EditorialTonosawa in Hakone Hakone Tonosawa (title on object), View of an inn on a river over which a bridge, mountains against a blue sky in the background. Tonosawa is traditionally a place that is visited because of the many hot water springs (onsen)., Hiros...
EditorialSaucer with a whaling scene, Porcelain dish, painted on the glaze in blue, red, yellow, black and gold. On the front a representation of whale hunting with a sloop with three men, one of which is firing on a polar bear, behind them two sloops with crew...
EditorialDiorama of a Slave Dance Diorama of a Slave Dance Diorama of a slave dance Diorama of a slave dance, The wooden case has a rising bottom and a curved back and top on the inside. The back wall is covered with painted paper with a forest and a blue sky w...
EditorialPlate with a dragon and a butterfly on the shelf, Plate of earthenware with blue transfer decor, with muffle colors and ocher cluster. On the shelf a representation of a house with garden, in which a butterfly and a dragon. In the sky are the moon and ...
EditorialBizhan. Shahnama of Firdawsi, with 23 miniatures. Shiraz, Iran, 1560. The victorious Bizhan carrying the severed head of Palashan and leading his horse. Pale landscape with stream, blue sky, tents in the background. The horses have plumed chanfrons, an...
EditorialA girl suckling a baby. The girl stands beneath a little tree, with the baby sitting on the knee of her right leg which is placed on a stool; an attendant girl faces her. There is a dark green background with blue and white sky above. Rajasthan, c.1640...
EditorialIkhlas Khan. Bijapur, c.1640. Ikhlas Khan, an Abyssinian officer in the service of the 'Adil Shahi dynasty, facing left, stands in a field holding a straight sword in his right hand, and resting his left hand on the black shield at his side. Two 'talwa...
EditorialBizhan. Shahnama of Firdawsi, with 23 miniatures. Shiraz, Iran, 1560. The victorious Bizhan carrying the severed head of Palashan and leading his horse. Pale landscape with stream, blue sky, tents in the background. The horses have plumed chanfrons, an...
EditorialA girl suckling a baby. The girl stands beneath a little tree, with the baby sitting on the knee of her right leg which is placed on a stool; an attendant girl faces her. There is a dark green background with blue and white sky above. Rajasthan, c.1640...
EditorialIkhlas Khan. Bijapur, c.1640. Ikhlas Khan, an Abyssinian officer in the service of the 'Adil Shahi dynasty, facing left, stands in a field holding a straight sword in his right hand, and resting his left hand on the black shield at his side. Two 'talwa...
EditorialViewing the Sunset over Ryogoku Bridge from the Onmaya Embankment (Onmayagashi yori Ryogokubashi sekiyo o miru), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei).