EditorialTsuji Yojiro, Japanese, Kama - Hot Water Kettle, kettle 16th century, lid possibly later, Kettle is iron, Lid is made of karakane, or Chinese metal, Overall: 9 1/4 ? 10 1/2 ? 10 1/2 inches (23.5 ? 26.7 ? 26.7 cm).
EditorialPanel with Kama and Rati, Rectangular panel with a representation in low relief. In two square fields the deities Kama (left, god of love) and Rati (goddess of sexual pleasure), on their riding animals, a parrot and a goose respectively. The performanc...
EditorialA Cauldron on a Moonlit Night (Tsukiyo no kama), from the series "One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi)". Tsukioka Yoshitoshi; Japanese, 1839-1892. Date: 1886. Dimensions: 37.5 x 25.4 cm (14 3/4 x 10 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin...
EditorialA Cauldron on a Moonlit Night (Tsukiyo no kama), from the series "One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi)". Tsukioka Yoshitoshi; Japanese, 1839-1892. Date: 1886. Dimensions: 37.5 x 25.4 cm (14 3/4 x 10 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin...
EditorialKama Shoots a Love Arrow at Shiva, page from a copy of the Gita-Gauri (Song of Gauri). India; Rajasthan, Mewar. Date: 1670-1685. Dimensions: Image: 23.2 x 19.7 cm (9 1/8 x 7 3/4 in.); Outermost Border: 27.4 x 21.2 cm (10 3/4 x 8 5/16 in.); Paper: 28.9 ...
EditorialVisvamitra's penance. Ramayana, Bala Kanda. Udaipur, 1712. The god Indra, fearing the power that Visvamitra would gain from his asceticisms, sends Kama the god of Love and the nymph Rambha to seduce him and thereby render his penance useless. Visvamitr...