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Record of a haiku exchange on kaishi writing paper, Matsuo Bashō Japanese, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Japan
Record of a haiku exchange on kaishi writing paper
Matsuo Bashō
second half of the 17th century
Poetry Painting, Matsuo Bashō Japanese, Ink wash and color on paper, Japan
Poetry Painting
Matsuo Bashō
17th century
“The names of things” haiku, Matsuo Bashō Japanese, Shikishi mounted as hanging scroll: ink on paper decorated with gold, Japan
“The names of things” haiku
Matsuo Bashō
Portrait of the Poet Matsuo Bashō (?), Katsushika Hokusai Japanese, Ink on paper, Japan
Portrait of the Poet Matsuo Bashō (?)
Katsushika Hokusai
18th–19th century
Letter to Yamagishi Hanzan, Matsuo Bashō 松尾芭蕉 Japanese, Letter mounted as a hanging scroll: ink on paper, Japan
Letter to Yamagishi Hanzan
Matsuo Bashō 松尾芭蕉
dated 1685 (Jōkyō 2)
Hokku poem “On a withered branch” , Matsuo Bashō 松尾芭蕉 Japanese, Poetry slip (tanzaku) mounted as a hanging scroll: ink on paper decorated with gold, Japan

Hokku poem “On a withered branch”

Matsuo Bashō 松尾芭蕉
probably 1680s
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (1791–1859) in the Role of Konoshita Tokichi from the Scene "Mountain Gate" in the Play Yakko Yakko Edo Hanayari, Utagawa Kunisada Japanese, Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, Japan
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (1791–1859) in the Role of Konoshita Tokichi from the Scene "Mountain Gate" in the Play Yakko Yakko Edo Hanayari
Utagawa Kunisada
1819
Swallows and Budding Wild Cherry, Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese, Woodblock print, Japan
Swallows and Budding Wild Cherry
Utagawa Hiroshige
ca. 1835
Warbler on a Plum Branch , Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese, Woodblock print, Japan

Warbler on a Plum Branch

Utagawa Hiroshige
ca. 1835
Paintings and Calligraphy by Literati of Iga Ueno, Fifty-six artists, Eight-panel folding screen; ink on paper, ink and color on paper, ink and color on silk, Japan
Paintings and Calligraphy by Literati of Iga Ueno
Fifty-six artists
early 19th century
The Thirty-six Immortals of Haikai Verse (Haikai sanjūrokkasen) 俳諧三十六歌僊, Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 Japanese, Woodblock printed book; ink with hand-coloring on paper, Japan
The Thirty-six Immortals of Haikai Verse (Haikai sanjūrokkasen) 俳諧三十六歌僊
Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村
1799, (Kansei 11)
The Thirty-six Immortals of Poetry (Sanjūrokkasen) 三十六歌仙, Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 Japanese, Woodblock printed book; ink on paper, Japan
The Thirty-six Immortals of Poetry (Sanjūrokkasen) 三十六歌仙
Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村
1799 (published posthumously)
Japanese Historical Figures, Tomioka Tessai Japanese, Pair of six-fold screens: ink and color on paper, Japan
Japanese Historical Figures
Tomioka Tessai
ca. 1890
Letter, Shiba Sonome 斯波園女 Japanese, Letter mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on paper, Japan
Letter
Shiba Sonome 斯波園女
1696
Banana Leaves, Itō Jakuchū 伊藤若冲 Japanese, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Japan
Banana Leaves
Itō Jakuchū 伊藤若冲
1790s
Nakamura Nakazo II as Matsuo-maru, Utagawa Toyokuni I Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan
Nakamura Nakazo II as Matsuo-maru
Utagawa Toyokuni I
1796
Plantain and Bird in Snow, Kano Sōshū 狩野宗秀 Japanese, Fan-shaped painting mounted on a hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold leaf on paper, Japan
Plantain and Bird in Snow
Kano Sōshū 狩野宗秀
late 16th century
Child's Robe, Banana fiber (basho), cotton, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
Child's Robe
Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
19th century
Passage from “A Modern-Day Wen Xuan: Selections of Refined Literature”, Morikawa Kyoriku (Kyoroku) 森川許六 Japanese, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Japan
Passage from “A Modern-Day Wen Xuan: Selections of Refined Literature”
Morikawa Kyoriku (Kyoroku) 森川許六
after 1705
Kabuki Actors Ichikawa Yaozō II, Nakajima Mihoemon II, Ichikawa Ebizō III, and Ichimura Uzaemon IX in the Play Sugawara’s Secrets of Calligraphy (Sugawara denju tenarai kagami), Katsukawa Shunshō　勝川春章 Japanese, One sheet of a triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan
Kabuki Actors Ichikawa Yaozō II, Nakajima Mihoemon II, Ichikawa Ebizō III, and Ichimura Uzaemon IX in the Play Sugawara’s Secrets of Calligraphy (Sugawara denju tenarai kagami)
Katsukawa Shunshō　勝川春章
7th month, 1776
Small Birds of the Ocean (Ai-kōzaa umi tōiguwaa) Kimono
Taira Toshiko
1996
Taihu Rock and Banana Plant, Takahashi Sōhei Japanese, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Japan
Taihu Rock and Banana Plant
Takahashi Sōhei
1831
Batsu or Hatsu, Brass, Japanese
Batsu or Hatsu
Japanese
19th century
Guitar, Matteo Sellas German, active Italy, Spruce, bone, parchment, snakewood, ivory, Italian
Guitar
Matteo Sellas
ca. 1630–50
Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Autumn Grasses and Moon, Unryūan (Kitamura Tatsuō) Japanese, Lacquered wood with gold takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashimaki-e, cut-out gold foil application, and mother-of-pearl inlay, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Autumn Grasses and Moon
Unryūan (Kitamura Tatsuō)
2014
Sword Guard (Tsuba), Kanō Natsuo Japanese, Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, copper, Japanese
Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Kanō Natsuo
19th century
"Red-Headed Vulture and Long-Billed Vulture", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, Mansur, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
"Red-Headed Vulture and Long-Billed Vulture", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album
Mansur
Mir 'Ali Haravi
verso: ca. 1615–20; recto: ca. 1535–45
Opera nova composta per Domenico da Sera detto il Franciosino : dove si insegna a tutte le nobili & leggiadre giovenette di lavorare di ogni sorte di pñti, cusire, recamare, & far tutte qlle belle opere, che si appartengono alle virtuose fanciulle, e qua si dilettano di far cō le sue mani alcuna gentilezza, & e anchora molto utile a gli tessadri, che sogliono lavorare di seta, Matteo Pagano Italian
Opera nova composta per Domenico da Sera detto il Franciosino : dove si insegna a tutte le nobili & leggiadre giovenette di lavorare di ogni sorte di pñti, cusire, recamare, & far tutte qlle belle opere, che si appartengono alle virtuose fanciulle, e qua si dilettano di far cō le sue mani alcuna gentilezza, & e anchora molto utile a gli tessadri, che sogliono lavorare di seta
Multiple artists/makers
1879
Batsu, Bronze, Japanese
Batsu
Japanese
late 19th century
a-Mantsho-ña-Tshol (master of medicine) headdress, Baga artist, Wood (Pterocarpus erinaceus), pigment, Baga peoples
a-Mantsho-ña-Tshol (master of medicine) headdress
Baga artist
19th–first half of 20th century
a-Mantsho-ña-Tshol (master of medicine) headdress, Baga artist, Wood (Vitex doniana), pigment, Baga
a-Mantsho-ña-Tshol (master of medicine) headdress
Baga artist
19th–first half of 20th century
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar) with twisted handles, Matsch Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar) with twisted handles
Matsch Painter
ca. 480 BCE
Clouds, large plate with trailed glaze, Shimaoka Tatsuzō Japanese, Stoneware with slip inlay and trailed glaze design, Japan
Clouds, large plate with trailed glaze
Shimaoka Tatsuzō
1991
Box in the Shape of an Object Wrapped with a Polka-Dot Textile Wrapper (Furoshiki), Matsuda Yuriko Japanese, Porcelain with polychrome enamels and gold over transparent glaze, Japan
Box in the Shape of an Object Wrapped with a Polka-Dot Textile Wrapper (Furoshiki)
Matsuda Yuriko
1998
Self-Portrait as a Photographer, Yasuo Kuniyoshi American, born Japan, Oil on canvas
Self-Portrait as a Photographer
Yasuo Kuniyoshi
1924
Mitsu Yoshida, Cornelia Ellis Hildebrandt American, Watercolor on ivory, American
Mitsu Yoshida
Cornelia Ellis Hildebrandt
ca. 1932
Portrait of a Man, possibly Matteo di Sebastiano di Bernardino Gozzadini, Maestro delle Storie del Pane, Tempera on wood
Portrait of a Man, possibly Matteo di Sebastiano di Bernardino Gozzadini
Maestro delle Storie del Pane
1494(?)
Self-Portrait (after Matteo), R.B. Kitaj American, Soft ground etching on red paper
Self-Portrait (after Matteo)
R.B. Kitaj
Aldo Crommelynck
1982–83
A Musical Party, Gabriël Metsu Dutch, Oil on canvas
A Musical Party
Gabriël Metsu
1659
A Woman Seated at a Window, Gabriël Metsu Dutch, Oil on wood
A Woman Seated at a Window
Gabriël Metsu
early 1660s
Sword Guard (Tsuba), Kanō Natsuo Japanese, Copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, silver, copper, Japanese
Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Kanō Natsuo
紫原壽良画 Murasakibara Toshiyoshi
mid-19th century
Knife Handle (Kozuka), Kanō Natsuo Japanese, Copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), silver, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), Japanese
Knife Handle (Kozuka)
Kanō Natsuo
mid-19th century