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Molded Dish with Autumn Grasses
Japan
ca. 1600–15

Small Bird on a Crepe Myrtle Branch
Tsubaki Chinzan
19th century

The Returning Sails of the Towel Rack
Suzuki Harunobu
ca. 1766

Piece
Japan
18th–19th century

Textile fragment with repeating pattern of irregularly shaped cloud-edged vignettes containing two human figures and maple leaves
Japan
18th–19th century

Kimono
Japan
19th century

Sword-Hilt Collar and Pommel (Fuchigashira)
Japanese
ca. 1615–1868

Wheel of the Buddhist Law (Rinpō)
Japan
late 13th century

New Illustrated Manual of Shrine Architecture (Shinpan/Miya hinagata)
Japan
1866 (Keio 2)

Knife Handle (Kozuka) with Blade
Japanese
18th century

Procession of the Emperor and Suite
Kano School
1626

End of a Noh wig band
Japan
late 18th century

Piece
Japan
18th century

"Patched Paper (Yaburegami)" (fabric no. 9-252)

Reiko Sudo

1997

"Image Dress"
Y-3
spring/summer 2003

Tsukudajima in Musashi Province (Buyō Tsukudajima), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1830–32

Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Japanese
possibly 19th century

Illustrated book
Japan
1893

A Couple Locked in an Embrace
Keisai Eisen
ca. 1825

Piece
Japan
12th century

Knife Handle (Kozuka)
Japanese
ca. 1615–1868

The Essentials of Rebirth in the Pure Land (Ojōyōshū)
Japan
1790

Fair Travellers Fording the River Oi
Utagawa Toyokuni I
ca. 1800

Netsuke of Yoshitsune as a Child and Tengu with a Fan
Japan
19th century

Piece
Japan
18th century

Poem by Gon-Chūnagon Sadaie, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)
Katsushika Hokusai
1760–1849

Writing Box with a Scene from the “Butterflies” Chapter of The Tale of Genji
Japan
20th century

Piece
Japan
18th century

Print
Hasegawa Sadanobu
1867 (Meiji 1)

War Fan (Uchiwa)

Japanese

18th century

Bowl of New Year Food
Teisai Hokuba
probably 1808

Gamecocks
Katsushika Hokusai
dated 1838

Fish hook
Japan

Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Japanese
18th century

Sword Guard (Tsuba) Depicting Dragon and Paulownia Leaves With Tendrils (龍と桐唐草図鐔)
Japanese
ca. 1615–1868

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)

兼道 (Kanemichi)

blade, 16th century; mounting, 1871

Scenes in and around the Capital
Japan
17th century

Quatrain of Chinese Verse
Fukuda Kodōjin 福田古道人
early 20th century

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozō III as Tanabe Bunzō
Tōshūsai Sharaku
1794, fifth month

The Fifth Ichikawa Danjuro as a Samurai of High Rank
Katsukawa Shunshō　勝川春章