Paper folded over approximately 1in on top, left, and right sides of print. Plate size: lh 15 4/5cm & rh 15 9/10cm x tw 23 2/5cm bw 23 1/2cm. Image size: h 15cm x w 23cm.
A group of women can be seen in a field raking hay. The central woman faces the viewer in the foreground; she wears a hat that shades her face. Behind her are two other women, also raking hay, shown from behind.
Mishka the Space Dog is being dressed, while Tsyganka the other Space Dog is already dressed, 1960
Artist
Dmitri Baltermants
Physical Description
A black and white image of Mishka and Tsyganka, the Russian space dogs. Mishka, the dog on the left, is not yet fully dressed and still lacks the headpiece. Tsyganka on the right is fully dressed in her spacesuit and headpiece.
Light blue crested kimono with woven hexagonal pattern, enhanced by painted and gilded designs and appliquéd Saga brocade.
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
Silk crepe with yûzen (painted) and surihaku (gold foil) designs and appliquéd patches of Saga brocade, all in hexagonal shapes to match the damask weave of the ground cloth.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
ca. 1970-1979
Accession Number
2005/1.391
Medium and Support
silk crepe with painted, gilt, and embroidered designs
A shepherdess stands between two cows who are grazing at the center of the image. In the foreground is the indication of a rough track leading towards the distance at left. At the right is a woman bending over beneath a tree.
This scroll features a single profile of a horse. The artist’s inscription states that the painting is modeled after Jin Nong’s (1687–1764) famous work entitled Ferghana Horse. Ferghana was the name of an ancient Central Asian kingdom known for its exceptional horses.
White silk crepe with mottled green ground and white lines achieved through hand-applied discharge paste (hako roketsu). Lining is plain weave silk, white above and green below.
Century
second half of 20th century
Object Creation Date
1980s
Accession Number
2005/1.388
Medium and Support
white silk with tye-dyed mottled green ground and wax resist white lines
Paper folded under on bottom approximatly 7cm. Partial label remnants are at lower center of verso. Image size: h 28 3/5cm x tw 21 4/5cm & bw 20 7/10cm.
Summer crested kimono with orchid design on purple crackled ground (hibiware)
Artist
Minagawa Gekka
Physical Description
It is a grayish purple silk crepe kimono with wax-resist patterns, hand-painted design and metallic threads embroidery. The kimono is in full length and has elongated sleeves. The fabric is dyed with purple, leaving the family crest under the collar and the floral design part white. The dark purple scale pattern is added using wax-resist technique. Then the design of multiple kinds of plants is hand-painted with white, red, yellow, pale and blue green, and black colors. The half bottom of the family crest is also dyed with pink. There are mix of tropical flowers and foliage including four kinds of orchids, gladiolus, ferns, and ginger in red, yellow, green, purple, black and white hue. Embroidery is added in various metallic threads around the contours of flowers and leaves.
Artist Life Dates
1892-1987
Century
mid-20th century
Object Creation Date
ca. 1950
Accession Number
2005/1.359
Medium and Support
Crepe silk with wax-resist pattern, hand-painted designs, and embroidery
A standing man in a magnificent crested helmet addresses a bearded man in bedraggled clothes sitting on the ground before the mouth of a large barrel. The latter figure turns his head to respond and extends his right hand toward the other man. A group of soldiers crowd around.
Formal gray crested kimono with shibori and embroidered shifuku (tea caddy pouch) designs
Artist
Japan
Physical Description
Gray silk damask woven in an arare pattern, with partial hon hitta shibori designs and shifuku (tea caddy pouch) design embroidered with silk and metallic thread
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
ca. 1970-1979
Accession Number
2005/1.374
Medium and Support
gray twill silk with shibori and embroidery with silk and metallic thread
