Japanese | 1-50 | Search Results | University of Michigan Museum of Art | University of Michigan Library Digital Collections

Black kimono with painted and gilt floral designs; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Black kimono with painted and gilt floral designs
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description: This black silk crepe kimono is decorated with chrysanthemum motifs, and has an inner red lining.
Century: mid-20th century
Object Creation Date: 1940s-1950s
Accession Number: 2005/1.389
Medium and Support: silk crepe with painted designs
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Courtesan and client: parody of the Kiritsubo Chapter of the Tale of Genji (Mitate Genji Kiritsubo); Okumura Masanobu

Title: Courtesan and client: parody of the Kiritsubo Chapter of the Tale of Genji (Mitate Genji Kiritsubo)
Artist: Okumura Masanobu
Physical Description: A monochrome print depicting two standing women and a reclining man in a room. The taller woman, a courtesan, wears an elaborate kimono of butterfly design and under-kimono of geometric patterns; her hair is tied on the back, wearing tortoise shell comb and hairpin. She is holding skirts of kimono and under-kimono with her right hand and is hiding her left hand under the kimono. The second woman, an attendant, is standing behind the courtesan, holding a doll of a boy and her face turning away. She wears a plain kimono with pine tree design and obi (sash) with striped patterns. The man is reclining and looking toward the courtesan. They seem to engage in conversation. The man wears kimono with design of coins and short jacket with plaid patterns. His hair is shaved on top and tied on the back. There is a folded screen behind him, depicting a plum tree by river. In front of him, there are a sake pitcher, sake cup and its stand, and a bowl with food accompanied by a tray and chopsticks. There is a title of the print in cartouche at upper right.
Artist Life Dates: 1686-1764
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 1711-1716
Accession Number: 1948/1.198
Medium and Support: Oban (large-size) sumizurii-e (monochrome woodblock print) on paper
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Hand Warmer; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Hand Warmer
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1997/1.246A&B
Medium and Support: copper
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

A Woman of the Noble Imagawa Type (Remembering parental teachings); Momokawa Chôki; Attributed to

Title: A Woman of the Noble Imagawa Type (Remembering parental teachings)
Artist: Momokawa Chôki
Artist Life Dates: c.1780-1805
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 1789-1795
Accession Number: 1960/1.135
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Iwai Kumesaburô [II] as Osono; Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)

Title: Iwai Kumesaburô [II] as Osono
Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)
Artist Life Dates: 1777 - 1835
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1825-1832
Accession Number: 2003/1.563
Medium and Support: woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Woven bamboo tray; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Woven bamboo tray
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 20th century?
Object Creation Date: 1900-1950?
Accession Number: 1954/1.565
Medium and Support: bamboo, lacquered
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Actor with Drum; Katsukawa Shun'ei

Title: Actor with Drum
Artist: Katsukawa Shun'ei
Artist Life Dates: 1762-1819
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: late 18th century - early 19th century
Accession Number: 1960/1.158
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Iwai Kumesaburô [III] as Koman, in a boat, scattering tissues; Utagawa Kunisada

Title: Iwai Kumesaburô [III] as Koman, in a boat, scattering tissues
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada
Artist Life Dates: 1786-1864
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1832-1844
Accession Number: 2003/1.442
Medium and Support: woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Footed deep bowl; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Footed deep bowl
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 18th-19th century ?
Object Creation Date: 1615-1867
Accession Number: 1954/1.547
Medium and Support: Red lacquer on wood
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Obi jime; Artist Unknown, Japan

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Obi jime
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description: Black and white pattern with fringe on both ends in black and white and black.
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 2013/2.443
Medium and Support: fabric
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Ten-Chi X (diptych); Takahara Takeshi

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Ten-Chi X (diptych)
Artist: Takahara Takeshi
Artist Life Dates: born 1942
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1985
Accession Number: 1985/2.11.2
Medium and Support: woodcut on paper
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Young Woman Lacing a Hawking Gauntlet; Suzuki Harunobu

Title: Young Woman Lacing a Hawking Gauntlet
Artist: Suzuki Harunobu
Artist Life Dates: 1725-1770
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 1765-1770
Accession Number: 1948/1.158
Medium and Support: Pillar-format full color woodblock print (hashira e nishiki e)
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Black satin Dochugi damask raincoat; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Black satin Dochugi damask raincoat
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description: This dochugi raincoat is made from black silk with flower patterns. The oval-shaped neckline is made from two arched lines that come together in a slight point on the right side, and has buttons down the front.
Century: mid-20th century
Object Creation Date: 1950s-1970s
Accession Number: 2005/1.405
Medium and Support: black flower pattern silk
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

"The Sound of Rustling Leaves" (Chinese poem, calligraphy); Rai San'yô

Title: "The Sound of Rustling Leaves" (Chinese poem, calligraphy)
Artist: Rai San'yô
Physical Description: This is a hanging scroll. It is mounted on olive green fabric and includes a poem in Chinese calligraphic text about nature. Has three red seals: two in the lower left side, one in the upper right corner.
Artist Life Dates: 1780-1832
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1811-1832
Accession Number: 2002/1.164
Medium and Support: ink on paper
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Double Gourd Bottle; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Double Gourd Bottle
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1860 - circa 1910
Accession Number: 1997/1.234
Medium and Support: stoneware with brown/black glaze
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Covered Bowl (Casserole); Gen Murata

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Covered Bowl (Casserole)
Artist: Gen Murata
Physical Description: Ceramic bowl with a lid on top. Matte grey with concentric rings of different tonalities, varrying shades of brown and grey. White glaze drip around lid.
Artist Life Dates: 1904-1988
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: late 1960s - early 1970s
Accession Number: 2013/1.307A&B
Medium and Support: pale terracotta colored fine-grained stoneware
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Collection of famous restaurants of the eastern capital (Tôtô kômyô kaiseki zukushi): Sakurahime; Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)

Title: Collection of famous restaurants of the eastern capital (Tôtô kômyô kaiseki zukushi): Sakurahime
Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)
Artist Life Dates: 1786-1864
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1851-1853
Accession Number: 2003/1.461
Medium and Support: woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

One of Nine Panels, each with various pieces of textile; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: One of Nine Panels, each with various pieces of textile
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Object Creation Date: n.d.
Accession Number: 1972/2.44.7
Medium and Support: brocade with silk, velvet and gold
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Chûshingura nidanme juichimai tsuzuki [A Scene from Act Two of the Treasury of Loyal Retainers, one of eleven sheets]; Katsukawa Shunshô

Title: Chûshingura nidanme juichimai tsuzuki [A Scene from Act Two of the Treasury of Loyal Retainers, one of eleven sheets]
Artist: Katsukawa Shunshô
Artist Life Dates: 1726-1792
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: circa late 1770
Accession Number: 2004/2.145
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Sawamura Tanosuke [II] as ... ya musume, Omiwa (?); Utagawa Kunisada

Title: Sawamura Tanosuke [II] as ... ya musume, Omiwa (?)
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada
Artist Life Dates: 1786-1864
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1808-1816
Accession Number: 2003/1.458
Medium and Support: woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Stupa: Hyakuman tô (one of one million pagodas); Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Stupa: Hyakuman tô (one of one million pagodas)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description: Wooden miniture model of a tower, comprised of a round base, a bar in the middle where three larger discs and six or seven small discs are inserted. A bulb-shaped ornament rests on top.
Century: 8th century
Object Creation Date: 764-770
Accession Number: 1969/2.21
Medium and Support: carved wood with traces of gesso
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Obi jime; Artist Unknown, Japan

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Obi jime
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description: Navy blue braid with navy blue fringe on both ends.
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 2013/2.462
Medium and Support: fabric
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Vase (Early Nara Period Form); Takauchi Hidetaka

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Vase (Early Nara Period Form)
Artist: Takauchi Hidetaka
Physical Description: Vase with a cylinder-like bottom and a long narrow neck. Brown and tan color with drop pattern on the base. Rough ash glaze after the Sueki Style.
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: late 1960s - early 1970s
Accession Number: 2013/1.316
Medium and Support: dark heavily grogged stoneware
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Hirado Ware Mizusashi blue-and-white water covered jar with design of Chinese sages; Artist Unknown Hirado ware, Japan

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Hirado Ware Mizusashi blue-and-white water covered jar with design of Chinese sages
Artist: Artist Unknown Hirado ware, Japan
Physical Description: This white porcelain jar has the design of six Chinese sages and an attendant boy with blue underglaze in delicate brushwork. One sage is reading a book, while another is listening. The attendant boy is standing next to the sage with a book. Other four sages are looking at a long hand scroll. Some sages hold staffs on their hands. One sage has a string instrument. The jar has a broad shoulder and an inverted mouth, where the lid is placed. The knob of the lid is in a shape of a reclining boy (unpainted), surrounded by books, hanging scrolls, a cane, and a fan, which are painted with blue underglaze. It also has a shallow foot.
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 2006/2.51A&B
Medium and Support: porcelain with blue underglaze painting
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Shallow Mishima Tea Bowl; Artist Unknown, Japan

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Shallow Mishima Tea Bowl
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Accession Number: TC2006.1.11
Medium and Support: white slip and incised design on stoneware
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Head of a bodhisattva; Saitô Kiyoshi

Title: Head of a bodhisattva
Artist: Saitô Kiyoshi
Artist Life Dates: (active 1907 - 1997)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1955
Accession Number: 1959/2.4
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Vase with Wide Mouth; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Vase with Wide Mouth
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1997/1.226
Medium and Support: stoneware with iridescent glaze and metal rim
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Birds in a Tree; Nakabayashi Chikutô

Title: Birds in a Tree
Artist: Nakabayashi Chikutô
Physical Description: A family of birds rest among willow branches. Three chicks rest below, while the larger parents perch above
Artist Life Dates: 1776-1853
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1840
Accession Number: 1976/2.103
Medium and Support: Hanging scroll, ink on silk
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Kawarazaki Gonjûrô as Takebe Genzô and Azuma Ichizô as his wife, Tonami; Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)

Title: Kawarazaki Gonjûrô as Takebe Genzô and Azuma Ichizô as his wife, Tonami
Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)
Artist Life Dates: 1786-1864
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1862
Accession Number: 2003/1.475
Medium and Support: woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

One of Twenty-seven Panels, each with various pieces of textile; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: One of Twenty-seven Panels, each with various pieces of textile
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Object Creation Date: n.d.
Accession Number: 1972/2.45.21
Medium and Support: brocade with silk, velvet, gold and silver
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Grand Interior View of a Courtesan House in the Yoshiwara District (Yoshiwara o-magaki no zu, one of pentaptych); Katsushika Hokusai

Title: Grand Interior View of a Courtesan House in the Yoshiwara District (Yoshiwara o-magaki no zu, one of pentaptych)
Artist: Katsushika Hokusai
Physical Description: A print of 15 women inside a building dressed in various kimono with the predominant colors being grey, red, black, and green. Some of the kimono also have orange coloring. The patterns and designs on the kimono vary from images of flowers to geometric designs. One male is kneeling towards the back and another man can be seen in the background leaving the room. Two women to the very back and left of the image appear to be adjusting their makeup. Three women to the front sit around a tea set (partially visable) and two women to their right are whispering to each other.
Artist Life Dates: 1760 - 1849
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1811-1813
Accession Number: 1938.3
Medium and Support: woodblock print on paper, ôban tate-e size
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Comparisons of Women to the Hundred and Eight Heroes of "Outlaws of the Marsh" [Tsûzoku suikoden gôketsu hyaku hachi nin no hitori]: the courtesan Hanaôgi of the Ôgiya; Utagawa Kuniyasu

Title: Comparisons of Women to the Hundred and Eight Heroes of "Outlaws of the Marsh" [Tsûzoku suikoden gôketsu hyaku hachi nin no hitori]: the courtesan Hanaôgi of the Ôgiya
Artist: Utagawa Kuniyasu
Artist Life Dates: 1794-1832
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1825-1832
Accession Number: 2002/2.92
Medium and Support: woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Suiteki, water dropper in shape of flower and leaf; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Suiteki, water dropper in shape of flower and leaf
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 1987/1.309
Medium and Support: stoneware
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Kimono; Artist Unknown, Japan

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Kimono
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description: Blue and white checkered pattern with red, green and white flowers in the squares, red silk lining.
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 2013/2.479
Medium and Support: silk, brocade
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Tatsumura brocade fukuro obi with woven pattern of Central Asian paired ducks; Tatsumura Silk Studio

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Tatsumura brocade fukuro obi with woven pattern of Central Asian paired ducks
Artist: Tatsumura Silk Studio
Physical Description: Terracotta-colored plain weave silk with woven pattern of paired ducks within lozenge-shaped floral scrolls; brocade done in thick white, light blue, and apricot silk floss; turquoise and purple-metallic-wrapped threads; and kinran (metallic coated paper) in two shades of gold.
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1960s-1970s
Accession Number: 2005/1.336
Medium and Support: silk with woven patterns in silk floss, metallic wrapped threads and kinran
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Sawamura Kunitarô as the geiko [female entertainer] Kikuna; Hokushû

Title: Sawamura Kunitarô as the geiko [female entertainer] Kikuna
Artist: Hokushû
Artist Life Dates: flourished 1810s - 1820s
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1810-1830
Accession Number: 2003/1.602
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Lacquer Lid for a Water Container; Artist Unknown, Japan

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Lacquer Lid for a Water Container
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Accession Number: TC2006.9.4
Medium and Support: lacquer on wood
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Untitled [Winter in Aizu (E)]; Saitô Kiyoshi

Title: Untitled [Winter in Aizu (E)]
Artist: Saitô Kiyoshi
Artist Life Dates: (active 1907 - 1997)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1938
Accession Number: 1958/2.4
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: #107 Fukagawa, Susaki and the Jumantsubo Plain; Andô Hiroshige

Title: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: #107 Fukagawa, Susaki and the Jumantsubo Plain
Artist: Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description: This vertical print frames a view of a landscape with an up close view of a bird in the upper right corner that takes up about thirty percent of the image.; The viewer is positioned alongside the bird, circling the sky above the twin peaks of a mountain. A crate floats in the water below while smaller birds flocking around it. Snow covers the ground.; The signature and title markings are in the upper right corner, and in the middle along the left side above the landscape.
Artist Life Dates: 1797-1858
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1856-1857
Accession Number: 1960/2.143
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Cup; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Cup
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1860 - circa 1910
Accession Number: 1997/1.219
Medium and Support: stoneware with green, white and beige glaze
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Akai fuku (Red Coat); Nakayama Tadashi

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Akai fuku (Red Coat)
Artist: Nakayama Tadashi
Physical Description: A young woman in a red coat faces into the wind. Her arms are crossed over her torso, which is pointed at the viewer, and in one of her hands are white strands. Yellow and green paint mark her face, neck, and hand.
Artist Life Dates: born 1927
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1957
Accession Number: 2011/2.13
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Modern Mirrors (Imayô Oshie Kagami): Tedai Jûzaburô; Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)

Title: Modern Mirrors (Imayô Oshie Kagami): Tedai Jûzaburô
Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)
Physical Description: An image of a miror with the reflection of a kabuki actor. The mirror's rim is black with gold designs and draped with decorative fabircs; red cloth with starbursts in pink, white cloth wth grey starbursts, and blue fabric with white squares and green designs. The man depicted in the mirror wears a blue striped kimono with occasional green, black, and white stripes. The inner cloth is black near the neck. The cloth is also red, and then a seperate piece is blue with scale prints.
Artist Life Dates: 1786-1864
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1864
Accession Number: 2003/1.489
Medium and Support: woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Daikoku-ten (God of Good Fortune); Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Daikoku-ten (God of Good Fortune)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description: This woodwork depicts Daikoku, the god of good fortune, who is associated with farmers. Here he is sitting astride two large barrels of rice, while carrying over his shoulder a large sack, brimming with treasure. In his right hand he holds a magic mallet, said to be able to produce anything the heart desires when struck.
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1979/2.85
Medium and Support: wood
relevance: rank 2.74302
Artist Nationality: Japanese