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Haruki Nammei, Mt Fuji from Edo Bay, a hanging scroll painting
We look past a collection of sea-going cargo-ships towards T…
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Heart Sutra of the Chuson-ji Temple, a handscroll painting on indigo-dyed paper
This handscroll records in opulent gold calligraphy the text…
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Hirado ware incense burner
This piece was made at the famous Hirado kiln which from aro…
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Ikeda Koson, Shrike and Autumn Plants, a hanging scroll painting
This work evokes the atmosphere of autumn, with a brown shri…
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Ivory statue of a falconer
After the Meiji Restoration in 1868, many changes occurred w…
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Kano Josen Chikanobu, a handscroll painting of Giga (Comic Pictures)
These scenes come from a handscroll of comic pictures, a pop…
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Kano school, Ibuki-doji ('Boy from Mt. Ibuki'), a set of 3 handscroll paintings
Shuten dōji ('The Sake -Drinking Boy') was a popular me…
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Katsushika Hokusai, Dragon ascending Mount Fuji from 'One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji' (Fugaku hyakkei),
Hokusai (1760-1849) had achieved enormous success with the p…
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Katsushika Hokusai, 'Rainstorm Beneath the Summit' (Sanka haku'u), a colour woodblock print
This print is only superficially different in composition to…
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Katsushika Hokusai, Shichiri-ga-hama [Beach] in Suruga Province (Soshu Shichiri-ga-hama), a colour woodblock print
'Drawn by Old-Man Itsu, the former Hokusai Printed in blue, …
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Katsushika Hokusai, 'South Wind, Clear Sky' (Gaifu kaisei) ['Red Fuji'], a colour woodbl
It is said that when conditions are right in late summer or …
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Katsushika Hokusai, Tametomo and the inhabitants of Onigashima Island, a hanging scroll painting
In 1811 the publisher Hirabayashi Shōgorō commissi…
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Kawamura Bumpo, Scattered Fans over Waves
Kawamura Bumpō (1779-1821) is known mainly for the colo…
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Kitao Masanobu, The courtesans Hinazuru and Chozan a coloured woodblock print
The artist Kitao Masanobu (1761-1816) also wrote novels unde…
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Kitao Masayoshi, Partridges, a colour woodblock print
A government official named Seki Mitsubumi was visiting Naga…
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Kobayashi Kiyochika, The journalist Fukuchi Gen'ichiro, a colour woodblock print
This print shows the journalist Fukuchi Gen'ichirō (184…
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Jomon pot
There are pottery fragments from Aomori in northern Japan wh…
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Maruyama oshin, Cherry Trees at Arashi-yama, and Otoko-yama by Moonlight, a pair of hanging scroll paintings
ōshin (1790-1838) specialized in quiet compositions, wh…
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Mokuan Shoto, Sei ('Essence'), a calligraphic hanging scroll
This forceful calligraphic writing of a Zen maxim is by the …
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Mori Ippo, Pine trees at Maiko-no-Hama beach, a pair of 6-fold screen paintings
Maiko-no-Hama beach is on the coast of the Inland Sea not fa…
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Mori Ransai, Birds and Flowers, a hanging scroll painting
A pair of long-tailed birds are perched on the branches of a…
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Morikawa Sobun, Spring Scenery, a hanging scroll painting
In a valley landscape in spring, a boat can be seen moored o…
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Munakata Shiko, 'Kanaya' (Kanaya), a woodblock print
Ever since the great series of views along the 'Fifty-five S…
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Nabeshima dish
The most distinguished porcelain was made at ōkawachi n…
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Nabeshima ware dish with maple leaves
Nabeshima ware was made at Okawachi near Arita in Kyūsh…
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Negoro ware sake bottle
Negoro ware is named after its original place of manufacture…
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Nukina Kaioku, Landscape, a hanging scroll painting
Nukina Kaioku (1778-1863) was an archetypal bunjin (schola…
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Poetry Contest of Forty-two Matches, a handscroll painting
This scroll depicts the story of how, when the Japanese capi…
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Saigyo monogatari emaki ('Illustrated Life of Monk Saigyo'), a handscroll painting
Saigyō was the name by which Satō Norikiyo (1118-9…
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Sakai Doitsu, Mt Fuji and Pines, a hanging scroll painting
Mt Fuji is the most famous and revered mountain in Japan. It…
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Shiba Kokan, 'Tweelandbruk', a hand-coloured copperplate etching
Shiba Kōkan (1747-1818) was the first Japanese to produ…
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Shibata Zeshin, Kamo Festival, a hanging scroll painting
An ox has been untethered from the cart it was drawing as pa…
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Shiokawa Bunrin, Moon over Lake Biwa, a hanging scroll painting
Bunrin uses only black ink to depict this night-time view of…
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Shuten Doji ('Yorimitsu and the drunken monster of Mount Ibuki'), a handscroll painting
This handscroll illustrates the legend of how an ogre called…
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Sumiyoshi Jokei (paintings) and various courtiers (calligraphy), pages from an album of Ise monogatari ('Tales o
Ise monogatari is a collection of prose and poetry episodes …
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Suzuki Harunobu (attributed to), Parody of Monk Saigyo gazing at Mt Fuji, a colour woodblock print
This woodblock print is a 'parody picture' ( mitate-e ) whic…
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Teabowl, by Raku Ichinyu
Ichinyū was the fourth generation of the Raku line of p…
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The Dutch and Chinese Settlements at Nagasaki, a pair of handscroll paintings
Dutch and Chinese traders were the only foreigners permitted…
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Torii Kiyonaga, Travellers at Enoshima, a triptych of colour woodblock prints
This view of Mt Fuji is across Sagami Bay from Katase Beach.…
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Utagawa Hiroshige, 'Evening bell at Mii Temple' (Mii bansho), a colour woodblock print
The 'Eight Views of Lake Biwa' (near Kyoto) were first estab…
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Utagawa Hiroshige, 'Yui: Satta Peak' (Yui, Satta-mine), a colour woodblock print
Mt Fuji was highly visible along much of the main Tōkai…
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Wooden netsuke, a Dutchman and a cockerel
The Dutch were the only Westerners allowed permanent residen…
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Bamboo mouth harp
Often known in Emglish as a Jew's harp, the mouth harp is an…
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Bark basket (saranip)
Baskets are commonly found in museum collections of Ainu mat…
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Embroidered coat
Dr John Anderson was a physician working in India between 18…
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Necklace
Necklaces were important heirlooms in Ainu society and were …
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Sacred belt
Sacred girdles are said to have been worn by Ainu women from…
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Snow shoes
The Ainu live on the island of Hokkaidō in northern Jap…
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Bronze bell from a Shinto shrine
The bell is inscribed with the name of the Hakujo Daimyō…
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Gen Ki, Haunted palace, a handscroll painting
Gen Ki (Komai Yukinosuke, 1747-97) was an outstanding pupil …
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Hosokawa Honzo Yorinao, a woodblock print from Karakuri zui ('Illustrated Compendium of Clever Machines'
Kikō zui ('Illustrated Compendium of Clever Machines') …
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Kano Isen'in Naganobu, Twelve Famous Places in Japan, an album of 12 paintings
These paintings come from an album labelled simply 'Sansui g…
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Kano Kyuei, Scenes along the Length of the Sumida River, a set of 3 handscroll paintings
The Sumida River was, and remains, the main waterway of Edo …
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Kano school, Birds and Flowers of Autumn and Winter, 4 fusuma (sliding door panel) paintings
Japanese rooms are traditionally divided by fusuma , paper-c…
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Kano Shunko, Procession of an Embassy from the Ryukyu Kingdom, a pair of handscroll paintings
The Ryūkyū Islands are a chain of more than 70 isl…
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Kantei, Landscapes, a pair of hanging scroll paintings
In the right-hand image we see a multi-storeyed building in …
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Kataguchi (spouted vessel)
Such spouted vessels were originally for domestic use, but w…
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Katana (long sword) blade
A katana is a long sword worn thrust through the obi (sash).…
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Kawanabe Kyosai, Female Ghost, a hanging scroll painting
Together with Dancing Skeletons , this painting demonstrates…
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Kiseto ware bowl
Although this bowl must have been preserved as a teabowl for…
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Mandala of the Kasuga shrine, a hanging scroll painting
The Kasuga shrine was established in AD 709 adjacent to K…
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Octagonal nest of boxes for food
This nest of boxes is a good example of how Chinese techniqu…
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ohi ware teabowl
Raku wares were first made in Kyoto during the Momoyama peri…
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Oribe ware food dish
This kind of pottery, with geometric patterns or freely dipp…
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Pottery vessel
This pottery vessel, with its wide mouth and carefully balan…
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Red lacquer cup stand
The Ryūkyū Islands (now known as Okinawa prefectur…
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Saito Shuho, Kishi empu ('Mr. Aoi's Chronicle of Charm'), a colour woodblock printed book
This is the opening illustration for a three-volume series p…
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Sesso Toyo, Haboku-style landscape, a hanging scroll painting
For the haboku ('broken ink') style, the artist uses no outl…
