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The bodhisattva Kannon
Kannon (Sanskrit: Avalokiteshvara) was one of the principal …
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The Death of the Buddha, a hanging scroll painting
The commemoration of the death of the Buddha and his entry i…
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The four seasons with the sun and moon, a pair of 6-fold screen paintings
This pair of screens is painted with motifs of the four seas…
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The Six Realms of Birth, 10 hanging scroll paintings
The six realms of birth ( rokudō ), as interpreted by t…
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Tiered lacquer picnic box
The four separate compartments of this tiered box would have…
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Torii Kiyomasu I, The actors otani Hiroji and Ichikawa Danzo in an 'armour-tugging' (kusazuri-biki) scene, a woodblock p
The Kabuki 'armour-tugging' scene originated in the play abo…
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Torii Kiyonaga, A girl dancing with shell clappers under her feet, a woodblock print
It is the little girl who steals the show in this intricatel…
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Tosa Mitsumochi, Horse-breaking, a 2-fold screen painting
This is a panoramic autumn scene in the mountains, with the …
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Tosa Mitsunari, Monk Saigyo, a hanging scroll painting
Saigyō (1118-90) was a monk of the Buddhist Shingon sec…
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Tosa Mitsusada, Quails and Wheat, a hanging scroll painting
Quails (Japanese: uzura ) as a painting subject were a speci…
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Tosa school, Ise monogatari ('Tales of Ise'), a set of 5 handscroll paintings
The five handscrolls of this set alternate the text of the t…
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Tosaka Bun'yo, Hawk and a Bear, a pair of hanging scroll paintings
The bear is a relatively unusual subject for Japanese painti…
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Toshusai Sharaku, The Actors Nakamura Wadaemon and Nakamura Konozo, a woodblock print
The artist Tōshūsai Sharaku worked for a only a br…
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Travelling chest (kamaboko-bako)
From the Momoyama period (1568-1600) there were several inno…
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Trumpet-necked storage jar
This large jar has a rounded base which was pushed into the …
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Tsubaki Chinzan, Bird and Flowers, a hanging scroll painting
This painting is copied directly from one by Huizong (Japane…
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Tsubaki Chinzan, Flowers and Plants in the Style of Chen Shun, a handscroll painting
The artist Tsubaki Chinzan (1801-54) was a pupil of the bun…
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Courtesan with a pillow, a hanging scroll painting
In this strongly sensual painting by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (18…
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Empress Jingu leading the invasion of Korea, a preparatory drawing and colour woodblock print
The scene features Empress Jingū, a legendary regent of…
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Yuki ('Snow'), a colour woodblock print
The priest Iwakura no Sōgen became infatuated with Irok…
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Ukita Ikkei, Annual Events at the Imperial Court, an album of paintings
Ukita Ikkei (1795-1859) was a leading member of a group of a…
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Unkoku Toki, Hawk on a Willow, a hanging scroll painting
Tōki (born 1767) was a painter of the Unkoku school, wh…
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Utagawa Kunimasa, The actor Ichikawa Ebizo in a shibaraku role, a colour woodblock print
Kunimasa (1773-1810) designed this print as a tribute to the…
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Utagawa Kunisada, Beauty beside a standing lantern, a colour woodblock print
In the middle of the night, a courtesan gets up to trim the …
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi, A farewell surimono for Ichikawa Danjuro VIII, a colour woodblock print
This print marks the occasion of the actor Danjūrō…
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Princess Takiyasha summons a skeleton spectre to frighten Mitsukuni, a triptych of colour woodblock p
Princess Takiyasha was the daughter of the provincial warlor…
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi, The Wrestler Roshi Ensei, a colour woodblock print
This print, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861), is one of a se…
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Utagawa Sadahide, European Toy Stall, a woodblock print
A toy-stall has been decked out with a display of toys - dol…
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Utagawa Toyokuni, The Kabuki actor Segawa Ronosuke as Shizuka Gozen, a hanging scroll painting
This painting shows the Kabuki female impersonator, Segawa R…
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Wakizashi (companion sword) blade
During the Edo period in Japan (1600-1868), samurai were per…
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Wakizashi (companion sword) mounting
The wakizashi (companion sword) was worn at all times, insid…
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Watanabe Nangaku, Beauty and Attendant, a hanging scroll painting
The principal figure is a young woman of a good family; she …
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Watanabe Shotei, Swallows on a Willow, a hanging scroll painting
Watanabe Shōtei (1851-1918) was one of the first Nihong…
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Wood and ivory netsuke: Dojoji, carved by Konan Minko
Dōjōji , is a Nō drama which tells of the pas…
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Wood and ivory netsuke, palaces in a clam, carved by Kagetoshi
The illusion of palaces in the bubbles of the clam's breath …
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Wood and ivory netsuke, The Dream of Rosei, carved by Kagetoshi
Chao Lu Sheng (Japanese: Rōsei) was a character of Chin…
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Wooden figure of Fudo Myo-o
Fudō (Sanskrit: Acala, or Candamaharosana) is one of th…
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Wooden figure of Kichijoten
Kichijōten is one of the female deities derived from La…
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Wooden figure of the Buddha Amida
The Buddha Amida (Sanskrit: Amitabha) was the principal deit…
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Wooden Gigaku mask
Gigaku is a form of masked processional drama to musical acc…
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Wooden head of the Buddha Amida
This head of the Buddha Amida (Sanskrit: Amitabha ), ruler o…
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Wooden netsuke: a wasps' nest
Subjects for netsuke became more and more diverse as the Edo…
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Wooden netsuke: Ashinaga and Tenaga
Two mythical Chinese fishermen, Ashinaga ('Long Legs') and T…
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Wooden netsuke by Hojitsu
Netsuke subjects are often taken from the natural world. Thi…
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Wooden shishi mask
This rare early surviving example of a lion mask is from the…
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Wooden statue of Shotoku Taishi
The Prince Regent Shōtoku Taishi (574-622) was a skille…
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Writing-box
Until the end of the Edo period (AD 1868), every literate Ja…
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Writing-box (suzuribako)
The straight bevelled edges and tin rims on the base and rim…
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Xu You and Qao Fu, a 2-fold screen painting
According to a Chinese legend, when the emperor Gyo heard ab…
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Yamamoto Shurei, Beauties, a hanging scroll painting
A young woman is wearing a bright blue kimono with a landsca…
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Yokoi Kinkoku, Lakeside village in the mountains, a hanging scroll painting
Yokoi Kinkoku (1761-1832) was a painter-priest of the Jod…
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Yokoi Kinkoku, Orchid Pavilion Poem Competition, a hanging scroll painting
In an event famous in Chinese history, Wang Xizhi, a highly …
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Yokoyama Kazan, Enjoying the Evening Cool Beneath Moonflowers, a hanging scroll painting
A screen by Kusumi Morikage (about 1620-90, Tokyo National M…
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Bronze 100 mon coin
The inscription down the front of this coin reads 'Tem po ts…
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Bronze amulet in the shape of a 100 mon coin
This lucky amulet is made in the shape of a 100 mon coin of …
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Gold 10 ryo oban
ōban were made of hammered gold with a face value of 10…
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Gold 20 yen coin
The Bank of Japan was established in 1882, when the Finance …
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Hansatsu (clan note) for 1 momme of silver
Paper money was first issued in Japan in the early seventeen…
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Silver Wado tsuho coin
Touch the animation button to see the traditional process of…
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Maruyama Okyo and pupils, Tigers Crossing a River, a six-panel folding screen
The scene shown on this screen follows an ancient Chinese le…
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Merman: part monkey, part fish
This 'merman' is made up of the dried parts of a monkey, wit…
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Katsushika Hokusai, 'Ejiri in Suruga Province' (Sunshu Ejiri), a colour woodblock print
Ejiri was a post-station on the Tōkaidō Highway on…
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Hokusai, The Great Wave
This is perhaps the single most famous of Hokusai's woodbloc…
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Suminoe Buzen, Mt Fuji and Shiraito Falls, a hanging scroll painting
Beneath Mt. Fuji, the most famous and celebrated mountain in…
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Suzuki Shuitsu, Enjoying the Evening Cool by the Dry Riverbed at Shijo, a hanging scroll painting
From early in the Edo period (1600-1868), the dry riverbed o…
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Utagawa Hiroshige, 'Suido Bridge and Surugadai' (Suidobashi Surugadai), a colour woodblock print
The kites are for the Boy's Festival on the 5th day of the f…
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Utagawa Hiroshige II, Two views of Mt. Fuji from the Sumida River, a pair of hanging scroll paintings
The Sumida River in Edo was a place of amusement for all soc…
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Fukukensaku Kannon with two Guardian Deities, a hanging scroll painting
The central figure is the three-faced, four-armed bodhisatt…
