (dagger) blade
This dagger blade is signed by the swordsmith Kanefusa I. Th…
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Teabowl with hakeme
Such eccentrically shaped teabowls became popular around the…
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Tea-caddy, with its set of bags and containers
The pottery tea caddy (second from the left) was probably ma…
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Temmoku type teabowl
This bluish-green glazed variant of the Temmoku style imitat…
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The bodhisattva Jizo, a hanging scroll painting
With the spread of faith in the Jōdo (Pure Land) sect o…
