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- Title
- The warrior Watanabe no Tsuna battling the demoness Ibaraki (okimono)
- Artist
- Gyokubun
- Artist Life Dates
- 20th century
- Century
- 19th century?
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century - early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.43
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Calligraphy: "And naturally ripens into fruit"
- Artist
- Tetsugen (Ôbaku) Doko
- Physical Description
- Hanging scroll with five large calligraphic kanji characters. The lower right contains further text and orangish read seals. The background brocade on which it is mounted is green and gold and has a floral design. Two strips of other material lie across the top and bottom of the white material on which teh calligraphy is painted. These strips also have a floral design and a light gold/yellow background.
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1630-1682
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1660-1682
- Accession Number
- 1968/2.19
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- National Treasure Red Gate (Kokuhô Sekimon), from "Memories of Tokyo" (Tôkyô kaikô zue)
- Artist
- Maeda Masao
- Physical Description
- This print depicts the National Treasure Red Gate, from the series "Memories of Tokyo."
- Artist Life Dates
- 1904 - 1974
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1945
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.112
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Netsuke of demon hiding under a straw hat
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.24
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Sword (original) and later handle, sword guard, and scabbard
- Artist
- Ietsugu
- Physical Description
- The sword is long and slightly curved; the handle cover is wrapped with black cords, mostly worn out. The round tsuba (sword guard) is made of steel and has two holes. The scabbard is painted with lacquer and has a string for hanging. There is a pair of lion-shaped menuki (fitting) on the handle.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active Ôei era, 1394 - 1427)
- Century
- 14th-15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1394-1427
- Accession Number
- 1973/2.87
- Medium and Support
- forged steel blade and lacquer
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Oban Triptych (Left Side) Iwai Kumesaburô III as Sakuramaru (??) in the play Sugawara denju tenarai kagami
- Artist
- Utagawa Kuniyoshi
- Physical Description
- A woodblock print of a figure hunched over holding swords. The figure's right arm is raised and feet are pointing in opposite directions. A purple robe with a white diamond pattern, trimmed in black, covers the lower portion of the figure. Red sleeves with a repeating flower pattern (pink with green centers) are center. A mat, light blue trim with black floral design, is towards the bottom right (to the figures left).
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797 - 1861
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1849-1853
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.199.1
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Monkey Climbing a Tree (pair with 1986/2.61.1)
- Artist
- Mori Sosen
- Physical Description
- A monkey climbs up a tree, grasping at the branches with his hands and feet. The image uses soft colors, and the monkey almost appears to be leaning or falling away from the tree. The top right corner appears gray.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Nagasaki or Nishinomiya, 1747 - 1821)
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1807-1821
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.61.2
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Mauve-and-gold brocade obi with woven chrysanthemum scroll pattern
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- One continuous length of cloth, doubled back on itself for lining. The front side has a brocade chysanthemum design woven in gold-wrapped thread in three tones. Lozenge pattern with gold-wrapped threads for weft woven throughout.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1975
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.327
- Medium and Support
- silk brocade woven in lozenge pattern with gold-wrapped threads
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- 'Dendrobium Devonianum,' from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'
- Artist
- Ikeda Zuigetsu
- Physical Description
- Single plant with multiple flowers (purple, white and yellow). Flowers are slightly right of center with leaves and bulb located to left (lower).
- Artist Life Dates
- 1877-1944
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1958
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.371.67
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Purple haori with supplementary weft brocade woven bird-and-flowers designs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Purple silk damask (rinzu) in T-paper pattern (sayagata), bokashi dyed so that the shoulders are a darker purple than the lower half of the haori. Woven designs of phoenixes, paulownia, cranes, chysanthemums, etc., incorporate metallic threads. Lining is orange and white silk. There are purple and white kumihimo (a kind of cord) with tassels.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1930-1939
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.355
- Medium and Support
- purple silk damask with woven designs
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Plate
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.59
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Magpies and Hibiscus
- Artist
- Yamamoto Baiitsu
- Physical Description
- Two magpies rest among hibiscus flowers. “Boneless” washes for the hibiscus flowers are contrasted with ink outlines of bamboo.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1783-1856
- Century
- early to mid-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1831
- Accession Number
- 1986/1.165
- Medium and Support
- Hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Short Necked Vase
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 5th millenium BCE-4th millenium BCE
- Object Creation Date
- 5000 BCE - 3000 BCE
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.281
- Medium and Support
- earthenware
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Tea cup (one of four; with 1954/1.489-490 & 492)
- Artist
- Seifû Yohei III
- Artist Life Dates
- 1854-1914
- Century
- Late 19th-early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1880s-1914
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.491
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with celadon glaze
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Blue-and-White Storage Jar
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century?
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.58A&B
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Mirror or relief plaque with scene of Taigong Wang fishing
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.102
- Medium and Support
- Iron with gold relief
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Miniature Vase with Rabbit Design (1 of 2)
- Artist
- Seifû Yohei III
- Artist Life Dates
- 1854-1914
- Century
- Late 19th-early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1880s-1914
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.506
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Set of Male Kimono, Pair of Socks
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.102.7A&B
- Medium and Support
- silk
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Suiten kyo (Sutra of Varuna, Deity of the Waters)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- This is a long horizontal scroll with several calligraphic inscriptions on the right portion of the paper. On the left are 3 figural scenes. The one closest to the writing shows a male figure wearing a large headdress seated in the lotus position within a circle. Next there is a figure with four arms who stands on the back of a dragon. Two people stand on either side- one a short blue-skinned man who holds a bowl and the other a smaller figure who holds a brush and paper. The third scene shows a male figure, seated in the lotus position, who holds a sword, a wheel, a brush and paper in his four hands.
- Century
- 14th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1300-1335
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.104
- Medium and Support
- handscroll, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
![Ga no Tokyo: Shiroi kura [Pictures of Tokyo: Kikuzaka Street, White Storehouse]; Yoshida Toshi](https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2005-sl-1.420/2005_1_420.JPG?lasttype=boolean;lastview=reslist;resnum=200;size=50;sort=relevance;start=181;subview=detail;view=entry;rgn1=musart_nat_cp2;q1=Japan+(nation)){kind=link}
- Title
- Ga no Tokyo: Shiroi kura [Pictures of Tokyo: Kikuzaka Street, White Storehouse]
- Artist
- Yoshida Toshi
- Physical Description
- This print depicts a street scene in Tokyo, in which women, a child and a dog are portrayed.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1911-1995
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1939
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.420
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Courtesan Relaxing with Attendant
- Artist
- Okumura Masanobu
- Physical Description
- A colored image depicting a woman lounging in her chambers. She wears a kimono of red and blue with an artistic stylized pattern. Outside is a cherry tree blooming and the woman's young attendant in a grey kimono.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1686-1764
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1st half of 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.94
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Bizen ware vase
- Artist
- Kaneshige Tôyô
- Physical Description
- This is a tall, cylindrical vase, slightly bulged at the middle. There are multiple incised lines around the neck and the bottom. The middle part has several vertical incision marks. The bottom is flat. It has a brown body, unglazed, with grayish ash glaze marks.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1896-1967
- Century
- Mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1960
- Accession Number
- 1967/2.7
- Medium and Support
- stoneware
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Celadon incense jar, cylindrical shape with three legs and silver grill lid
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.531A&B
- Medium and Support
- Porcelain with celadon glaze, silver grill
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
![Untitled [Winter in Aizu (D)]; Saitô Kiyoshi](https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1958-sl-2.3/1958_2.3.JPG?lasttype=boolean;lastview=reslist;resnum=204;size=50;sort=relevance;start=181;subview=detail;view=entry;rgn1=musart_nat_cp2;q1=Japan+(nation)){kind=link}
- Title
- Untitled [Winter in Aizu (D)]
- Artist
- Saitô Kiyoshi
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1907 - 1997)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1938
- Accession Number
- 1958/2.3
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- One of Four Panels of Textile Fragments: Kinran and Karaori
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- This brocade makes use of gold thread, creating a composite that shimmers. the warm, muted tones of the gold are matched in color selections of light blue, dark blue, yellow, mauve, silvery white, and muted green threads. Two textile fragments have been sewn into a gold background. On the left is a rectangular segment of a blue and green dragon among clouds. The right segment is a floral decoration of a variety of plants and colors, interspersed with horizontal lines.
- Century
- 17th to 18th centuries
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.44.1
- Medium and Support
- silk brocade with gilt paper (kinran); Noh robe fragment, karaori (Chinese weave
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Kichizo Edition): #39 Okazaki, Yahagi Bridge over the Toyokawa River
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- The print depicts an arch bridge over water, with travelers walking across the bridge. Several boats are sailing on the water, while two fishermen are standing on the shallow area by the waterbank.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1850
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.132
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Calendar
- Artist
- Serizawa Keisuke
- Artist Life Dates
- 1895-1984
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1962
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.48.2
- Medium and Support
- color print (kataezome) on handmade mulberry paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Square bottle with floral design
- Artist
- Kawai Kanjirô
- Artist Life Dates
- (1890 - 1966)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1930-1950
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.14
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with blue, lead (?), and iron underglaze
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Seto Ware Oil Plate
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- This plate has durable body and protective glazed surface. Seven brown ring-like patterns (said to be modeled after horse eyes) decorate the inner rim of the large plate. The outermost edge is ringed in brown.
- Century
- late 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1615-1868
- Accession Number
- 1942.5
- Medium and Support
- stoneware, gray with iron and white slip painting with clear glaze
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Hôeidô Tôkaidô Series: Sudden Shower at Shôno
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- Here, caught in a sudden downpour, people rush along the steep hillside. Bamboo bends under the force of wind and rain, and the people in the foreground mimic this downward motion in order to shield their eyes from the water streaming upon them in torrents. Masterfully depicted, the viewer can almost feel the bullets of rain, and sense of sympathy for these unfortunate travelers.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1833-1834
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.130
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Plate with Floral Design, one of five
- Artist
- Shibata Zeshin
- Physical Description
- Autumn flowers are painted in colored lacquer on plates of gold leaf. The quiet, natural plant motifs stand out against the glittering square of gold.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1807-1891
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1879-1890
- Accession Number
- 1968/2.58
- Medium and Support
- clear lacquer over gold leaf and polychrome lacquer painting on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Complete Illustrations of Yoshiwara Parodies of Kabuki: Courtesans of the Matsubaya (Seirô kabuki yatsushiga tsukushi: Matsubaya no uchi)
- Artist
- Kitagawa Utamaro
- Physical Description
- This triptych shows courtesans in a garden of Yoshiwara under flowering trees. The inscribed names allow us to identify the women as courtesans of the Matsubaya House, centered on the grand courtesan Yoso’oi (in the central triptych, with the dragon-design obi). Flanking her on either side are two shinzô apprentices, and at the right, two kamuro or child attendants.
- The courtesans at left interact with a puppet of the actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VI in his role as Sukeroku. The bearded older man in the center is the villain Hige no Ikyû, Sukeroku’s rival for the affections of the courtesan Agemaki.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1754-1806
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1798
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.187
- Medium and Support
- oban (large size) nishiki-e (full-color woodblock print) on paper, triptych
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Monkey Dance Under White Plum Blossoms (pair with Lion Dance, 1987/1.363.1)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- 6-fold screen decorated with ink, color and gold pigment on paper. This screen is a part of a pair. It's partner depicts a lion dance.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1730s - 1740s
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.363.2
- Medium and Support
- one of pair of 6-fold screens ink, color, and gold pigment on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Edo Meisho no Uchi: Bentenyama and Kinryuzan temple in Asakusa
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige III
- Physical Description
- Spring scene with houses, a temple complex and a pagoda on the riverbank. There are also trees and cherry blossoms. Some people are walking by the river.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1843 - 1894)
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1870
- Accession Number
- 1930.63
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Tematsu no ike (Tematsu Pond)
- Artist
- Takahashi Hiroaki
- Physical Description
- In the lower left corner of this tall and narrow print two silohettes appear near a small dock. The surface of a pond stretches out behind them, filling much of the pictorial space. The dark form of a house with a traingular, mountain shapped roof rests in the upper register of the print. The lit windows from the house reflect in the calm yet slightly wavy pond.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1871-1944
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1907-1922
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.421.1
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Incense Container in the Shape of a Raccoon Dog
- Artist
- Kôyama Kiyoko
- Physical Description
- Incense containter in the shape of a raccoon dog (tanuki). The animal is sitting upright, and the opening of the container is horizontal along a split at its belly button. The incense container is colored white, grayish blue, and reddish orange, with the last color mostly on the stomach of the figure.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1936
- Object Creation Date
- circa 2000
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.217
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with natural ash glaze
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Covered Imari jar with scene of young woman playing a koto
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1820-1850
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.10A&B
- Medium and Support
- porcelain, blue underglaze and enamel overglaze
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Blue-and-white brush holder with human figures and pine tree
- Artist
- Artist Unknown Hirado ware, Japan
- Physical Description
- A hexagonal container of white porcelain. Each of six rectangular panels has delicate rendering of figures or plants with blue underglaze. On one panel there is a male figure dancing and playing a drum. On another panel, dancing male figure appears as well. Next to the drumming figure, a pine tree is drawn.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1966/2.25
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Mauve and periwinkle crested haori with wax-resist designs of floral clusters and embroidery in metallic threads
- Artist
- Minagawa Gekka
- Physical Description
- Overall wax-resist dyed pattern of crackled pale mauve on periwinkle ground, decorated with wax-resist dyed patterns of foral clusters in red, yellow, purple and white, and embroidery in gold, silver, and red metallic threads. White plain weave silk lining with wax-resist designs of fabric samples, predominantly red, blue, and gold. Silver and red red cords with tassles. Crest on the back of paired oak leaves (kashiwa) embroidered with gold couched threads and red and white bokashi silk thread.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1892-1987
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.350
- Medium and Support
- crepe silk with colorful wax resist design and metallic thread embroidery
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Netsuke of a man seated by a hibachi
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.37
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Laeliocarrleya Murasakishikibu, from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'
- Artist
- Ikeda Zuigetsu
- Physical Description
- Single, fuschia colored orchid on a light green, gradient background. On the left and right sides of the bloom are two dark green leaves.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1877-1944
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1958
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.371.31
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Plum Blossoms at Tsukigase
- Artist
- Nakabayashi Chikkei
- Physical Description
- The painting is nearly entirely dominated by mountains, yet nestled among them lie two small buildings. Around these structures and near the placement of the viewer are dark plum trees with spiky branches and pink and white blossoms.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1816-1867
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.362
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Olive Nagoya-style obi with wax-resist dyed floral medallions in white, rose, green, and blue
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Olive colored silk with wax-resist dyed (rokutsuzome) floral patterns in white, rose, green, and blue; floral patterns further embellished with embroidery originally in white thread, dyed at the same time as floral patterns. Embroidery thread sometimes shot with some strands of gold.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1930s-1940s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.339
- Medium and Support
- olive colored silk with wax resist and embroidered patterns
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Hanging a Poem on a Cherry Tree
- Artist
- Ishikawa Toyonobu
- Physical Description
- A color woodblock print of a young woman hanging a paper with poem on a cherry tree. The woman is in a kimono with intricate design of cherry blossom, hemp leaves, birds and swirls, pine trees and diamond patterns. She also wears broad obi (sash) in checkerboard patterns, which is bow- tied on her back. There is also a white sash underneath the obi, which supports her long kimono. Her hair is tied on the back and adorn with tortoise-shell comb and pin. The cherry tree is in full bloom; there is a curtain with a family crest behind the woman and the tree; a certain kind of platform with swirling vine pattern is peaking below the curtain. The overall color scheme is in yellow, orange, black and white (the color of the paper). There are artist’s signature and two seals on the right bottom corner, and smaller seal on the left bottom corner.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1711-1785
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1746-1749
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.130
- Medium and Support
- Urushi-e (color woodblock print) on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Black kimono with the character kotobuki in several scripts, in deep red
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Silk crepe dyed black with areas of wax-resist in the shape of kotobuki characters. These characters were brushed with red, which matches the inner red lining of momi plain weave silk above with persimmon silk crepe below.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1940s-1950s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.390
- Medium and Support
- black silk crepe with red paint
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Vairocana Buddha (J. Dainichi Nyorai)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.59.5
- Medium and Support
- cypress wood with gesso, lacquer, polychrome, and gilding
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Satin Brocade
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.196
- Medium and Support
- tan, green, brown, and gold brocade
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Sencha pitcher with stamped dragonfly design (pair w/ 1954/1.512)
- Artist
- Seifû Yohei III
- Artist Life Dates
- 1854-1914
- Century
- Late 19th-early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1893-1914
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.503
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with clear glaze
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Set of Male Kimono, Brown
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- A set of brown silk male kimono with two symbols of a flower inside a cicle in the front, and one image of the same symbol on the back.
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.102.1-10
- Medium and Support
- silk
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
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- Title
- Container for vegetable tannin for ohaguro [square box with cover], from a bridal trousseau
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 17th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1615-1867
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.162A&B
- Medium and Support
- wood with black, red, and gold lacquer
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)