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Dish; Hamada Shôji

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Title: Dish
Artist: Hamada Shôji
Physical Description: Shallow dish with repeating circles of gray, black, and white glaze.
Artist Life Dates: (1894 - 1978)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1965
Accession Number: 2006/2.83
Medium and Support: stoneware
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:12:23
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Blue-and-White Storage Jar; Artist Unknown, Japan

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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
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:12:21
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Blue-and-white "Willow ware" plate with landscape design; Artist Unknown, Japan

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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
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:12:20
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Hirado Ware Mizusashi blue-and-white water covered jar with design of Chinese sages; Artist Unknown Hirado ware, Japan

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Title: Hirado Ware Mizusashi blue-and-white water covered jar with design of Chinese sages
Artist: Artist Unknown Hirado ware, Japan
Physical Description: This white porcelain jar has the design of six Chinese sages and an attendant boy with blue underglaze in delicate brushwork. One sage is reading a book, while another is listening. The attendant boy is standing next to the sage with a book. Other four sages are looking at a long hand scroll. Some sages hold staffs on their hands. One sage has a string instrument. The jar has a broad shoulder and an inverted mouth, where the lid is placed. The knob of the lid is in a shape of a reclining boy (unpainted), surrounded by books, hanging scrolls, a cane, and a fan, which are painted with blue underglaze. It also has a shallow foot.
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 2006/2.51A&B
Medium and Support: porcelain with blue underglaze painting
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:12:19
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Satsuma Ware Bowl with Images of The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura); Artist Unknown, Japan

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Title: Satsuma Ware Bowl with Images of The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 19th century
Accession Number: 2006/2.1
Medium and Support: porcelain with polychrome decoration
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:12:17
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Armor and Helmet with Paulownia Crests; Workshop of Mitsusada

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Title: Armor and Helmet with Paulownia Crests
Artist: Workshop of Mitsusada
Physical Description: The armor is comprised of a round helmet with a neck protector and a crescent-moon shaped ornament; a mask with fake mustache; an upper-body protector with sleeves from waist down and paulownia crest in the middle; a thigh cover; two metal leg protectors; two arm and hand protectors. The suit is stored in a black lacquered box with the gold crest.; The helmet is made of red-painted metal lined with indigo-died cotton fabric and deer skin leather trim, which is attached to the metal helmet. The cotton is quilted with indigo-dyed cotton threads. There are two loops on side and one loop in the back, to hold a code for tying below the wearer’s chin. The code is indigo-dyed and then plaited; there are some fading areas. On the outside of helmet, the paulownia crest is on side flaps (to protect ears). There is a hole in the middle of the helmet for a head ornament. The metal leaves are interlaced with cotton strings. Ceremonial knots of yellow code on the back. It weights about 10 pounds.; The helmet ornament is in crescent moon shape and made of lacquered wood in gold color. There is a slot on the back to place the ornament in the helmet. The slot is nailed to the wood; it looks like a later creation.; The mask covers below the wearer’s eyes, ears, nose and mouth, and down to front neck. The upper part is made of metal; the neck is in metal pieces and cotton codes. The mustache is made of animal hair. The mouth has fake teeth painted with gold.; The arm and hand protectors are made of red-painted metal shell and silk fabric with small flower motifs lined with deerskin and indigo-dyed cotton fabric. The shell is consisted of small metal panels connected with chains. The hand protectors have three different crests. The protectors are tied with indigo dyed cotton codes on back.; The leg protectors are also made of red-painted metal with silk fabric lining. On the metal surface of each piece, there are the artist’s signature and seal.; The body is consisted of metal panels, lacquered with gold in design of peonies and vines. The family crest appears in the middle. Metal knots are in chrysanthemum design. Inside is lined with leather printed with lions and peonies. The shoulder pads are made of cotton quilt in tortoise shell design.; The apron for thighs is made of silk fabric quilt and metal panels. The metal panels protect thighs. The apron belt is made of cotton kasuri; the back is lined with indigo dyed cotton.; The thick belt for the body is made of padded silk fabric.
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 2006/1.146A-M
Medium and Support: metal, lacquer, silk cords, and silk fabric
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:12:16
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Incense Burner with Lid; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Incense Burner with Lid
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 18th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century - 19th century
Accession Number: 2005/1.477
Medium and Support: brass
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:12:16
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Tansu (Chest); Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Tansu (Chest)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 2004/1.312
Medium and Support: wood with iron fittings
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:12:11
Artist Nationality: Japanese

From "Souvenirs of Travels," third series; Kawase Hasui

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
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:59
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Crescent Moon (Matsue in Izumo); Kawase Hasui

Title: Crescent Moon (Matsue in Izumo)
Artist: Kawase Hasui
Physical Description: A man ferries a passenger along a river at sunset. The buildings and stone walls along the river are reflected along with the colorful sky above.
Artist Life Dates: 1883-1957
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1924
Accession Number: 1987/1.268
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:59
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Onoe Kikujirô II as Mondo's Wife, Oyasu; from Sumidagawa tsui no kagamon; Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada); Attributed to

Title: Onoe Kikujirô II as Mondo's Wife, Oyasu; from Sumidagawa tsui no kagamon
Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)
Artist Life Dates: 1786-1864
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1852
Accession Number: 2000/2.286
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:59
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Hyakunin jorô shinasadame (One Hundred Types of Women), vol. 1 of 3; Nishikawa Sukenobu

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Title: Hyakunin jorô shinasadame (One Hundred Types of Women), vol. 1 of 3
Artist: Nishikawa Sukenobu
Physical Description: Book containing detailed calligraphic text descriptions of various types of women, accompanied by woodblock prints depicting the types described.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 1723
Accession Number: 2003/1.381.2
Medium and Support: woodblock print picture book
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:55
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Hyakunin jorô shinasadame (One Hundred Types of Women), vol. 1 of 3; Nishikawa Sukenobu

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Title: Hyakunin jorô shinasadame (One Hundred Types of Women), vol. 1 of 3
Artist: Nishikawa Sukenobu
Physical Description: Book containing detailed calligraphic text descriptions of various types of women, accompanied by woodblock prints depicting the types described.
Artist Life Dates: Kyoto, 1671 - 1751
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 1723
Accession Number: 2003/1.381.1
Medium and Support: woodblock print picture book
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:51
Artist Nationality: Japanese

One of Four Panels of Textile Fragments: Indigo Brocades; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: One of Four Panels of Textile Fragments: Indigo Brocades
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description: Fragments of brocade textiles are stitched symmetrically into gold fabric. Gold, blue, and brownish/copper hues create the patterns on the textile fragments.
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1900-1926
Accession Number: 1972/2.44.3
Medium and Support: silk brocade (nishiki)
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:50
Artist Nationality: Japanese

One of Nine Panels, each with various pieces of textile; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: One of Nine Panels, each with various pieces of textile
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Object Creation Date: n.d.
Accession Number: 1972/2.44.7
Medium and Support: brocade with silk, velvet and gold
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:50
Artist Nationality: Japanese

One of Four Panels of Textile Fragments: Obi Brocades; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: One of Four Panels of Textile Fragments: Obi Brocades
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description: The colorful strips of brocade at the top and bottom of this panel feature a woven design of ivy and peonies entwined around cartwheels, bamboo, and stylized diamonds. A wide rectangular fragment of an obi (sash for kimono) lie at the center of the textile. It is an almost abstract design of boats tossed in a frothy sea. The warm, muted tones of the gold are matched in color selections of mauve, and muted purple, blue, and green threads.
Century: 17th to 19th centuries
Object Creation Date: 17th century - 18th century
Accession Number: 1972/2.44.2
Medium and Support: brocade with gilt paper (kinran nishiki) & float stitch embroidery (watashi nui)
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:50
Artist Nationality: Japanese

One of Nine Panels, each with various pieces of textile; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: One of Nine Panels, each with various pieces of textile
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Object Creation Date: n.d.
Accession Number: 1972/2.44.6
Medium and Support: brocade with silk, velvet and gold
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:50
Artist Nationality: Japanese

One of Four Panels of Textile Fragments: Kinran and Karaori; Artist Unknown, Japan

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
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:50
Artist Nationality: Japanese

One of Nine Panels, each with various pieces of textile; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: One of Nine Panels, each with various pieces of textile
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Object Creation Date: n.d.
Accession Number: 1972/2.44.5
Medium and Support: brocade with silk, velvet and gold
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:50
Artist Nationality: Japanese

One of Four Panels of Textile Fragments: Brocades in Various Traditional Pattern; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: One of Four Panels of Textile Fragments: Brocades in Various Traditional Pattern
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description: A checkered gold brocade foregrounds five fragments of textile: a square in the middle surrounded by four cornerpieces. Each textile has a different design, some with butterflies, birds, and other floral motifs.
Century: 19th to 20th centuries
Object Creation Date: 1860-1926
Accession Number: 1972/2.44.9
Medium and Support: silk brocade (nishiki) and silk brocade with gilt paper (kinran)
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:50
Artist Nationality: Japanese

One of Nine Panels, each with various pieces of textile; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: One of Nine Panels, each with various pieces of textile
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Object Creation Date: n.d.
Accession Number: 1972/2.44.4
Medium and Support: brocade with silk, velvet and gold
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:50
Artist Nationality: Japanese

One of Nine Panels, each with various pieces of textile; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: One of Nine Panels, each with various pieces of textile
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Object Creation Date: n.d.
Accession Number: 1972/2.44.8
Medium and Support: brocade with silk, velvet and gold
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:50
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Sword scabbard ornament (menuki): lion (pair w/ dragon, 1982/2.18); Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Sword scabbard ornament (menuki): lion (pair w/ dragon, 1982/2.18)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1982/2.17
Medium and Support: copper with gold
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:41
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Menuki (sword scabbard ornament): dragon (attached to 1973/2.87); Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Menuki (sword scabbard ornament): dragon (attached to 1973/2.87)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description: Golden lion with gently curving tail and arched back. Each foot is capped with three intimidating claw-like nails. The lion is oriented as if stalking from left to right, but the head turns back inward towards the center, with a downward flowing mane.
Century: 19th Century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1982/2.18
Medium and Support: gold
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:41
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Imari Ware Small Bowl with Interior Floral Pattern, Exterior Landscape; Artist Unknown, Japan

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Title: Imari Ware Small Bowl with Interior Floral Pattern, Exterior Landscape
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 2005/2.60
Medium and Support: porcelain with blue underglaze and overglaze enamel painting and gold
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:27
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Ga no Tokyo: Shiroi kura [Pictures of Tokyo: Kikuzaka Street, White Storehouse]; Yoshida Toshi

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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
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:20
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Two Unidentified Kabuki Actors, in the Roles of Yûgiri and Izaemon (2 sheets from a triptych); Utagawa Hirosada (aka Sadahiro I)

Title: Two Unidentified Kabuki Actors, in the Roles of Yûgiri and Izaemon (2 sheets from a triptych)
Artist: Utagawa Hirosada (aka Sadahiro I)
Artist Life Dates: c. 1826-1865
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1850
Accession Number: 2005/1.419
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:20
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Tematsu no ike (Tematsu Pond); Takahashi Hiroaki

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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
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:20
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Fukuro obi with gosho guruma (palace cart) design; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Fukuro obi with gosho guruma (palace cart) design
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1970-1979
Accession Number: 2005/1.407
Medium and Support: multi-colored silk brocade with gold-wrapped and gold-paper covered threads
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:19
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Black crested haori with faux-resist dyed designs of chrysanthemum arabesques in yellow, red, and blue on crackled orange ground with embroidery; Minagawa Gekka

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Title: Black crested haori with faux-resist dyed designs of chrysanthemum arabesques in yellow, red, and blue on crackled orange ground with embroidery
Artist: Minagawa Gekka
Physical Description: It is a black silk damask haori (short jacket for kimono) with wax-resist patterns, hand-painted design and metallic threads embroidery. The haori is in medium length, covering just underneath hip. It has elongated sleeves. The silk fabric is woven in a twill pattern of palace carts and flower baskets. Then the fabric is dyed with black. The white family crest under the collar and the diagonal part where chrysanthemum design would appear are left out from dying. The pinkish orange scale pattern is added using wax-resist technique. Chrysanthemum design is hand-painted with white, red, yellow, and blue colors. Finally embroidery is added in various metallic threads around the contours of the chrysanthemum petals and leaves.; Orange satin damask lining with woven wave design, with stenciled (?) designs of white flying cranes. Silver cord on one side, gold on the other, both with tassels.
Artist Life Dates: 1892-1987
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1950
Accession Number: 2005/1.351
Medium and Support: Black damask silk with wax-resist pattern, hand-painted designs, and embroidery
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:11
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Aqua and gold ffukuro obi with gold daffodil design; Artist Unknown, Japan

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
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:11
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Maru obi with woven designs of hexagonal medallions with phoenixes among floral scrolls; Artist Unknown, Japan

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
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:11
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Chûshingura nidanme juichimai tsuzuki [A Scene from Act Two of the Treasury of Loyal Retainers, one of eleven sheets]; Katsukawa Shunshô

Title: Chûshingura nidanme juichimai tsuzuki [A Scene from Act Two of the Treasury of Loyal Retainers, one of eleven sheets]
Artist: Katsukawa Shunshô
Artist Life Dates: 1726-1792
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: circa late 1770
Accession Number: 2004/2.145
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:04
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Panoramic view of Higashi Rokujo (East 6th Avenue), Higashi Honganji Gomonzeki mido (The Imperial Hall of Higashi Honganji Temple) in Kyoto; Takehara Shunsensai

Title: Panoramic view of Higashi Rokujo (East 6th Avenue), Higashi Honganji Gomonzeki mido (The Imperial Hall of Higashi Honganji Temple) in Kyoto
Artist: Takehara Shunsensai
Artist Life Dates: active late 18th - early 19th century
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1803
Accession Number: 2004/2.137
Medium and Support: woodblock print, monochrome black-and-white print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:10:54
Artist Nationality: Japanese