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Title: Sword scabbard ornament (menuki) with oak leaf design (pair with 1982/2.11)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1982/2.10
Medium and Support: copper-gold alloy (shakudô) with gold inlay
relevance: rank 15.69806
Period: Japan, Edo Period (1615-1868)

Title: [Facsimile] Meisho Edo hyakkei: Oji, New Year's Eve Foxfires at Nettle Tree
Artist: Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description: A group of deer-like animals are resting under two trees at nightfall. There are twinkling stars shining in the dark sky and a forest in the distance.
Artist Life Dates: 1797-1858
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1856-1859
Accession Number: 1987/1.245
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 15.69806
Period: Japan, Edo Period (1615-1868)

Title: Iwai Hanshirô IV in a Female Role
Artist: Katsukawa Shunshô
Physical Description: Kabuki Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in a role as a woman with a sword. The stage appears to be dark aside from a lantern on the ground behind her, which emanates a triangular stream of yellow light directly upwards. The woman looks alertly to her left, with her right hand within her long kimono sleeve, hovering just above the sword handle.
Artist Life Dates: 1726-1792
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 2nd half of 18th century
Accession Number: 1960/1.156
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 15.69806
Period: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)

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
relevance: rank 15.04368
Period: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868), Genwa-Kan-ei eras

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