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Title
Empress Kômyô
Artist
Kôno Bairei
Artist Life Dates
1844-1895
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1868
Accession Number
1987/1.365
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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Title
Tigress and Cubs
Artist
Konoshima Ôkoku
Physical Description
Two cubs lay beneath their mother, whose back is to the viewer, yet curves her head around to face outwards. Her eyes are golden, and look out towards the viewer. One cub looks up at its mother with closed eyes. The mother's white whiskers stand out against the otherwise warm, golden tones of the painting.
Artist Life Dates
1877-1938
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1st half of 20th century
Accession Number
1989/2.6
Medium and Support
Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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Title
Tanuki (raccoon dog) and Bamboo in the Snow
Artist
Konoshima Ôkoku
Physical Description
A tanuki, or racoon dog, is seen peering over its shoulder on a snowy hill. Its footprints disappear in the snow behind it. Bamboo rise from out of view on the bottom right, and dominate the upper register of the image. This painting mounted on a hanging scroll also includes elaborate gold fabric with repeating designs.
Artist Life Dates
1877-1938
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
early 20th century
Accession Number
2003/1.402
Medium and Support
Hanging scroll, ink on silk
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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Title
Box with Lid
Artist
Kôyama Kiyoko
Physical Description
This ovular box, although flat on the bottom, has a lid decorated with curved ridges and protrusions that arch across the surface. The entire exterior is speckled with tiny craters, breaking up the illusion of a perfectly smooth surface. The ash glaze decorates the lidded box with an earthy brown color. The glaz pools in the valleys of the lid and small craters throughout, creating areas of darker hue. The meeting of the lid and box body is not a straight line, but rugged.
Artist Life Dates
born 1936
Object Creation Date
circa 2000
Accession Number
2010/1.210
Medium and Support
stoneware with natural ash glaze
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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Title
Vase
Artist
Kôyama Kiyoko
Physical Description
The exterior of this three-sided triangular based vase is decorated with lines that curve together from one edge of the vase to the next. The ash glaze creates a greenish brown color, which pools and creates darker tones in some areas. The edges are not straight, but rough and bumpy.
Artist Life Dates
born 1936
Object Creation Date
circa 2000
Accession Number
2010/1.211
Medium and Support
stoneware with natural ash glaze
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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Title
Vase
Artist
Kôyama Kiyoko
Physical Description
This rectangular vase is decorated in one corber with a wheel or foral design carved into the clay. The opening edges of the vase are not straight, but asymmetrical. The natural ash glaze decorates the vase with varyig shades of gray.
Artist Life Dates
b. 1936
Object Creation Date
circa 2000
Accession Number
2010/1.204
Medium and Support
stoneware with natural ash glaze
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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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
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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Title
Large Jar
Artist
Kôyama Kiyoko
Physical Description
This large jar is wider in the top portion, narrowing towards the base. It has a short neck that flares outwards. The natural glaze creates a range of browns and grays.
Artist Life Dates
born 1936
Century
21st century
Object Creation Date
circa 2000
Accession Number
2010/1.213
Medium and Support
stoneware with natural ash glaze
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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Title
Jar
Artist
Kôyama Kiyoko
Physical Description
This cylindircal jar has a circular lid with a small handle. The natural ash glaze creates a mix of green, black, gray, and reddish hues.
Artist Life Dates
born 1936
Object Creation Date
circa 2000
Accession Number
2010/1.214
Medium and Support
stoneware with natural ash glaze
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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Title
Tea Bowl
Artist
Kôyama Kiyoko
Physical Description
Tea bowl with natural ash glaze, which creates gray, black, white, and orage tones on the piece, speckled with black.
Artist Life Dates
born 1936
Object Creation Date
circa 2000
Accession Number
2010/1.215
Medium and Support
stoneware with natural ash glaze
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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Title
Incense Container in the Shape of a Ginko Leaf
Artist
Kôyama Kiyoko
Physical Description
This incense burner is composed of two equal halves. It opens to be used for incense storage, and takes the shape of a ginko leaf. The glaze gives the piece a red color.
Artist Life Dates
born 1936
Object Creation Date
circa 2000
Accession Number
2010/1.216
Medium and Support
stoneware with natural ash glaze
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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Title
Incense Container in the Shape of a Raccoon Dog
Artist
Kôyama Kiyoko
Physical Description
Incense containter in the shape of a raccoon dog (tanuki). The animal is sitting upright, and the opening of the container is horizontal along a split at its belly button. The incense container is colored white, grayish blue, and reddish orange, with the last color mostly on the stomach of the figure.
Artist Life Dates
born 1936
Object Creation Date
circa 2000
Accession Number
2010/1.217
Medium and Support
stoneware with natural ash glaze
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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Title
Incense Container in the Shape of a Plum Flower
Artist
Kôyama Kiyoko
Physical Description
Incense container in the shape of a plum blossom. The container consists of two halves opening horizontally, with the top of the container being very textured with a pattern of ridges. The container is bi-colored, with a whitish gray and reddish orange coloring.
Artist Life Dates
born 1936
Object Creation Date
circa 2000
Accession Number
2010/1.218
Medium and Support
stoneware with natural ash glaze
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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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
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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Title
Incense Container in the Shape of a Flower
Artist
Kôyama Kiyoko
Physical Description
Flower shaped incesnse container consisting of two halves, which open horizontally, and fit together very precisely. Decorated with ash glaze, which gives the pottery a deep red color, deeper on the top and slightly lighter on rest of the container, with black as an accent color primarily on two sides of the container in a line going from the top of the piece to the bottom. The top of the container is very dramatically textured is a symetrical series of ridges which create the petals and shape of the flower.
Artist Life Dates
born 1936
Object Creation Date
circa 2000
Accession Number
2010/1.220
Medium and Support
stoneware with natural ash glaze
Artist Nationality
Japanese
Title
Enjoying the Scenery from a Mountaintop Tea House, from a collaborative album of 11Sketches
Artist
Kubota Kinsen
Artist Life Dates
1875-1954
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1923
Accession Number
1982/2.7.3
Medium and Support
album leaf, ink and light color on paper
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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Title
Morning Glory, from a collaborative album of 11 pages
Artist
Kubota Kensen (?)
Artist Life Dates
(1875 - 1954)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1923
Accession Number
1982/2.7.4
Medium and Support
album leaf, ink and light color on paper
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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Title
Tea Bowl (Chawan)
Artist
Kubota Naobumi
Physical Description
A small ceramic tea cup. Ochre and red with tan colorations more towards the top of the cup.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1973
Accession Number
2013/1.303
Medium and Support
red-brown heavily grogged stoneware body
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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Title
Long-Necked Globular Vase
Artist
Kubota Naobumi
Physical Description
Large Slab/Wheel Built vase with a round bottom and a sort neck. Has a triangular neck and opening at top. Green-grey ash matt glaze impressed with rope pattern (very faint).
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
early 1970s
Accession Number
2013/1.328
Medium and Support
gray reduction fired stoneware - constructed with coil and slab techniques
Artist Nationality
Japanese
Title
Peonies and Rock
Artist
Kumashiro Yûhi
Physical Description
Peonies in full bloom grow as if from a rock or tree stump. A calligraphic inscription is on the left side.
Artist Life Dates
(Nagasaki, 1713? - 1772)
Century
third quarter of the 18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1750-1772
Accession Number
1978/2.59
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink on paper
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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Title
Long-Necked Vase
Artist
Kuratsu Kyushu
Physical Description
A tall vase with a narrow neck and broad top, where it flattens out and a tall narrow neck extends with a narrow mouth. Blue-green ceramic with black and brown specks.
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
2013/1.302
Medium and Support
stoneware
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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Title
Tall Sake Bottle
Artist
Kuratsu Kyushu
Physical Description
Dark brown container with a slim body and a short narrow neck. There are some kanji and writings in white on the body of the jar.
Object Creation Date
early 20th century
Accession Number
2013/1.312
Medium and Support
brown stoneware
Artist Nationality
Japanese
Title
Solitary Pleasure of the Noble Recluse
Artist
Kushiro Unsen (Unzen)
Artist Life Dates
1759-1811
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
1791
Accession Number
1981/1.313
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink and colors on silk
Artist Nationality
Japanese
Title
Thirty-six Immortal Poets: Taira no Kanemori
Artist
Madenokôji Fujifusa
Physical Description
A male figure is sitting sideways, his face looking toward the front right. He wears a long black cap, a red under-kimono, a grayish-color jacket with geometric patterns, and right gray color pantaloons. He holds a fan, which is peeking from the right sleeve. The painting is accompanied by calligraphy on the right side of the figure. The painting is mounted on gold brocade with strips of purple and gold brocade on top and bottom of the painting.
Artist Life Dates
1295-1380
Century
15th century
Object Creation Date
15th century
Accession Number
1962/1.103
Medium and Support
Handscroll section mounted as a hanging scroll: ink and color on paper
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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Title
National Treasure Red Gate (Kokuhô Sekimon), from "Memories of Tokyo" (Tôkyô kaikô zue)
Artist
Maeda Masao
Physical Description
This print depicts the National Treasure Red Gate, from the series "Memories of Tokyo."
Artist Life Dates
1904 - 1974
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1945
Accession Number
2004/1.112
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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Title
Seat 4
Artist
Maki Haku
Artist Life Dates
(Ibaraki Prefecture, 1924 - 2000)
Century
20th-21st century
Object Creation Date
1960-2000
Accession Number
2005/1.320
Medium and Support
woodblock and cement block print on paper
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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Title
Melon
Artist
Maki Haku
Artist Life Dates
(Ibaraki Prefecture, 1924 - 2000)
Accession Number
2008/2.170
Medium and Support
woodblock print on paper
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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Title
Tree
Artist
Maki Haku
Artist Life Dates
(Ibaraki Prefecture, 1924 - 2000)
Object Creation Date
1974
Accession Number
2008/2.171
Medium and Support
woodblock print on paper
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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Title
Poem 72-62
Artist
Maki Haku
Artist Life Dates
(Ibaraki Prefecture, 1924 - 2000)
Accession Number
2008/2.172
Medium and Support
woodblock print on paper
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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Title
Poem 71-73
Artist
Maki Haku
Artist Life Dates
(Ibaraki Prefecture, 1924 - 2000)
Accession Number
2008/2.177
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist Nationality
Japanese
Title
Scholars Playing Go by a Waterfall
Artist
Maruyama Ôkyo
Artist Life Dates
(Tamba Province, 1733 - 1795)
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
1778
Accession Number
1955/1.265
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper
Artist Nationality
Japanese
Title
Bird on a Plum Branch
Artist
Maruyama Ôkyo
Artist Life Dates
(Tamba Province, 1733 - 1795)
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
2nd half of 18th century
Accession Number
1964/1.105
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink on silk
Artist Nationality
Japanese
Title
Chinese Beauty
Artist
Maruyama Ôshin
Artist Life Dates
1790-1838
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1st half of 18th century
Accession Number
1989/2.108
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper
Artist Nationality
Japanese
Title
Netsuke of the Daoist immortal Gama Sennin with a three-legged toad on his back
Artist
Masatsugu
Artist Life Dates
active 19th c.
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
2002/2.32
Medium and Support
ivory
Artist Nationality
Japanese
Title
Winter Pond
Artist
Matsubara Naoko
Artist Life Dates
Born 1937
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1971
Accession Number
1990/2.62
Medium and Support
woodblock print on paper
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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Title
Willow
Artist
Matsubara Naoko
Artist Life Dates
Born 1937
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1967
Accession Number
2008/2.166
Medium and Support
ink woodblock print on paper
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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
Artist Nationality
Japanese
Title
Winter
Artist
Matsubayashi Keigetsu
Physical Description
An ink drawing of bare trees during a winter scene. Snow-covered mountains dominate the background. In the foreground among the trees is a person walking along a path towards what looks like a house with a thatched roof.
Artist Life Dates
Yamaguchi Pref., 1876-1963
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
Autumn 1922
Accession Number
1961/2.3
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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Title
Incense Container
Artist
Matsumoto Tetsuzan
Accession Number
TC2006.6.1A&B
Medium and Support
underglaze blue and white on porcelain
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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Title
Kizeto Water Container with Wave Pattern
Artist
Matsumoto Tetsuzan
Accession Number
TC2006.9.3A&B
Medium and Support
stoneware
Artist Nationality
Japanese
Title
The Road to Shu
Artist
Matsumura Goshun
Physical Description
Travelers are seen on a winding mountain pathway, among overlapping layers of mountains.
Artist Life Dates
1752-1811
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
late 18th century - early 19th century
Accession Number
1970/2.152
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
Artist Nationality
Japanese
Title
Life in the Mountains
Artist
Matsumura Goshun
Artist Life Dates
1752-1811
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
1781
Accession Number
1974/1.252
Medium and Support
one of a pair of 6- fold screens, ink and light color on silk
Artist Nationality
Japanese
Title
Life in the Mountains
Artist
Matsumura Goshun
Artist Life Dates
1752-1811
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
1781
Accession Number
1974/1.251
Medium and Support
ink and color on silk; one of a pair of 6-fold screens
Artist Nationality
Japanese
Title
Twenty Fruit and Flower Studies
Artist
Matsumura Keibun
Artist Life Dates
1779-1843
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1st half of the 19th century
Accession Number
1961/1.166
Medium and Support
handscroll, ink and color on paper
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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Title
Untitled, (Landscape - Donkey and Man in a Field)
Artist
Meakawa Senpan
Artist Life Dates
1888-1960
Object Creation Date
early 20th century - mid 20th century
Accession Number
2008/2.341
Medium and Support
color print on paper
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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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
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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Title
Nagoya-style Obi with wax-resist overall pattern of crackled pink-on-white, interrupted by wax-resist and embroidered designs of colorful tropical orchids
Artist
Minagawa Gekka
Physical Description
The obi is made of satin damask silk woven with “flower in tortoise-shell” patterns. “Cracked ice” pattern in red is dyed with wax-resist technique. Orchid flowers, leaves, ginger leaves, and ferns are hand painted in white, yellow, black, red, and green. Silver threads are embroidered in the rim of orchid flowers and other plants; more colored metallic and velvet threads are applied. The “cracked ice” patterns are broader adjacent to plants and red dye outlines them; that suggests that the artist designed flowers and foliage before the wax-resist application. The 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.
Artist Life Dates
1892-1987
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
mid 20th century
Accession Number
2005/1.326
Medium and Support
satin damask silk with wax-resist pattern, hand-painted designs, and embroidery
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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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
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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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
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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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
Artist Nationality
Japanese
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