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Title
Ryôan-ji Stone Garden, Kyoto
Artist
Saitô Kiyoshi
Physical Description
In this two-fold screen, the artist reveals the geometric beauty of the famous fifteenth-century stone garden at the Ryôanji temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site located in Kyoto.
Artist Life Dates
(active 1907 - 1997)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1957
Accession Number
1959/2.86
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper, 2-fold screen
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926–89)
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Title
Untitled [Two cranes]
Artist
Kaoru Kawano
Physical Description
This work is an abstrated representation of two cranes.
Artist Life Dates
1916 - 1965
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
mid 20th century
Accession Number
1998/2.26
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926–89)
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Title
Untitled [Two children with a snow shovel]
Artist
Saitô Kiyoshi
Physical Description
This print depicts two children in the snow with a snow shovel.
Artist Life Dates
(active 1907 - 1997)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
mid 20th century
Accession Number
1998/2.32
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926–89)
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Title
Untitled [Owls]
Artist
Kawano Kaoru
Physical Description
This print portrays an owl in a more abstract way.
Artist Life Dates
1916 - 1965
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
mid 20th century
Accession Number
1998/2.29
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926–89)
Title
Coral
Artist
Saitô Kiyoshi
Physical Description
This work portrays a human profile.
Artist Life Dates
(active 1907 - 1997)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1955
Accession Number
1958/2.17
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926–89)
Title
Niagara Falls
Artist
Yoshida Hiroshi
Physical Description
This print is a depiction of the Niagara Falls.
Artist Life Dates
1876 - 1950
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1st half of 20th century
Accession Number
1993/2.30
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926–89)
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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
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926–89)
Title
Rain (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
Artist
Saitô Kiyoshi
Physical Description
This work portrays a dynamic, umbrella-studded view of the University of Michigan Diag, based on sketches Saitô made during his trip to Ann Arbor in the fifties.
Artist Life Dates
(active 1907 - 1997)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1956
Accession Number
1959/2.28
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926–89)
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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
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926–89)
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Title
Untitled [Woodpeckers perched on the side of a tree]
Artist
Kawano Kaoru
Physical Description
This print, as the title indicates, portrays woodpeckers percehed on the side of a tree.
Artist Life Dates
1916 - 1965
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
mid 20th century
Accession Number
1998/2.25
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926–89)
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Title
Untitled [Child with straw leggings]
Artist
Saitô Kiyoshi
Physical Description
A child ventures out into the deep snow, holding up his broad leggings which are insulated with straw. Behind him, the house wall is plastered with two messages: "Careful with fire!" and "Felecitations for the Spring Equinox".
Artist Life Dates
(active 1907 - 1997)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
mid 20th century
Accession Number
1998/2.31
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926–89)
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Title
Untitled [Four cranes and a person]
Artist
Kawano Kaoru
Physical Description
This work is an abstrated depiction of four cranes and a person.
Artist Life Dates
1916 - 1965
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
mid 20th century
Accession Number
1998/2.27
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926–89)
Title
Untitled [same as 1987/1.241, entitled "Buddha (B)"; Kannon]; image of a famous 7th-century sculpture at Hôryûji, Nara
Artist
Saitô Kiyoshi
Physical Description
Despite the title given by the artist, this print is a highly abstracted representation of a famous 7th century sculpture of the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (J. Kannon), in the collection of Hôryûji Temple, Nara.
Artist Life Dates
(active 1907 - 1997)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1959
Accession Number
1987/1.240
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926–89)
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
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926–89)
Title
Clay Image (Q) (highly abstracted haniwa female figure and pot)
Artist
Saitô Kiyoshi
Physical Description
This work is a depiction of haniwa, clay figures used as tomb burial objects during the Kôfun Period (250–338 CE) that have come to be emblematic of Japanese art and cultural traditions.
Artist Life Dates
(active 1907 - 1997)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1954
Accession Number
1958/2.25
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926–89)
Title
An Evening in a Hot Spring
Artist
Yoshida Hiroshi
Physical Description
This work depicts an evening scene in a hot spring.
Artist Life Dates
1876 - 1950
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1930-1950
Accession Number
1939.3
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926–89)
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Title
Sample Print (from a set of 7 woodblocks and 33 sample prints)
Artist
Artist Unknown
Century
20th century
Accession Number
TC2006.26.39
Medium and Support
wood, ink, paper on paper
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
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
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
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
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
Title
Formal gray crested kimono with shibori and embroidered shifuku (tea caddy pouch) designs
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
Gray silk damask woven in an arare pattern, with partial hon hitta shibori designs and shifuku (tea caddy pouch) design embroidered with silk and metallic thread
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1970-1979
Accession Number
2005/1.374
Medium and Support
gray twill silk with shibori and embroidery with silk and metallic thread
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
Title
Light blue crested kimono with woven hexagonal pattern, enhanced by painted and gilded designs and appliquéd Saga brocade.
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
Silk crepe with yûzen (painted) and surihaku (gold foil) designs and appliquéd patches of Saga brocade, all in hexagonal shapes to match the damask weave of the ground cloth.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1970-1979
Accession Number
2005/1.391
Medium and Support
silk crepe with painted, gilt, and embroidered designs
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
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Title
Kimono
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
Summer linen kimono with stenciled patterns of water wheels.
Century
Early 20th century
Object Creation Date
early 20th century
Accession Number
2009/2.1
Medium and Support
linen
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
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Title
Ovoid vase
Artist
Kawai Kanjirô
Artist Life Dates
(1890 - 1966)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1937-1938
Accession Number
2003/2.15
Medium and Support
stoneware with iron glaze; scallop design created with wax resist
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
Title
Hagi ware flower vase
Artist
Miwa Jusetsu
Physical Description
It is a vertically long, rectangular shaped vase. The body is slightly tilted; its four corners are shaved from the top to the bottom. The clay color is orange-yellow; the body is glazed with porous, milky white ash glaze. The bottom edge of the body and the bottom are unglazed. It has no foot.
Artist Life Dates
born 1910
Century
Mid-20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1960
Accession Number
1963/2.65
Medium and Support
stoneware with feldspar and ash glaze
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
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Title
Calendar
Artist
Serizawa Keisuke
Artist Life Dates
1895-1984
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1962
Accession Number
2010/2.48.2
Medium and Support
color print (kataezome) on handmade mulberry paper
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
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Title
Woodblock (from set of 7 woodblocks and 33 sample prints)
Artist
Artist Unknown
Century
20th century
Accession Number
TC2006.26.7
Medium and Support
wood, ink, paper
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
Title
Plate
Artist
Tamura Kôichi
Physical Description
Square shaped ceramic plate with iron black/brown glaze. Areas of raised black glaze with speckled texture sharply contrast lighter brown sections. Together they forn the shapes of circles, cracks, and lines.
Artist Life Dates
1919 - 1986
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1960-1963
Accession Number
1963/2.74
Medium and Support
stoneware with iron brown/black glaze
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
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Title
Sample Print (from a set of 7 woodblocks and 33 sample prints)
Artist
Artist Unknown
Century
20th century
Accession Number
TC2006.26.23
Medium and Support
wood, ink, paper on paper
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
Title
Onda ware bottle
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
Bottle with full, rounded base that tapers into a thin neck that terminates in a lipped rim. From the neck up, the vase has a brown glaze. The body has a brownish gray glaze with a white drizzled squiggle decoration along it.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1949
Accession Number
1964/1.82
Medium and Support
stoneware with iron glaze and white slip painting
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
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
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
Title
Saga brocade obijime (obi cord) in green, red, white and gold
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
Braided silk brocade with green, red, white and gold-covered threads; no tassels
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1960-1980
Accession Number
2005/1.364
Medium and Support
saga nishiki brocade silk with green, red and white silk & gold-coated threads
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
Title
Dusty rose (azuki iro) crested kimono with subtle woven landscape patterns
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
Silk crepe damask with woven design of tiny mountain landscapes. Lining is plain weave silk, white above and pale rose below.
Century
mid-20th century
Object Creation Date
1960s-1980s
Accession Number
2005/1.384
Medium and Support
silk crepe with woven design
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
Title
Purple silk michiyuki coat
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
Silk Michiyuki coat with deep purple coloring (kinsha) on the top portion that transitions to shades of purples, pinks, and yellows on the bottom portion that has the appearance of puffy golden clouds ar sunrise. The inner lining is a crosswork of white and pink that matches the pinks in the outer garment (hakebiki).
Century
second half of 20th century
Object Creation Date
1960s-1970s
Accession Number
2005/1.401
Medium and Support
purple dyed silk
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
Title
Rectangular Box with Lid
Artist
Kawai Kanjirô
Physical Description
Rectangular ceramic box with raised sections on lead that appear gray through the red cinnabar glaze.
Artist Life Dates
1890 - 1966
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1929-1942
Accession Number
1991/2.24.1-2
Medium and Support
stoneware with red (cinnabar) glaze
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
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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
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
Title
Teabowl with leaf stencil design
Artist
Arao Tsunezô
Physical Description
Teabowl with brown/black tenmoku glaze and golden leaf design on interior.
Artist Life Dates
(active 1950 - 1970)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1960
Accession Number
1965/1.155
Medium and Support
stoneware with tenmoku glaze
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
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Title
Calendar
Artist
Serizawa Keisuke
Artist Life Dates
1895-1984
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1962
Accession Number
2010/2.48.11
Medium and Support
color print (kataezome) on handmade mulberry paper
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
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Title
Sample Print (from a set of 7 woodblocks and 33 sample prints)
Artist
Artist Unknown
Century
20th century
Accession Number
TC2006.26.16
Medium and Support
wood, ink, paper on paper
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
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Title
Sample Print (from a set of 7 woodblocks and 33 sample prints)
Artist
Artist Unknown
Century
20th century
Accession Number
TC2006.26.32
Medium and Support
wood, ink, paper on paper
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
Title
Brocade obijime (obi cord) with a tassel
Artist
Dômyô
Physical Description
Kumihimo (braided) silk brocade with silver metallic threads.
Artist Life Dates
kumihimo atelier, Kyoto, Japan
Century
mid-20th century
Object Creation Date
1960s-1980s
Accession Number
2005/1.365
Medium and Support
braided silk cord with silver metallic threads
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
Title
Saga brocade obi with woven designs of poetry-inscribed fans
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
Light mauve silk with appliqued Saga brocade patches of gold fans with calligraphic poetry on them. The calligraphy has been brushed on paper with gold flecks (sunago). which is the weft of the Saga brocade; brown silk thread is the warp. Partially backed with a different silk, a taupe with deliberately knotted weft; reamainder backed with plain-weave taupe silk.
Century
mid-20th century
Object Creation Date
1940s-1950s
Accession Number
2005/1.335
Medium and Support
silk with appliquéd Saga brocade patches
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
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
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
Title
Purple shibori kimono with overall pattern of tiny squares in diagonal rows
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
Purple silk crepe with hitta miura and hand tie-dyed design achieving the effect of many diagonal rows of tiny squares. Upper lining is plain weave momi (red silk) and lower and cuff linings are mauve pink.
Century
mid-20th century
Object Creation Date
1930s-1940s
Accession Number
2005/1.376
Medium and Support
purple silk crepe with tie dye design
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
Title
Silk underkimono with bokashi dye in large squares of aqua and white
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
Silk crepe damask with alternating weaves in checkerboard design
Century
mid-20th century
Object Creation Date
1960s-1980s
Accession Number
2005/1.394
Medium and Support
Silk crepe with twill geometric design
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
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Title
Kimono
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
Silk dyed with a black background and festive drum and flower designs in the bottom portion. Three family crests below shoulders and back collor.
Century
Early 20th century
Object Creation Date
early 20th century
Accession Number
2009/2.3
Medium and Support
silk
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
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Title
Mashiko Ware Teacup (style of Hamada Shôji)
Artist
Old Mashiko Ware
Physical Description
Stoneware tea bowl with short foot that flares out into the base of the tea bowl, and bends gently back inwards, until flaring slightly at the lip of the piece. Underglaze design of a circle and stylized design or plant decorates the side of the bowl.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1950-1960
Accession Number
2003/2.18
Medium and Support
stoneware with underglaze iron painting and translucent glaze
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
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Title
Calendar
Artist
Serizawa Keisuke
Artist Life Dates
1895-1984
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1962
Accession Number
2010/2.48.4
Medium and Support
color print (kataezome) on handmade mulberry paper
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
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Title
Sample Print (from a set of 7 woodblocks and 33 sample prints)
Artist
Artist Unknown
Century
20th century
Accession Number
TC2006.26.9
Medium and Support
wood, ink, paper on paper
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
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Title
Tatsumura brocade fukuro obi with woven pattern of Central Asian paired ducks
Artist
Tatsumura Silk Studio
Physical Description
Terracotta-colored plain weave silk with woven pattern of paired ducks within lozenge-shaped floral scrolls; brocade done in thick white, light blue, and apricot silk floss; turquoise and purple-metallic-wrapped threads; and kinran (metallic coated paper) in two shades of gold.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1960s-1970s
Accession Number
2005/1.336
Medium and Support
silk with woven patterns in silk floss, metallic wrapped threads and kinran
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
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Title
Sample Print (from a set of 7 woodblocks and 33 sample prints)
Artist
Artist Unknown
Century
20th century
Accession Number
TC2006.26.25
Medium and Support
wood, ink, paper on paper
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Period
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
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