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"Twelve Japanese Screens"

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Essay

Edo-Period Japanese Porcelain

April 1, 2011

By Anna Willmann

The porcelain the Dutch brought to Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was some of the first Japanese art to which Europeans were exposed.
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Interiors Imagined: Folding Screens, Garments, and Clothing Stands

August 1, 2009

By Terry Satsuki Milhaupt

By recasting these screens as pictorialized versions of actual clothing stands laden with lavishly patterned garments, we can associate them more closely with interior furnishings and displays of wealth.
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Japanese Pottery and Porcelain, 1955

March 25, 2022
In this mesmerizing short film about Japanese pottery and porcelain, the human hand and machine work in harmony. Follow the creative process from start to finish—gathering and preparing raw clay, wedging, throwing, firing, glazing, and later presenting finished work in the showroom.
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editorial

The Art of Japanese Books

October 22, 2014

By Mindell Dubansky

Preservation Librarian Mindell Dubansky discusses a recent Japanese book symposium and workshop held at the Museum.
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Essay

Japanese Incense

March 1, 2009

By Monika Bincsik

The burning of expensive, rare incense woods on special occasions increased their value, and made them a “once in a lifetime” experience.
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Dear Met: Letters and Drawings Inspired by Japanese Art

June 21, 2017

By Skyla Choi

Skyla Choi, an associate producer in the Digital Department, shares letters and drawings from third graders about Japanese art at The Met.
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Essay

Japanese Illustrated Handscrolls

November 1, 2012

By Anna Willmann

Like a book, a handscroll is an intimate object that is held in the hands and is ideally viewed by only a few people at a time.
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I'll Be Your Mirror: Digitizing Japanese Illustrated Books

November 15, 2017

By Liz Legere

Library Associate Liz Legere discusses some of the Japanese illustrated books she recently digitized.
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Japanese Theater and Textiles

October 29, 2014

By Holly Phillips and Diane De Fazio

Associate Manager for Acquisitions Holly Phillips and volunteer Diane De Fazio discuss the new vitrine displays in Watson Library.
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Screen

Designed by Lockwood de Forest (American, New York 1850–1932 Santa Barbara, California)

Date: ca. 1881–90
Accession Number: 1992.43

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Screen

Eileen Gray (Irish, Enniscorthy 1879–1976 Paris)

Date: ca. 1922–25
Accession Number: 2023.614

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Blogs

The Rinpa Experience of Nature

How painters in Edo-period Japan reinvigorated artistic traditions and idealized the past.

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Art

Goose and Reeds; Willows in the Moonlight

Maruyama Ōkyo 円山応挙 (Japanese, 1733–1795)

Date: right screen: 1774; left screen: 1793
Accession Number: 2015.300.197.1, .2

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Gibbons in a Landscape

Sesson Shūkei 雪村周継 (ca. 1504–ca. 1589)

Date: ca. 1570
Accession Number: 1992.8.1, .2

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Ceremonial Arrowhead (Yanone)

Umetada Motoshige (Japanese, Edo period, died 1675)

Date: dated 1645
Accession Number: 32.75.339

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Helmet (Hoshi Kabuto) in the 13th Century Style

Date: late 17th or early 18th century
Accession Number: 17.221.18

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Helmet (Hoshi Kabuto) and Mask with Gorget

Date: late 17th or early 18th century
Accession Number: 17.221.18–.19

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Ceremonial Arrowhead (Yanone)

Umetada Motoshige (Japanese, Edo period, died 1675)

Date: dated 1645
Accession Number: 32.75.399

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Orchid Pavilion Gathering; Autumn Harvest Festival

Ike no Taiga (Japanese, 1723–1776)

Date: ca. 1763
Accession Number: 2015.300.163.1, .2