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- Title
- White celadon bowl with incised diamond pattern
- Artist
- Takuo Katô
- Physical Description
- The large white bowl is round with a wide rim and a narrow bottom; almost like an up-side-down cone shape. Diamond patterns are stamped around the middle of the body. It has no foot. The rim is slightly warped.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1917-2005
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1960
- Accession Number
- 1963/2.68
- Medium and Support
- Porcelain with white celadon glaze
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Incense Container in the Shape of a Flower
- Artist
- Kôyama Kiyoko
- Physical Description
- Flower shaped incense container consisting of two halves, which open horizontally. The top of the container has a subtle flower pattern that compliments the shape of the container and appears to have been stamped on the top. The color is a dark red on the very top of the container, with the color transitioning to a lighter reddish orange for the rest of the container.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1936
- Object Creation Date
- circa 2000
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.219
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with natural ash glaze
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Imari fish plate with paintings of phoenix and hollyhock
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1850
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.13
- Medium and Support
- porcelain, blue underglaze and enamel overglaze
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Camel
- Artist
- Utagawa Kuniyasu
- Physical Description
- This double-leaf print depicts two camels and accompanying foreign trainers or performers in fringed clothing, with ballooning pants and dark boots. Some of the performers play instruments, while others tend to the camels. Above both pages is writing by calligrapher Santô Kyôden describing the camels and their tour of Japan around 1821.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1794-1832
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1824?
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.91
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Crested kimono with elaborate floral wax resist designs (hageito, nandina, biwa, camelia, daffodils, omoto, plums, thistles) against crackled pink-on-taupe ground, with embroidery in metallic threads
- Artist
- Minagawa Gekka
- Physical Description
- It is a pink 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 pink, leaving the family crest under the collar and the floral design part white. The red scale pattern is added using wax-resist technique. Then the design of multiple kinds of plants is hand-painted with white, red, yellow, and pale and blue green colors. There are mix of fall and winter flowers and trees: nandin on the left sleeve, plum, chrysanthemums, thistles, amaranths, camellias and narcissus on the front and back, makino (Chloranthus glaber, with red berries) and more camellias on the right sleeve. 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
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.357
- Medium and Support
- crepe silk with wax-resist pattern, hand-painted designs, and embroidery
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Netsuke of man tossing demon-repelling beans, while a demon hides behind a screen
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.39
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Cymbidium No. 49, from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'
- Artist
- Ikeda Zuigetsu
- Physical Description
- Multiple green flowers with fuschia and yellow accents flank the right side of the image. Dark green leaves mirror the flowers on the left hand side.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1877-1944
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1958
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.371.43
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Spring Landscape
- Artist
- Nakanishi Kôseki
- Physical Description
- A lone man walks along a mountain path on the bottom left, hunched over perhaps under a load he carries. He seems to be approaching a hut along the water's edge partially blocked from the viewer by tall trees. The path continues to wind up the mountain, and spoked circular designs indicate what may be a series of bridges. Lines of calligraphy and seals are in the upper left corner.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1807-1884
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1852
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.28
- Medium and Support
- sumi ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Black Nagoya-style obi with appliquéd pathces woven in varied designs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Black plain-weave satin with appliqued patches in abstract geometric shapes, with woven floral, geometric, and landscape designs.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1930s-1950s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.341
- Medium and Support
- black satin with appliqued woven patches
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Tsuba-carver at his workbench
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1810-1830
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.473
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Flowers and Grasses
- Artist
- Watanabe Shikô
- Physical Description
- Realistic flowers and grasses, painted with vivid colors on a hanging scroll.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1683-1755
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1st half of 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.65
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Dark purple kimono with overall jacquard woven pattern of chrysanthemums in dark brown, silver, and gold
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Silk crepe repp with interwoven brown and silver- and gold-colored synthetic metallic threads in the design of chrysanthemum blossoms. Lining is plain weave silk for upper half; purple for lower half and inner cuffs.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1930s-1950s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.393
- Medium and Support
- silk crepe with interwoven brown and silver- and gold- coated threads
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Bowl with Spout
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 4th millenium BCE
- Object Creation Date
- 4000 BCE - 3000 BCE
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.285
- Medium and Support
- earthenware
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Mizusashi (cold water jar for the tea ceremony)
- Artist
- Seifû Yohei III
- Artist Life Dates
- 1854-1914
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1893-1914
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.515A&B
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with celadon glaze and inlaid white slip design
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Obi
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Gray obi with light blue wavy design that looks like a river with dark blue ripples. White flower petals float alongside the river, and so do five designs that appear to be hooded cloaks or pieces of cloth.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.543
- Medium and Support
- silk
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Set of Male Kimono, Undergarment
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.102.3
- Medium and Support
- silk
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Stacked cylindrical container for oil (the smaller of two), from a bridal trousseau
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 17th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1615-1867
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.164A-C
- Medium and Support
- wood with black, red, and gold lacquer
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Small four-lobed white bowl (mukôzuke; 1 of 8; with 1954/1.481-487)
- Artist
- Seifû Yohei III
- Artist Life Dates
- 1854-1914
- Century
- Late 19th-early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1880s-1914
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.488
- Medium and Support
- Porcelain with clear glaze
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Writing Box (Suzuri-bako)
- Artist
- Ogata Kôrin
- Physical Description
- An elegant writing box, which originally came with a paperknife, a water-dropper, and a stone for grinding the ink. Black laquer with poetic motifs formed out of abalone shells, gold, silver and corroded lead.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Kyoto, 1658 - 1716)
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1661-1716
- Accession Number
- 1942.7
- Medium and Support
- black and gold lacquer on wood
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Netsuke of merchant with a birdcage, accompanied by a young boy
- Artist
- Japan, Signature undeciphered, possibly Mizudome
- Artist Life Dates
- 20th century
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1st half of 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.41
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Ivory snuff bottle in the shape of an equestrian figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1912-1949
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.79
- Medium and Support
- polychrome paint on ivory
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Gasshôzukuri Farmhouses in Snow
- Artist
- Saitô Kiyoshi
- Physical Description
- A native of Sakamoto in Fukushima Prefecture, the artist here depicts his far northern hometown with the snow-covered imagery to present a view of traditional Japan in a innovative and modern way.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1907 - 1997)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1958
- Accession Number
- 1994/2.4
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Part of a set of cosmetic boxes: Round box (large, squat) with cover (mended)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 17th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1615-1867
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.165
- Medium and Support
- black, red and gold lacquer on wood
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Edo Meisho: Ochanomizu
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- A snow scene of the canal. Snow covers the house roofs, the boat shelters, and the trees. Three travelers in blue robes are walking in the snow, two of them are carrying umbrellas.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1853
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.142
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Yatsuhashi (iris and haiku poem)
- Artist
- Sakaki Hyakusen
- Artist Life Dates
- 1698-1753
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1st half of 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1969/1.105
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Groom and Rider
- Artist
- Katsushika Hokusai
- Physical Description
- A man is shown riding a horse, with a sword tucked into his belt. He is wearing a simple-styled premodern garment and a cap. Both the man and the horse seem tired, with their bodies bending forward and heads drooping.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1760 - 1849
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.141
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- One of a Pair of Straw Shoes
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1988/1.146.2
- Medium and Support
- straw
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tôkaidô (Hôeidô edition): #16 Night Snow at Kambara
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- In this print, sophisticated use of soft lines, rounded forms, dark sky, and subtle tones convey the utter silence and weariness of the figures as they trudge through the night-time snow near Kambara. Writing is centered at the top of the image, as well as aloong the bottom left wide with a seal. Three figures walk through the snow.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1833-1834
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.122
- 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
- 2010/2.48.10
- Medium and Support
- color print (kataezome) on handmade mulberry paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- From "Souvenirs of Travels," third series
- Artist
- Kawase Hasui
- Physical Description
- A man stewards a narrow boat carrying a passenger along a river. The houses and walls alongside reflect on the river's surface. The sky is nearly covered by gray clouds, but small patches of blue sky shine through.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1883-1957
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1924
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.267
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Silk and Cotton Brocade or Damask
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.208
- Medium and Support
- dark blue, green, and white silk brocade
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Snow Scene in Ueno Park
- Artist
- Takahashi Hiroaki
- Physical Description
- Snow falls during a night scene in Ueno Park, located in the Tokyo area. Weary, snow-heavy travelers trek through the scene. One may be heading into a shop to have something warm to eat, while the other heads towards a small bridge and a red torii gate topped with snow. A pine tree arches in from the left corner and arches over the scene, framing the park against the gray, snow-dotted sky.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1871-1944
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1920s
- Accession Number
- 1982/2.23
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Large Jar
- Artist
- Kôyama Kiyoko
- Physical Description
- This large jar is ovular in shape, with four lines carved across its horizontal axis periodically. The jar shape turns inward from the third line from the bottom. where the fourth line serves as the base of the neck of the jar opening. The natural ash glaze is not applied evenly, but looks as ip it dripped down the sides of the jar in some areas.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1936
- Object Creation Date
- circa 2000
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.212
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with natural ash glaze
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Imari Fluted Bowl
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- UA2002.6
- Medium and Support
- porcelain, blue underglaze and enamel overglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Sea Shells on a Table
- Artist
- Hamaguchi Yôzô
- Physical Description
- The upper two-thirds of the brint are dominated by black, while the lower area depicts a variety of seashells on a checkerboard black and white cloth.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1909-2000
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.31
- Medium and Support
- black and white litho print on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Summer
- Artist
- Matsubayashi Keigetsu
- Physical Description
- Image of a green mountain range that snakes from the lower right of the image to the upper right. The lower right of the image is further embellished with several detailed trees. Slightly lower and to the left of center is a small hut with a white figure standing on the porch.
- Artist Life Dates
- Yamaguchi Pref., 1876-1963
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- Autumn 1922
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.2
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Netsuke of a child holding a lion mask (pair with 2002/2.31)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.30
- Medium and Support
- paint, gilding and lacquer on wood
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Cymbidium Okagami, from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'
- Artist
- Ikeda Zuigetsu
- Physical Description
- Pink and yellow orchids on a light green background. The flowers are arranged so that the descend from the upper right corner to the lower left. There are three long grass-like leaves in the background in the lower half of the image.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1877-1944
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1958
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.371.6
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Oban Triptych (Right Side) Sawamura Ujûrô II as Toneri Matsuômaru (???) in the play Sugawara denju tenarai kagami
- Artist
- Utagawa Kuniyoshi
- Physical Description
- One of a set of three Japanese woodblock prints. Depicts a samurai in preparation to fight, includeds captions in Japanese.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1861
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1849-1853
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.199.3
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Poem in Running Script
- Artist
- Murase Taiitsu
- Physical Description
- This calligraphy is executed in ink on paper. There are a total of three red seals present in the piece, one in the upper right hand corner, and two towards the left center of the piece. The calligraphy is very strong and forceful, with broad, well defined strokes. The work is mounted on golden silk.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1804 - 1881)
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/1.185
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Black Nagoya-style obi in sateen weave (shusu) with embroidered plum blossom designs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Black silk damask with interwoven paulownia pattern; plum blossoms embroidered in solver, gold, and gunmetal gray metallic threads, and persimmon, brown, and black silk threads.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1930s-1950s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.331
- Medium and Support
- silk damask with woven pattern and metallic thread embroidery
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- 'Coelogyne Dayana var. Grandifola,' from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'
- Artist
- Ikeda Zuigetsu
- Physical Description
- Single plant with mulitple flowers (red, cream and yellow). Flowers located left and center in the frame with leaves concentrated on the right.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1877-1944
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1958
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.371.75
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Black saga brocade zôri (shoes)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Black silk damask with interwoven black lacquered threads that create a shiny effect in the light. Marked "Shizuko" on the bottom.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960s-1980s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.370A&B
- Medium and Support
- black saga nishiki brocade uppers with rubber soles
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Document Box (ryoshi-bako)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Lacquer ware box with mother-of-pearl inlay decoration combining geometric patterns, flowers, dragons, and scepters.
- Century
- 17th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1615-1868
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.108
- Medium and Support
- black lacquer and abalone shell inlay on wood
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Celadon bowl for tea sweets
- Artist
- Seifû Yohei III
- Artist Life Dates
- 1854-1914
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1880s-1914
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.504
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with celadon glaze
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Sutra Fragment, Calligraphy in Block Script
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 12th-13th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century - 13th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.26
- Medium and Support
- gold and silver ink on indigo-dyed paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Priest's Stole?
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.201
- Medium and Support
- lined tan, green and gold fabric with insets
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Miniature marbled celadon vase
- Artist
- Seifû Yohei III
- Artist Life Dates
- 1854-1914
- Century
- Late 19th-early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1880s-1914
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.509
- Medium and Support
- Porcelain with marbled celadon glaze
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Priest's Stole?, Satin Brocade
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.199
- Medium and Support
- tan, red, green and gold satin brocade with four tan and green insets
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Title
- Small four-lobed white bowl (mukôzuke; 1 of 8; with 1954/1.481-483 & 485-488)
- Artist
- Seifû Yohei III
- Artist Life Dates
- 1854-1914
- Century
- Late 19th-early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1880s-1914
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.484
- Medium and Support
- Porcelain with clear glaze
- relevance
- rank 5.68483
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)