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Obi with Iris, Brocaded in silk on gold ground, Japan (Kyoto)
Obi with Iris
Japan (Kyoto)
1988
Nihon no doki: Jōmon Yayoi, haniwa, haji, sueki, Kyoto National Museum
Nihon no doki: Jōmon Yayoi, haniwa, haji, sueki
Kyoto National Museum
1964
Freshwater Jar (Mizusashi) with Geometric Patterns, Ogata Ihachi (Kyoto Kenzan II) Japanese, Stoneware with polychrome enamels under transparent glaze (Kyoto ware); wood with black lacquer lid, Japan
Freshwater Jar (Mizusashi) with Geometric Patterns
Ogata Ihachi (Kyoto Kenzan II)
first half 18th century
Ichigen-kin, Nishimura Instrument Co., Kyoto, Wood, ivory, shell, silk, bamboo, cotton, Japanese
Ichigen-kin
Nishimura Instrument Co., Kyoto
Soko Kurachi
1988
Arrowhead (<i>Yanone</i>), Iron, steel, Japanese, Kyoto
Arrowhead (Yanone)
Japanese, Kyoto
dated 1647
Scarf Reproducing a Tang Pattern
Tatsumura Institute of Textile Arts, Kyoto
20th century
Small Dish (Kozara) with Three Jars, Porcelain with cobalt blue under transparent glaze and polychrome enamels over the glaze (Hizen ware, Nabeshima type), Japan
Small Dish (Kozara) with Three Jars
Japan
1680–90s
The Bodhisattva Jizō, Intan Japanese, Japanese cypress wood (hinoki) with polychrome pigments, gold paint (kindei), cut gold leaf (kirikane), and rock-crystal eyes, Japan
The Bodhisattva Jizō
Intan
1291
Old Plum, Kano Sansetsu Japanese, Four sliding-door panels (fusuma); ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper, Japan
Old Plum
Kano Sansetsu
1646
Covered Vessel (Futamono) with Plum Tree, Stoneware with iron brown under transparent glaze and copper-green glaze (Mino ware, Oribe type, Japan
Covered Vessel (Futamono) with Plum Tree
Japan
early 17th century
Illustrated Legends of the Kitano Tenjin Shrine (Kitano Tenjin engi emaki), Set of five handscrolls; ink, color, and cut gold leaf (kirikane) on paper, Japan
Illustrated Legends of the Kitano Tenjin Shrine (Kitano Tenjin engi emaki)
Japan
late 13th century
Robe (Kosode) with Shells and Sea Grasses , Embroidery and gold leaf on plain-weave silk patterned with warp floats, Japan

Robe (Kosode) with Shells and Sea Grasses

Japan
early 17th century
Portrait of Shun'oku Myōha, Unidentified artist Japanese, Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, Japan
Portrait of Shun'oku Myōha
Unidentified artist
ca. 1383
Fudō Myōō, the Immovable Wisdom King (Achala Vidyaraja), Kaikei Japanese, Japanese cypress with lacquer, color, gold, cut gold leaf (kirikane), and inlaid crystal eyes, Japan
Fudō Myōō, the Immovable Wisdom King (Achala Vidyaraja)
Kaikei
early 13th century
Female Shinto Deity, Japanese bigleaf magnolia with traces of color, Japan
Female Shinto Deity
Japan
ca. mid-11th–mid-12th century
Night Rain at the Double-Shelf Stand, from the series Eight Parlor Views (Zashiki hakkei), Suzuki Harunobu Japanese, Woodblock print (first edition); ink and colors on paper, medium-sized print (chuban), Japan
Night Rain at the Double-Shelf Stand, from the series Eight Parlor Views (Zashiki hakkei)
Suzuki Harunobu
ca. 1766
Irises at Yatsuhashi (Eight Bridges), Ogata Kōrin Japanese, Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on gold leaf on paper, Japan
Irises at Yatsuhashi (Eight Bridges)
Ogata Kōrin
after 1709
Zaō Gongen, Gilt bronze with incised decoration, Japan
Zaō Gongen
Japan
11th century
Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), or The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei) , Katsushika Hokusai Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan

Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), or The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1830–32
Gibbons in a Landscape, Sesson Shūkei 雪村周継 Japanese, Pair of six-panel screens; ink on paper, Japan
Gibbons in a Landscape
Sesson Shūkei 雪村周継
ca. 1570
Sake Ewer (Hisage) with Chrysanthemums and Paulownia Crests in Alternating Fields, Lacquered wood with gold hiramaki-e and e-nashiji (“pear-skin picture”) on black ground, Japan
Sake Ewer (Hisage) with Chrysanthemums and Paulownia Crests in Alternating Fields
Japan
early 17th century
Rough Waves, Ogata Kōrin Japanese, Two-panel folding screen; ink, color, and gold leaf on paper, Japan
Rough Waves
Ogata Kōrin
ca. 1704–9
The Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals, Studio of Kano Takanobu Japanese, Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gold, and silver on paper, Japan
The Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals
Studio of Kano Takanobu
Konoe Nobutada
early 17th century
Robe (Kosode) with Floral Roundels, Figured satin-weave silk with tie-dyeing, silk embroidery, and couched gold thread, Japan
Robe (Kosode) with Floral Roundels
Japan
ca. 1670s
Sutra Box (Kyōbako) with Sun and Clouds, Lacquered wood with gold hiramaki-e; gilt bronze fittings, Japan
Sutra Box (Kyōbako) with Sun and Clouds
Japan
late 14th–early 15th century
”Abiding nowhere, the awakened mind arises”, Musō Soseki Japanese, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Japan
”Abiding nowhere, the awakened mind arises”
Musō Soseki
early to mid-14th century
Daoist Master Fei Zhangfang, Sesson Shūkei Japanese, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Japan
Daoist Master Fei Zhangfang
Sesson Shūkei
ca. 1555–61
Cosmetic Box (Tebako) with Chrysanthemum Flowers, Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, gold, silver foil application on nashiji ground; gilt bronze fittings, Japan
Cosmetic Box (Tebako) with Chrysanthemum Flowers
Japan
first half of the 15th century
Koto (箏), Metalwork by Goto Teijo, 9th generation Goto master, Japan Japanese, Various woods, ivory and tortoiseshell inlays, gold and silver inlays, metalwork, cloth, laquer, paper,, Japanese
Koto (箏)
Metalwork by Goto Teijo, 9th generation Goto master, Japan
Gotō Yūjō
early 17th century
The Kawachirō Restaurant, Shitaya Hirokōji (Shitaya Hirokōji, Kawachirō), from the series A Collection of Famous Restaurants of Edo (Edo Kōmei Kaitei Zukushi), Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese, Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan
The Kawachirō Restaurant, Shitaya Hirokōji (Shitaya Hirokōji, Kawachirō), from the series A Collection of Famous Restaurants of Edo (Edo Kōmei Kaitei Zukushi)
Utagawa Hiroshige
ca. 1838–40
Wedding ensemble with cranes, pines, and rising-cloud patterns, Crepe silk with resist-dyed patterns and gold-and-silk thread embroidery, Japan
Wedding ensemble with cranes, pines, and rising-cloud patterns
Japan
early 20th century
Storage Jar (Tsubo, Stoneware with natural ash glaze (Echizen ware), Japan
Storage Jar (Tsubo
Japan
12th century
Noh Robe (Karaori) with Pattern of Bamboo and Young Pines on Bands of Red and White, Twill-weave silk with resist-dyed warps, supplementary weft patterning in silk, and gold-leaf paper strips (karaori), Japan
Noh Robe (Karaori) with Pattern of Bamboo and Young Pines on Bands of Red and White
Japan
first half 19th century
Dish with Bamboo Leaves, Ogata Kenzan (?) Japanese, Stoneware painted with cream slip, cobalt blue, and iron brown under transparent glaze; gold lacquer repairs, Japan
Dish with Bamboo Leaves
Ogata Kenzan
18th century
One from set of five squared food vessels (mukōzuke) for tea-gathering meal, Stoneware with iron-oxide and copper green overglaze decoration (Mino ware, Yashichida Oribe type), Japan
One from set of five squared food vessels (mukōzuke) for tea-gathering meal
Japan
early 17th century
One from set of five squared food vessels (mukōzuke) for tea-gathering meal, Stoneware with iron-oxide and copper green overglaze decoration (Mino ware, Yashichida Oribe type), Japan
One from set of five squared food vessels (mukōzuke) for tea-gathering meal
Japan
early 17th century
Freshwater Jar (Mizusashi) with the “Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove”, Porcelain with cobalt blue under transparent glaze; lacquer cover with porcelain knob (Hirado ware), Japan
Freshwater Jar (Mizusashi) with the “Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove”
Japan
second half 18th century
Freshwater Jar (Mizusashi) with Pines, Porcelain with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Hizen ware, Arita type), Japan
Freshwater Jar (Mizusashi) with Pines
Japan
ca. 1650s
Figure of a Seated Beauty, Porcelain with overglaze enamels (Hizen ware, Kakiemon type), Japan
Figure of a Seated Beauty
Japan
ca. 1670–90
Dish with Beans, Squash, and Eggplant, Porcelain with cobalt blue under transparent glaze and polychrome enamels over the glaze (Hizen ware, Nabeshima type), Japan
Dish with Beans, Squash, and Eggplant
Japan
late 17th–early 18th century
Four-Legged Jar (Yonsoku-tsubo), Stoneware with green glaze and relief decoration (Sanage ware), Japan
Four-Legged Jar (Yonsoku-tsubo)
Japan
9th century
Small Dish (Kozara) with Chinese Male Figure, Porcelain with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Hizen ware, Arita type), Japan
Small Dish (Kozara) with Chinese Male Figure
Japan
ca. 1620–30s