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Title
"Hôki" (Treasure Tortoise): Seto ware tea caddy, Taikai type, with ivory lid
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
This squat tea caddy has brown and black glaze, two small ornamental handles, and an ivory lid.
Century
17th century?
Object Creation Date
17th century
Accession Number
1955/1.151A&B
Medium and Support
stoneware with brown and black glaze, ivory lid
Title
3 Large Stacking Boxes with Lid
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
1997/1.292A-D
Medium and Support
wood and lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay
Title
4 Stacking Boxes with Lid
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
1997/1.208A-E
Medium and Support
wood and lacquer with abalone shell inlay
Title
A Confrontation between Equestrian Warriors, from an illustrated book
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1860
Accession Number
1983/2.100
Medium and Support
woodblock print on paper
Title
A Confrontation between Equestrian Warriors, from an illustrated book
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1860
Accession Number
1983/2.99
Medium and Support
woodblock print on paper
Title
Ainu Food Bowl
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
18th-19th century
Object Creation Date
18th century - early 19th century
Accession Number
1967/2.6
Medium and Support
wood
Title
Ainu Mustache Stick
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
Late 19th-early 20th century
Object Creation Date
late 19th century - early 20th century
Accession Number
1991/1.79
Medium and Support
wood
Title
Ainu Mustache Stick
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
Late 19th-early 20th century
Object Creation Date
late 19th century - early 20th century
Accession Number
1991/1.80
Medium and Support
wood
Title
Ainu Mustache Stick
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Object Creation Date
n.d.
Accession Number
1991/1.81
Medium and Support
wood
Title
Ainu Mustache Stick
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
Late 19th-early 20th century
Object Creation Date
late 19th century - early 20th century
Accession Number
1991/1.82
Medium and Support
wood
Title
Ainu Mustache Stick
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
Late 19th-early 20th century
Object Creation Date
late 19th century - early 20th century
Accession Number
1991/1.83
Medium and Support
wood
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
Title
Arita ware dish with design of chrysanthemums by a brushwood fence
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
early 18th century
Accession Number
1970/2.1
Medium and Support
porcelain with blue underglaze and overglaze enamel painting
Title
Arita ware shallow dish with landscape scene of fishing boats by a willow tree
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
1987/1.304
Medium and Support
porcelain with blue underglaze painting
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Title
Autumn Landscape (one of a pair)
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
17th century?
Object Creation Date
17th century
Accession Number
1998/2.8.2
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink on paper
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Title
Bamboo Tea Whisks
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1980-2000
Accession Number
TC2006.13.9.1-5
Medium and Support
bamboo
Title
Bamboo-shape Vase, Takatori Ware (?)
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
17th century
Object Creation Date
mid 17th century
Accession Number
1972/2.95
Medium and Support
stoneware with straw ash glaze
Title
Battle of the Genji and Heike Forces
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
This 6-fold screen is a depiction of the Battle of Genji and Heike. In samurai armor, the Heike forces approach by ship from the left, while Genji forces rush to the shore on horseback and on foot—drawing the viewer’s attention to the center of the screens, where their confrontation will finally take place. The Heike forces can be identified by the red banners on their ships, while the Genji clan carries white banners.
Century
16th century
Object Creation Date
1573-1650
Accession Number
1964/2.64
Medium and Support
6-fold screen, ink and color on paper
Title
Battle Scene, from an illustrated book
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1860
Accession Number
1983/2.97
Medium and Support
woodblock print on paper
Title
Battle Scene, from an illustrated book
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1860
Accession Number
1983/2.98
Medium and Support
woodblock print on paper
Title
Beige and brown Shibori haori with abstract design
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
White silk with yokobiki kanoko dyed pattern with contrasting beige/brown tatebiki kanoko dyed pattern.
Century
mid-20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1950-1960
Accession Number
2005/1.346
Medium and Support
white silk with brown design and yellow and white silk lining
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Title
Bird on a Withered Branch
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
17th century
Object Creation Date
17th century
Accession Number
2006/1.158
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink on paper
Title
Birds and Pine Tree
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
late 19th century
Accession Number
1997/2.12
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
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
Title
Black crested haori with yûzen painted origami crane design
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
Black crepe silk with origame crane designs hand-painted by paste-resist yûzen techinique, in colors and gold pigment. Lining is pink silk damask with woven pattern of truncated floral medallions. Double oak leaf crest (kashiwa) is embroidered with bokashi-dyed blue and white thread.
Century
mid-20th century
Object Creation Date
1940s-1960s
Accession Number
2005/1.356
Medium and Support
black crepe silk with painted design
Title
Black haori with scattered fan designs in yûzen (paste-resist painting), surihaku (metallic foil appliqué), embroidery, and appliquéd Saga brocade
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
Black plain weave silk with hand painted, embroidered, and appliquéd designs. Lining with hand-painted peaches, melons and other fruits on white silk with bokashi dye toward pink at sleeve ends and lower edge of back. Single crest on the back of paired oak leaves (kashiwa) embroidered in brown and gold thread
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1960s-1970s
Accession Number
2005/1.349
Medium and Support
black silk with hand painted and appliquéd designs
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
Title
Black kimono with overall shibori design of alternating diagonal columns of rectangular blocks of patterns against black ground
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
White plain-weave with overall black tie-dye design (black acid dye) in hitta kanoko. The pattern consists of rectangular blocks of densely-packed tie-dye knots in rows of 5 x 12. Lining is plain weave white silk with bokashi blue borders.
Century
mid-20th century
Object Creation Date
1950s-1970s
Accession Number
2005/1.361
Medium and Support
white silk with black tie-dye design
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
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
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
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
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
Title
Black Nagoya-style obi with embroidered pine needle designs in gold- and copper-colored metallic threads
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
Black silk damask with some interwoved black lacquered threads; pine-needle design embroidery in gold- and copper-colored metallic threads
Century
mid-20th century
Object Creation Date
1960s
Accession Number
2005/1.330
Medium and Support
black silk damask with mettalic thread embroidery
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
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
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Title
Black Shawl
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
All black scarf with floral velvet burnout pattern, 4" black fringe on the top and bottom edges.
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
2013/2.438
Medium and Support
silk, velvet
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Title
Black Shawl
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
Solid black silk shawl with three inch black fringe, simply tied, not ornate.
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
2013/2.439
Medium and Support
silk
Title
Black shibori kimono with overall design with overall design of small dots (hitta kanoko shibori)
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
White silk with tie-dye pattern in dark indigo. Lining is plain weave white silk above; plain weave gray silk below.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1950s-1970s
Accession Number
2005/1.363
Medium and Support
white silk with indigo tie-dye design
Title
Black silk Dochugi kimono raincoat
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
Black dochugi raincoat with michiyuki style neckline and buttons down the front.
Century
second half of 20th century
Object Creation Date
1960s-1970s
Accession Number
2005/1.404
Medium and Support
black satin damask with woven stripe design
Title
Black silk gauze fukuro obi with large woven floral 'hosoge' medallions
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
Black silk leno weave (gauze) fukuro obi; floral medallion patterns woven in lacquered red, gold-coated paper (kinran). and a synthetic turquoise metal-coated paper.
Century
mid-20th century
Object Creation Date
1960s-1980s
Accession Number
2005/1.334
Medium and Support
silk leno weave (gauze) with patterns woven in coated paper
Title
Black silk michiyuki coat with flower and vine design
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
This michiyuki is made from black velvet and features a subtle flower and vine design (peony karakusa scroll). The inside lining is gray silk. It has small buttons down the front.
Century
mid-20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1960s-1970s
Accession Number
2005/1.400
Medium and Support
black velvet with gray silk lining
Title
Black supplementary weft brocade haori with woven design of sparrows and bamboo
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
Black crepe silk with woven metallic threads. Lining is made of white damask silk with sayagata pattern; white gofun painted lines between pattern repeats and then bokashizome in "stripes" of colors. Woven design of sparrow and bamboo is on the back only.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1940s-1950s
Accession Number
2005/1.353
Medium and Support
black crepe silk with woven metallic threads
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Title
Blue kimono with geometric design
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
Female dark blue kimono with woven ikat design in tan collar. Lining is red and yellow.
Century
Early 20th century
Object Creation Date
early 20th century
Accession Number
2009/2.5
Medium and Support
silk
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Title
Blue-and-white "Willow ware" plate with landscape design
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1944-1953
Accession Number
2006/2.56
Medium and Support
porcelain with blue underglaze painting and overglaze gold
Title
Blue-and-white bowl with floral and landscape designs
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Accession Number
1954/1.545
Medium and Support
porcelain with blue overglaze painting
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
Title
Blue-and-white jar with floral and leaf design
Artist
Artist Unknown, Hizen ware, Japan
Physical Description
A medium size, well potted jar with round shoulder and shorter neck. Inside is not totally glazed. On the body, pine, bamboo, and plum trees are finely painted with blue underglaze. Then a translucent glaze is applied, which turns into milky, white color. It has three floral decorations on the shoulder; the decoration is originated in functional elements of “ears” to which ropes were tied for transportation. The neck has a band of double lines and spray design of peony flowers and leaves. The rim of the neck is unglazed. The foot is unglazed; eye is glazed. Some imperfections of glaze are seen toward the bottom. Glaze is scraped off on one part. Many speckles on the surface.
Century
17th century
Object Creation Date
1615-1643
Accession Number
1964/1.99
Medium and Support
porcelain, blue underglaze painting
Title
Blue-and-white plate with floral motif painting, Imari ware
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
17th century
Object Creation Date
17th century
Accession Number
1965/2.65
Medium and Support
porcelain with blue underglaze painting
Title
Blue-and-white plate with landscape design
Artist
Artist Unknown, Hizen ware, Japan
Physical Description
A medium size plate has blue-and-white underglaze painting of landscape. There are two groups of mountains; one of the left has two large rocks flanked by two smaller mountains with a few trees on the tops. Three smaller rocks peek from the water. On the right side, a range of gently sloped mountains and a rock are drawn. There are two fishing boats with masts can be seen in front of the mountain range. The crescent moon, shadowed by one side, is in the sky. The drawing is executed in thick underglaze and painted in lighter glaze. There are brown speckles on the surface; reddish color stains on the top of the rim. Some chips on the rim and on the back. The foot is unglazed; eye is glazed. There is a single band around the rim.
Century
17th century
Object Creation Date
1615-1643
Accession Number
1963/2.62
Medium and Support
porcelain, blue underglaze painting
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