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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 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Blue-and-white jar with pomegranate design
- Artist
- Kondô Yûzô
- Physical Description
- It is a medium size porcelain vase with pomegranate design in blue underglaze. The body is round with gentle shoulders; the mouth is wide and the neck is short and slightly inward. It has no foot. The pomegranate fruit and leaves are quickly executed with broad brush around the shoulder and the middle of the body. There is a band of a single line around the mouth and another around near the bottom. There is the artist’s signature “yû” on the eye. There is no foot but unglazed ring around the bottom; the eye is glazed.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1902 - 1985
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1960
- Accession Number
- 1963/2.78
- Medium and Support
- Porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Woodblock (from set of 7 woodblocks and 33 sample prints)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Century
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- TC2006.26.7
- Medium and Support
- wood, ink, paper
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Plate
- Artist
- Tamura Kôichi
- Physical Description
- Square shaped ceramic plate with iron black/brown glaze. Areas of raised black glaze with speckled texture sharply contrast lighter brown sections. Together they forn the shapes of circles, cracks, and lines.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1919 - 1986
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1960-1963
- Accession Number
- 1963/2.74
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with iron brown/black glaze
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Sample Print (from a set of 7 woodblocks and 33 sample prints)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Century
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- TC2006.26.23
- Medium and Support
- wood, ink, paper on paper
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Sample Print (from a set of 7 woodblocks and 33 sample prints)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Century
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- TC2006.26.39
- Medium and Support
- wood, ink, paper on paper
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Aqua and gold ffukuro obi with gold daffodil design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Aqua-gold fabric woven from turquoise warp and aqua-and pale gold-covered paper (kinran) weft, for a shimmering aqua-gold ground. The deco-style daffodil patterns are surihaku in three shades of gold. Plain weave aqua silk lining.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 1970s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.333
- Medium and Support
- aqua-gold fabric woven from turquoise silk warp and gold-covered paper weft
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Black crepe haori with kotobuki designs in several colors
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Black crepe silk with wax-resist design in several colors, touch of gold paint. White silk damask lining with stenciled (katztome) (?) designs of large, abstract flowers (design of white flowers on red ground)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1940s-1950s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.352
- Medium and Support
- black crepe silk with wax resist design with red and white silk twill lining
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Formal gray crested kimono with shibori and embroidered shifuku (tea caddy pouch) designs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, 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
- circa 1970-1979
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.374
- Medium and Support
- gray twill silk with shibori and embroidery with silk and metallic thread
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- 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
- circa 1970-1979
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.391
- Medium and Support
- silk crepe with painted, gilt, and embroidered designs
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Kimono
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Summer linen kimono with stenciled patterns of water wheels.
- Century
- Early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.1
- Medium and Support
- linen
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Ovoid vase
- Artist
- Kawai Kanjirô
- Artist Life Dates
- (1890 - 1966)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1937-1938
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.15
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with iron glaze; scallop design created with wax resist
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Hagi ware flower vase
- Artist
- Miwa Jusetsu
- Physical Description
- It is a vertically long, rectangular shaped vase. The body is slightly tilted; its four corners are shaved from the top to the bottom. The clay color is orange-yellow; the body is glazed with porous, milky white ash glaze. The bottom edge of the body and the bottom are unglazed. It has no foot.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1910
- Century
- Mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1960
- Accession Number
- 1963/2.65
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with feldspar and ash glaze
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- 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 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Calendar
- Artist
- Serizawa Keisuke
- Artist Life Dates
- 1895-1984
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1962
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.48.11
- Medium and Support
- color print (kataezome) on handmade mulberry paper
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Sample Print (from a set of 7 woodblocks and 33 sample prints)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Century
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- TC2006.26.16
- Medium and Support
- wood, ink, paper on paper
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Sample Print (from a set of 7 woodblocks and 33 sample prints)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Century
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- TC2006.26.32
- Medium and Support
- wood, ink, paper on paper
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Onda ware bottle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Bottle with full, rounded base that tapers into a thin neck that terminates in a lipped rim. From the neck up, the vase has a brown glaze. The body has a brownish gray glaze with a white drizzled squiggle decoration along it.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1949
- Accession Number
- 1964/1.82
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with iron glaze and white slip painting
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Black Nagoya -style obi with woven design of decorative spools (itomaki)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Black plain-weave silk (shusu) with woven designs in turquoise, fuschia, white, apricot, red, pink, and gold- and silver- coated paper (kinran, ginran). Lined with black satin.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1930s-1950s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.343
- Medium and Support
- black colored silk with gold and silver wrapped thread
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Saga brocade obijime (obi cord) in green, red, white and gold
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Braided silk brocade with green, red, white and gold-covered threads; no tassels
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1960-1980
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.364
- Medium and Support
- saga nishiki brocade silk with green, red and white silk & gold-coated threads
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Dusty rose (azuki iro) crested kimono with subtle woven landscape patterns
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Silk crepe damask with woven design of tiny mountain landscapes. Lining is plain weave silk, white above and pale rose below.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960s-1980s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.384
- Medium and Support
- silk crepe with woven design
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Purple silk michiyuki coat
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Silk Michiyuki coat with deep purple coloring (kinsha) on the top portion that transitions to shades of purples, pinks, and yellows on the bottom portion that has the appearance of puffy golden clouds ar sunrise. The inner lining is a crosswork of white and pink that matches the pinks in the outer garment (hakebiki).
- Century
- second half of 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960s-1970s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.401
- Medium and Support
- purple dyed silk
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Rectangular Box with Lid
- Artist
- Kawai Kanjirô
- Physical Description
- Rectangular ceramic box with raised sections on lead that appear gray through the red cinnabar glaze.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1890 - 1966
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1929-1942
- Accession Number
- 1991/2.24.1-2
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with red (cinnabar) glaze
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Beige Obi with wax-resist overall patterns of rust stripes, interrupted by wax-resist and embroidered designs of floral scrolls
- Artist
- Minagawa Gekka
- Physical Description
- The obi is made of plain silk, on which beige and brown stripes are pattern-dyed. Scrolls of exotic flowers and leaves are hand painted with orange and black color, and embroidered with metallic threads. These plant designs are located on two parts of the obi; when wearing, one will appear in front, and other will appear on the back bow. There is a hand-painted artist’s seal of Chinese character “moon” on one end of the obi.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1892-1987
- Century
- Mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.325
- Medium and Support
- Plain-weave silk with wax-resist pattern, hand-painted designs, and embroidery
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Teabowl with leaf stencil design
- Artist
- Arao Tsunezô
- Physical Description
- Teabowl with brown/black tenmoku glaze and golden leaf design on interior.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1950 - 1970)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1960
- Accession Number
- 1965/1.155
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with tenmoku glaze
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Calendar
- Artist
- Serizawa Keisuke
- Artist Life Dates
- 1895-1984
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1962
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.48.4
- Medium and Support
- color print (kataezome) on handmade mulberry paper
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Sample Print (from a set of 7 woodblocks and 33 sample prints)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Century
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- TC2006.26.9
- Medium and Support
- wood, ink, paper on paper
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- 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 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Sample Print (from a set of 7 woodblocks and 33 sample prints)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Century
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- TC2006.26.25
- Medium and Support
- wood, ink, paper on paper
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Brocade obijime (obi cord) with a tassel
- Artist
- Dômyô
- Physical Description
- Kumihimo (braided) silk brocade with silver metallic threads.
- Artist Life Dates
- kumihimo atelier, Kyoto, Japan
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960s-1980s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.365
- Medium and Support
- braided silk cord with silver metallic threads
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Saga brocade obi with woven designs of poetry-inscribed fans
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Light mauve silk with appliqued Saga brocade patches of gold fans with calligraphic poetry on them. The calligraphy has been brushed on paper with gold flecks (sunago). which is the weft of the Saga brocade; brown silk thread is the warp. Partially backed with a different silk, a taupe with deliberately knotted weft; reamainder backed with plain-weave taupe silk.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1940s-1950s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.335
- Medium and Support
- silk with appliquéd Saga brocade patches
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Black jacquard woven haori with woven design of bird-and-flower motifs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Heavy black crepe silk with woven designs in lacquered rust-colored, silver, and gold metallic threads. Hand-painted design of Noh actors on light peach lining.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960s-1970s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.354
- Medium and Support
- heavy black silk with woven designs in rust, silver and gold mettalic threads
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Purple shibori kimono with overall pattern of tiny squares in diagonal rows
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Purple silk crepe with hitta miura and hand tie-dyed design achieving the effect of many diagonal rows of tiny squares. Upper lining is plain weave momi (red silk) and lower and cuff linings are mauve pink.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1930s-1940s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.376
- Medium and Support
- purple silk crepe with tie dye design
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Silk underkimono with bokashi dye in large squares of aqua and white
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Silk crepe damask with alternating weaves in checkerboard design
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960s-1980s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.394
- Medium and Support
- Silk crepe with twill geometric design
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Kimono
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Silk dyed with a black background and festive drum and flower designs in the bottom portion. Three family crests below shoulders and back collor.
- Century
- Early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.3
- Medium and Support
- silk
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Mashiko Ware Teacup (style of Hamada Shôji)
- Artist
- Old Mashiko Ware
- Physical Description
- Stoneware tea bowl with short foot that flares out into the base of the tea bowl, and bends gently back inwards, until flaring slightly at the lip of the piece. Underglaze design of a circle and stylized design or plant decorates the side of the bowl.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950-1960
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.18
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with underglaze iron painting and translucent glaze
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Calendar
- Artist
- Serizawa Keisuke
- Artist Life Dates
- 1895-1984
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1962
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.48.10
- Medium and Support
- color print (kataezome) on handmade mulberry paper
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Sample Print (from a set of 7 woodblocks and 33 sample prints)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Century
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- TC2006.26.18
- Medium and Support
- wood, ink, paper on paper
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Sample Print (from a set of 7 woodblocks and 33 sample prints)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Century
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- TC2006.26.34
- Medium and Support
- wood, ink, paper on paper
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- 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 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Maru obi with woven designs of hexagonal medallions with phoenixes among floral scrolls
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Black pain-weave satin interwoven with silk threads in light purple, rust, coral, maize, chartreuse, red, white, and ultramarine, and metallic threads in three shades of gold. The hexagonal shapes are definied by a weft of gold-coated paper (kinran) in pale greenish gold; the gold threads used in the medallions are wrapped. Inside each medallion is a phoenix design among a floral scroll.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.345
- Medium and Support
- black silk interwoven with silk floss and gold-covered paper threads
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Obidome (obi brooch) with iris design in inlaid stone
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Gold-toned metal with inlaid stone (pietra dura) design on face, cut-out iris on reverse,
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925-1940
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.367
- Medium and Support
- gold-toned metal with stone inlay (pietra dura)
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Lavender kimono with overall woven pattern of a Hannya shinkyo text
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Figured satin weave lavender silk with vertical Hannya shinko text.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1985
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.386
- Medium and Support
- silk with woven design of Chinese characters
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Moire silk michiyuki coat
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- This michiyuki features a cloud design with a shimmering effect created by the layering of silk material. Blue, green, and turquoise clouds are painted in an alternating pattern without touching one another, and appear to shimmer from behind a transparent blue painted silk overlay.
- Century
- second half of 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1970s - 1990s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.403
- Medium and Support
- dark burgundy silk with green, blue, and purple dyed clouds
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Square Box with Lid
- Artist
- Kawai Kanjirô
- Physical Description
- Square shaped stoneware box with lid. Lid and upper portion of box base decorated with blue and copper underglaze painting.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1890 - 1966)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1929-1942
- Accession Number
- 1991/2.26.1-2
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with blue and copper underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- 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 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Woodblock (from set of 7 woodblocks and 33 sample prints)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Century
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- TC2006.26.2
- Medium and Support
- wood, ink, paper
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Calendar
- Artist
- Serizawa Keisuke
- Artist Life Dates
- 1895-1984
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1962
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.48.6
- Medium and Support
- color print (kataezome) on handmade mulberry paper
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Sample Print (from a set of 7 woodblocks and 33 sample prints)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Century
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- TC2006.26.11
- Medium and Support
- wood, ink, paper on paper
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Title
- Unidentified Kabuki Actor as Sword-face
- Artist
- Ueno Tadamasa
- Physical Description
- Color woodblock print of a kabuki actor on gray mica ground. Actor appears to be playing the role of a samurai, with his hair in a top-knot, a family crest on the arm of his kimono, and a sword complete with scabbard ornament. His head tilts downward seriously as his hand reaches to unsheath his sword.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1904-1970
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1940
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.18
- Medium and Support
- ink and gray mica on paper
- relevance
- rank 13.49952
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)