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Editorial Scene from The Illustrated Sutra of Past and Present Karma (Kako genzai e-inga-kyo; Matsunaga Version).
Editorial Horseman in Snow, from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)". Katsushika Hokusai ?? ??; Japanese, 1760-1849. Date: 1828-1839. Dimensions: 50 x 22.4 cm. Color woodblock print; vertical nagaban. Origin: Japan.
Editorial Buddha Preaching, a section from the Illustrated Sutra of Past and Present Karma (Kako genzai inga kyo emaki).
Editorial Cockfight and camelias A set of folding screens (series title), Two parts of a miniature folding screen, on the left camelias, on the right cockfight with watching courtiers. With two poems, screen, folding screen, Ry?ry?kyo Shinsai (mentioned on objec...
Editorial Flower arranging, Children playing and two flower-arranging women in a room adjacent to a garden with blooming chrysanthemums. A third woman hangs a sign on which the name 'Hokus?an' is written. Top left and upside down under the entire performance, po...
Editorial Headdress and mask, A headdress in the shape of a rooster head (torika car) with a partially opened fan beside it and a red mask with a long nose, a mythical mountain creature (tengu). With three poems, mask, Ry?ry?kyo Shinsai (mentioned on object), Ja...
Editorial Leek in light snow Negi no awayuki (title on object), A dead duck with leeks. With three poems, water-birds: duck, (non-fruit) products or plants or trees: onion, Ry?ry?kyo Shinsai (mentioned on object), Japan, 1810 - 1815, paper, colour woodcut, h 141...
Editorial The Empress K?my?g? K?my?g? (title on object) Three beauties (series title) San bijin (series title on object), The Empress K?my?g? wrapped in a summery kimono (yukata) looks at a large path. K?my?g? was the wife of Emperor Sh?mu (701-756) and founded ...
Editorial Statuette of an ox, A statuette in black stone of a lying ox (nadeushi) on a pile of pillows on two boxes. Large and small silver coins lie on the floor, the large coins indicate the long months of the ox's new year, the small coins the short months. M...
Editorial Travelers at a shrine, Two travelers on a road that leads past a temple. A monk walks up the stairs to the K?shind?, a shrine for K?shin, the patron saint of travelers. With two poems., Ry?ry?kyo Shinsai (mentioned on object), Japan, 1800, paper, colou...
Editorial Tea bowl with floral scrolls, Stoneware tea bowl covered with a cream-colored glaze, blue enamel and painted in red, green and white. The lower part of the bowl is unglazed. The inside of the bowl is covered with a cream-colored glaze. The outside with...
Editorial The brocade shell Nishikigai (title on object) A comparison game of poems (series title) Kasen awase (series title on object), Still life of different kinds of fabric and a red children's vest with a pattern of white cranes. In the foreground next to t...
Editorial Album in a Slipcase, Leather-bound gold-on-cut booklet in cassette. On the first page the Rijkswapen, on the following second inscription above. On the following pages the signatures of the three members of the Japanese delegation in the Netherlands fr...
Editorial The first links: Sh?j? Ichiban hidari - Sh?j? (title on object) A comparison of chickens (series title) Niwatori awase (series title on object), Three packed rice wine (sake) barrels and a varnished bowl with the image of a dragon on a brocade cloth, i...
Editorial Fresh-water clam, Two women and a boy on New Year's Day on their way to a temple. One of the women is holding a bamboo cane on which wrapped gifts hang, the little boy carries the other side of the cane on his shoulder. It can be deduced from the poem ...
Editorial Three sake bowls, Three varnished rice wine (sake) saucers on crepe paper. One bowl is upside down, the other two are depicted with a carp and a dragon swimming up against a waterfall. This refers to the belief that carp that could swim against a certa...
Editorial Enjoying the evening breeze by the river in Shijo, Kyoto. Kyo Shijogawara yusuzumi (title on object), Three women and a boy by the bridge over the Kamo river, courtesan, looking over at waitress with cloth over her shoulder, looking at shinzo (courtesa...
Editorial Horseman in Snow, from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)". Katsushika Hokusai ?? ??; Japanese, 1760-1849. Date: 1828-1839. Dimensions: 50 x 22.4 cm. Color woodblock print; vertical nagaban. Origin: Japan.
Editorial Bai Juyi (Japanese: Hakurakuten), from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)". Katsushika Hokusai ?? ??; Japanese, 1760-1849. Date: 1828-1839. Dimensions: 51.1 x 23 cm (20 x 8 7/8 in.). Color woodblock print; vert...
Editorial Harumichi no Tsuraki, from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)". Katsushika Hokusai ?? ??; Japanese, 1760-1849. Date: 1828-1839. Dimensions: 53 x 23.7 cm (20 7/8 x 9 3/8 in.). Color woodblock print; vertical nag...
Editorial The Actor Onoe Kikugoro I as Kyo no Jiro in the play "Fujibumi Sakae Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the second month, 1763. Torii Kiyomitsu I; Japanese, 1735-1785. Date: 1763. Dimensions: 12 7/16 x 5 5/8 in. Color woodblock print; hosoban,...
Editorial The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I in a Shak-kyo Dance in the Play Aioi Jishi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1784. Katsukawa Shunko I; Japanese, 1743-1812. Date: 1779-1789. Dimensions: 32.1 x 14.8 cm (12 5/8 x 5 13/16 in.). Color wood...
Editorial Ogino Isaburo, from "A Triptych of Young Kabuki Actors: Kyoto, Center (Iroko sanpukutsui: Kyo, naka)". Okumura Masanobu; Japanese, 1686-1764. Date: 1718-1728. Dimensions: 31.7 x 14.9 cm. Hand-colored woodblock print; center sheet of hosoban triptych, u...
Editorial Sei Shonagon, from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)". Katsushika Hokusai ?? ??; Japanese, 1760-1849. Date: 1828-1838. Dimensions: 71.2 x 40.6 cm. Color woodblock print; vertical nagaban. Origin: Japan.
Editorial Enjoying the Evening Cool on the Riverbed at Shijo in Kyoto (Kyo Shijogawara yusuzumi), section of sheet no. 14 from the series "Cutouts for the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan tsugi harimaze)". Utagawa Hiroshige ?? ??; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1852. D...
Editorial Horseman in Snow, from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)". Katsushika Hokusai ?? ??; Japanese, 1760-1849. Date: 1828-1839. Dimensions: 50 x 22.4 cm. Color woodblock print; vertical nagaban. Origin: Japan.
Editorial The Actor Nakamura Noshio I in a "Shak-kyo Odori" (Stone Bridge Dance), in the Play Onna Aruji Hatsuyuki no Sekai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1773. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1768-1778. Dimensions: 3...
Editorial ??????, Scene from the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari e-maki), Edo period (1615?1868), mid-17th century, Japan, Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on paper, Overall with mounting: 13 7/8 ? 89 in. (35.2 ? 226.1 cm), Paintings, Kyo-Kano School, A sumptuou...
Editorial Courtesan on a crane, Courtesan with a long letter on a flying crane. She represents the Chinese immortal Kung Ho, who is usually depicted on a crane with a book. With three poems, shore birds and wading birds: crane, Ry?ry?kyo Shinsai (mentioned on ob...
Editorial Interior of a palace next to the beach A set of folding screens (series title), Two parts of a miniature folding screen. View of a palace with courtiers and on the left a beach with pine trees and flying cranes. The courtiers in the palace surround a y...
Editorial Minamoto no Yoshiie on horse and bird on branch A set of folding screens (series title), Two parts of a miniature folding screen: on the left a bird on a branch of cherry blossoms, to the right the warrior Minamoto no Yoshiie (1039-1106) on horseback w...
Editorial Sake bottles and carpentry tools, A still life of sake bottles and carpenter tools, among others from black lacquer. These ritual objects were probably used in a ceremony prior to construction work. The originator of this print lived in Mokuzaich?gashi...
Editorial Enjoying the Evening Cool on the Riverbed at Shijo in Kyoto (Kyo Shijogawara yusuzumi), section of sheet no. 14 from the series "Cutouts for the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan tsugi harimaze)". Utagawa Hiroshige ?? ??; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1852. D...
Editorial Imakumano in Kyoto, Yamashiro Province, No. 15 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei jugoban Yamashiro Kyo Imakumano), from the series "The Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)". Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III); Japanese, 1786-1864; Utagawa...
Editorial Li Bai (Japanese: Ri Haku), from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)". Katsushika Hokusai ?? ??; Japanese, 1760-1849. Date: 1828-1839. Dimensions: 50.1 x 21.7 cm (19 3/4 x 8 1/2 in.). Color woodblock print; vert...
Editorial Horseman in Snow, from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)". Katsushika Hokusai ?? ??; Japanese, 1760-1849. Date: 1828-1839. Dimensions: 50 x 22.4 cm. Color woodblock print; vertical nagaban. Origin: Japan.
Editorial Bai Juyi (Japanese: Hakurakuten), from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)". Katsushika Hokusai ?? ??; Japanese, 1760-1849. Date: 1828-1839. Dimensions: 51.1 x 23 cm (20 x 8 7/8 in.). Color woodblock print; vert...
Editorial Harumichi no Tsuraki, from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)". Katsushika Hokusai ?? ??; Japanese, 1760-1849. Date: 1828-1839. Dimensions: 53 x 23.7 cm (20 7/8 x 9 3/8 in.). Color woodblock print; vertical nag...
Editorial The Actor Onoe Kikugoro I as Kyo no Jiro in the play "Fujibumi Sakae Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the second month, 1763. Torii Kiyomitsu I; Japanese, 1735-1785. Date: 1763. Dimensions: 12 7/16 x 5 5/8 in. Color woodblock print; hosoban,...
Editorial The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro III as Kyo no Jiro Disguised as an Uiro (Panacea) Peddler from the Play Kagami-ga-ike Omokage Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1770. Ippitsusai Buncho; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1765-1775....
Editorial The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I in a Shak-kyo Dance in the Play Aioi Jishi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1784. Katsukawa Shunko I; Japanese, 1743-1812. Date: 1779-1789. Dimensions: 32.1 x 14.8 cm (12 5/8 x 5 13/16 in.). Color wood...
Editorial Ogino Isaburo, from "A Triptych of Young Kabuki Actors: Kyoto, Center (Iroko sanpukutsui: Kyo, naka)". Okumura Masanobu; Japanese, 1686-1764. Date: 1718-1728. Dimensions: 31.7 x 14.9 cm. Hand-colored woodblock print; center sheet of hosoban triptych, u...
Editorial Sei Shonagon, from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)". Katsushika Hokusai ?? ??; Japanese, 1760-1849. Date: 1828-1838. Dimensions: 71.2 x 40.6 cm. Color woodblock print; vertical nagaban. Origin: Japan.
Editorial Kyo Shi.
Editorial Haguro Mirror (Haguro kyo) with Birds and Flowers by a Stream.
Editorial Drawing the First Water of the New Year.
Editorial Scene from The Illustrated Sutra of Past and Present Karma (Kako genzai e-inga-kyo; Matsunaga Version).
Editorial Buddha Preaching, a section from the Illustrated Sutra of Past and Present Karma (Kako genzai inga kyo emaki).
Editorial Tsuten-kyo Bridge, Tofuku Temple, Kyoto (Kyoto Tofukuji Tsutenkyo bashi) from the series One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei), 1859, Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu), Japanese, 1826?1869, Japan, Color woodblock print.
Editorial Horseman in Snow, from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)". Katsushika Hokusai ?? ??; Japanese, 1760-1849. Date: 1828-1839. Dimensions: 50 x 22.4 cm. Color woodblock print; vertical nagaban. Origin: Japan.
Editorial Kyoto: Sanjo Bridge (Kyo, Sanjobashi), from the series "Fifty-three Stations [of the Tokaido] (Gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Figure Tokaido (Jinbutsu Tokaido). Utagawa Hiroshige ?? ??; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1852. Dimensions: . Color woodblock...
Editorial Enjoying the Evening Cool on the Riverbed at Shijo in Kyoto (Kyo Shijogawara yusuzumi), section of sheet no. 14 from the series "Cutouts for the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan tsugi harimaze)". Utagawa Hiroshige ?? ??; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1852. D...
Editorial Imakumano in Kyoto, Yamashiro Province, No. 15 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei jugoban Yamashiro Kyo Imakumano), from the series "The Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)". Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III); Japanese, 1786-1864; Utagawa...
Editorial Horseman in Snow, from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)". Katsushika Hokusai ?? ??; Japanese, 1760-1849. Date: 1828-1839. Dimensions: 50 x 22.4 cm. Color woodblock print; vertical nagaban. Origin: Japan.
Editorial Altar High Chair (Kyo-Yi), 1800s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910). Pine nut wood; overall: 128.4 x 52 cm (50 9/16 x 20 1/2 in.).
Editorial Kyoto: The Imperial Palace (Kyo, Dairi), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido). Utagawa Hiroshige ?? ??; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1832-1847. Dimensions: ...
Editorial The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro III as Kyo no Jiro Disguised as an Uiro (Panacea) Peddler from the Play Kagami-ga-ike Omokage Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1770. Ippitsusai Buncho; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1765-1775....
Editorial The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I in a Shak-kyo Dance in the Play Aioi Jishi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1784. Katsukawa Shunko I; Japanese, 1743-1812. Date: 1779-1789. Dimensions: 32.1 x 14.8 cm (12 5/8 x 5 13/16 in.). Color wood...
Editorial Ogino Isaburo, from "A Triptych of Young Kabuki Actors: Kyoto, Center (Iroko sanpukutsui: Kyo, naka)". Okumura Masanobu; Japanese, 1686-1764. Date: 1718-1728. Dimensions: 31.7 x 14.9 cm. Hand-colored woodblock print; center sheet of hosoban triptych, u...
Editorial Sei Shonagon, from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)". Katsushika Hokusai ?? ??; Japanese, 1760-1849. Date: 1828-1838. Dimensions: 71.2 x 40.6 cm. Color woodblock print; vertical nagaban. Origin: Japan.
Editorial Kyoto: Sanjo Bridge (Kyo, Sanjobashi), from the series "Fifty-three Stations [of the Tokaido] (Gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Figure Tokaido (Jinbutsu Tokaido). Utagawa Hiroshige ?? ??; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1852. Dimensions: . Color woodblock...
Editorial Enjoying the Evening Cool on the Riverbed at Shijo in Kyoto (Kyo Shijogawara yusuzumi), section of sheet no. 14 from the series "Cutouts for the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan tsugi harimaze)". Utagawa Hiroshige ?? ??; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1852. D...
Editorial Imakumano in Kyoto, Yamashiro Province, No. 15 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei jugoban Yamashiro Kyo Imakumano), from the series "The Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)". Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III); Japanese, 1786-1864; Utagawa...
Editorial Li Bai (Japanese: Ri Haku), from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)". Katsushika Hokusai ?? ??; Japanese, 1760-1849. Date: 1828-1839. Dimensions: 50.1 x 21.7 cm (19 3/4 x 8 1/2 in.). Color woodblock print; vert...
Editorial Horseman in Snow, from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)". Katsushika Hokusai ?? ??; Japanese, 1760-1849. Date: 1828-1839. Dimensions: 50 x 22.4 cm. Color woodblock print; vertical nagaban. Origin: Japan.
Editorial Bai Juyi (Japanese: Hakurakuten), from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)". Katsushika Hokusai ?? ??; Japanese, 1760-1849. Date: 1828-1839. Dimensions: 51.1 x 23 cm (20 x 8 7/8 in.). Color woodblock print; vert...
Editorial Harumichi no Tsuraki, from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)". Katsushika Hokusai ?? ??; Japanese, 1760-1849. Date: 1828-1839. Dimensions: 53 x 23.7 cm (20 7/8 x 9 3/8 in.). Color woodblock print; vertical nag...
Editorial The Actor Onoe Kikugoro I as Kyo no Jiro in the play "Fujibumi Sakae Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the second month, 1763. Torii Kiyomitsu I; Japanese, 1735-1785. Date: 1763. Dimensions: 12 7/16 x 5 5/8 in. Color woodblock print; hosoban,...
Editorial The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro III as Kyo no Jiro Disguised as an Uiro (Panacea) Peddler from the Play Kagami-ga-ike Omokage Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1770. Ippitsusai Buncho; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1765-1775....
Editorial The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I in a Shak-kyo Dance in the Play Aioi Jishi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1784. Katsukawa Shunko I; Japanese, 1743-1812. Date: 1779-1789. Dimensions: 32.1 x 14.8 cm (12 5/8 x 5 13/16 in.). Color wood...
Editorial Ogino Isaburo, from "A Triptych of Young Kabuki Actors: Kyoto, Center (Iroko sanpukutsui: Kyo, naka)". Okumura Masanobu; Japanese, 1686-1764. Date: 1718-1728. Dimensions: 31.7 x 14.9 cm. Hand-colored woodblock print; center sheet of hosoban triptych, u...
Editorial Sei Shonagon, from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)". Katsushika Hokusai ?? ??; Japanese, 1760-1849. Date: 1828-1838. Dimensions: 71.2 x 40.6 cm. Color woodblock print; vertical nagaban. Origin: Japan.
Editorial Scene from The Illustrated Sutra of Past and Present Karma (Kako genzai e-inga-kyo; Matsunaga Version).
Editorial Kyo Shi.
Editorial Drawing the First Water of the New Year.
Editorial Buddha Preaching, a section from the Illustrated Sutra of Past and Present Karma (Kako genzai inga kyo emaki).
Editorial Kyo Shi.
Editorial Drawing the First Water of the New Year.
Editorial Detached Segment of Kengu Kyo Sutra (Buddhist Scripture), Known as "Ojomu". Date/Period: Nara period, 8th century. Calligraphy. Ink on paper. Height: 275 mm (10.82 in); Width: 77 mm (3.03 in).
Editorial MYOHORENGE-KYO SUTRA. Date/Period: 1100/1200.
Editorial Kyo Shi.
Editorial Haguro Mirror (Haguro kyo) with Birds and Flowers by a Stream.
Editorial Drawing the First Water of the New Year.
Editorial Scene from The Illustrated Sutra of Past and Present Karma (Kako genzai e-inga-kyo; Matsunaga Version).
Editorial Buddha Preaching, a section from the Illustrated Sutra of Past and Present Karma (Kako genzai inga kyo emaki).
Editorial ????? ??, Ri Haku from the series Mirrors of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo), Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1832, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 20 3/8 x 9 in. (51.8 x 22.9 cm), Prints, Katsushika Hokusai (Japa...
Editorial Life of Nichiren: A Vision of Prayer on the Waves, Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1835, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 8 7/8 x 13 3/4 in. (22.5 x 34.9 cm), Prints, Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797?1861), The story of the life ...
Editorial ??????, Scene from the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari e-maki), Edo period (1615?1868), mid-17th century, Japan, Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on paper, Overall with mounting: 13 7/8 ? 89 in. (35.2 ? 226.1 cm), Paintings, Kyo-Kano School, A sumptuou...
Editorial Ri Haku. From the series Mirrors of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo).