EditorialThe Soga Brothers Cutting Down Ten [Retainers of Kudo Suketsune] (Soga juban kiri no zu), Utagawa Kunisada ???? (Japanese, 1786-1864), Edo, about 1832, ink on paper, color woodblock print, 14 x 9-3/4 in. (image, trimmed at right and bottom margins), Si...
EditorialBaptismal Bowl with Christian Design of Cross and Insignia of the Society of Jesus: Hagi Ware, c. 1600. Japan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Momoyama Period, 1573-1615. Glazed stoneware, Waridawara type ; diameter: 31.2 cm (12 5/16 in.); overall: 23.9 x 31.8 c...
EditorialBaptismal Bowl with Christian Design of Cross and Insignia of the Society of Jesus: Hagi Ware, c. 1600. Japan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Momoyama Period, 1573-1615. Glazed stoneware, Waridawara type ; diameter: 31.2 cm (12 5/16 in.); overall: 23.9 x 31.8 c...
EditorialIllustrations Showing the Wearing of Arms and Armor, Edo period (1615?1868), 1848, Japan, Ink and color on paper, 13 1/4 ? 9 1/4 ? 1/4 in. (33.7 ? 23.5 ? 0.6 cm), Illustrated Books, Yamaguchi Bisu.