EditorialWomen playing musical instruments. Hachikazuki ('Tale of Hachikazuki'). early Edo period (1640-1680). From a manuscript telling the story of a princess forced to wear a bowl on her head and later finding fame and fortune through the divine help of the ...
EditorialJapanese women on a verandah. Hachikazuki ('Tale of Hachikazuki'). early Edo period (1640-1680). From a manuscript telling the story of a princess forced to wear a bowl on her head and later finding fame and fortune through the divine help of the godde...
EditorialJapanese noble family. Hachikazuki ('Tale of Hachikazuki'). early Edo period (1640-1680). From a manuscript telling the story of a princess forced to wear a bowl on her head and later finding fame and fortune through the divine help of the goddess Kann...
EditorialMen sitting on a verandah. Hachikazuki ('Tale of Hachikazuki'). early Edo period (1640-1680). From a manuscript telling the story of a princess forced to wear a bowl on her head and later finding fame and fortune through the divine help of the goddess ...
EditorialPlaying musical instruments. Hachikazuki ('Tale of Hachikazuki'). early Edo period (1640-1680). Japanese women playing musical instruments. From a manuscript telling the story of a princess forced to wear a bowl on her head and later finding fame and f...
EditorialWoman with a bowl on her head. Hachikazuki ('Tale of Hachikazuki'). early Edo period (1640-1680). From a manuscript telling the story of a princess forced to wear a bowl on her head and later finding fame and fortune through the divine help of the godd...
EditorialMen and women wearing kimonos. Hachikazuki ('Tale of Hachikazuki'). early Edo period (1640-1680). From a manuscript telling the story of a princess forced to wear a bowl on her head and later finding fame and fortune through the divine help of the godd...
EditorialPeople at a table with, money. Hachikazuki ('Tale of Hachikazuki'). early Edo period (1640-1680). From a manuscript telling the story of a princess forced to wear a bowl on her head and later finding fame and fortune through the divine help of the godd...
EditorialWoman lighting a fire. Hachikazuki ('Tale of Hachikazuki'). early Edo period (1640-1680). From a manuscript telling the story of a princess forced to wear a bowl on her head and later finding fame and fortune through the divine help of the goddess Kann...
EditorialWoman crossing a bridge. Hachikazuki ('Tale of Hachikazuki'). early Edo period (1640-1680). From a manuscript telling the story of a princess forced to wear a bowl on her head and later finding fame and fortune through the divine help of the goddess Ka...
EditorialPraying at a Buddhist altar. Hachikazuki ('Tale of Hachikazuki'). early Edo period (1640-1680). From a manuscript telling the story of a princess forced to wear a bowl on her head and later finding fame and fortune through the divine help of the goddes...
EditorialJapanese ladies and a palanquin. Hachikazuki ('Tale of Hachikazuki'). early Edo period (1640-1680). From a manuscript telling the story of a princess forced to wear a bowl on her head and later finding fame and fortune through the divine help of the go...
EditorialKiyotaki Kannon Waterfall at Sakanoshita on the Tokaido (Tokaido Sakanoshita Kiyotaki kannon), from the series A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri).
EditorialA Votive Picture to Be Donated to the Kannon of Asakusa (Asakusa Kannon ho kakegaku no zu), by Takigawa of the Ogiya, Kamuro Menami and Onami, with Tomikawa, Kumegawa, Tamagawa, Tsugawa, Utagawa, and Kiyokawa.
EditorialKiyotaki Kannon Waterfall at Sakanoshita on the Tokaido (Tokaido Sakanoshita Kiyotaki kannon), from the series A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri).
Editorial?????, White-Robed Kannon, Nanbokucho period (1336?92), 14th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink on silk, 44 3/5 x 20 3/8 in. (113.3 x 51.8 cm), Paintings, Avalokiteshvara, or Kannon in Japanese, one of the most important bodhisattvas in Mahayana Buddh...
Editorial?????????, Portable Shrine with the Horse-Headed Kannon, Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1620, Japan, Fruitwood with cut-out gold; lacquered case with maki-e decoration, Portable shrine: H. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm); W. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); D. 3 in. (7.6 cm), Scu...
Editorial?????, White-Robed Kannon, Meiji period (1868?1912), ca. 1887, Japan, Album leaf; ink and color on silk, 14 3/8 x 11 in. (36.5 x 27.9 cm), Paintings, Kawanabe Kyosai (Japanese, 1831?1889).
EditorialEleven-Headed Kannon on Mount Fudaraka, ????????, Kamakura period (1185?1333), 13th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, Image: 42 1/2 ? 16 1/8 in. (108 ? 41 cm), Paintings, Described in the sutras as a mountainous island in th...
Editorial?????, White-Robed Kannon, Kamakura period (1185?1333), 13th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, Image: 29 1/2 ? 15 3/8 in. (74.9 ? 39.1 cm), Paintings, This graceful frontal view of Kannon (Sanskrit: Pandaravasini) emphasizes the de...
Editorial?????? ?????, Kinryusan Temple at Asakusa, from the series 'One Hundred Famous Views of Edo', Edo period (1615?1868), 1856, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 14 1/16 in. (35.7 cm); W. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm), Prints, Utagawa Hir...
Editorial????? ?????? ???????, Kiyotaki Kannon Waterfall at Sakanoshita on the Tokaido (Tokaido Sakanoshita Kiyotaki kannon), from the series A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri), Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1832, Japan, Polychrome wo...
Editorial????? ?????? ???????, Kiyotaki Kannon Waterfall at Sakanoshita on the Tokaido (Tokaido Sakanoshita Kiyotaki kannon), from the series A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri), Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1832, Japan, Polychrome wo...
Editorial?????, White-Robed Kannon, Muromachi period (1392?1573), 15th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink on silk, Image: 32 7/8 in. ? 71 in. (83.5 ? 180.3 cm), Paintings, The painted dragon and tiger, animals symbolic of yin and yang in Chinese iconography, f...
EditorialSanjusangen-do or Hall of the Lotus King, Buddhist temple near Kyoto. Home of the Thousand Armed Kannon. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moder...
EditorialKyoto sanjusangendo no zu, View of Sanjusangendo in Kyoto., Utagawa, Toyoharu, 1735-1814, artist, [between 1764 and 1772], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 24.4 x 36.5 cm., Print shows a wooden building, Sanjusangendo, a Buddhist temple housing 1001 statues ...
EditorialTajima, Ando, Hiroshige, 1797-1858, artist, 1854., 1 print : woodcut, color ; 34.6 x 24.1 cm., Print shows the cave temple of Kannon, the merciful goddess or goddess of the cave, in the Iwai Valley, Tajima Province.
EditorialKyoto sanjusangendo no zu, View of Sanjusangendo in Kyoto., Utagawa, Toyoharu, 1735-1814, artist, [between 1764 and 1772], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 24.4 x 36.5 cm., Print shows a wooden building, Sanjusangendo, a Buddhist temple housing 1001 statues ...
EditorialTajima, Ando, Hiroshige, 1797-1858, artist, 1854., 1 print : woodcut, color ; 34.6 x 24.1 cm., Print shows the cave temple of Kannon, the merciful goddess or goddess of the cave, in the Iwai Valley, Tajima Province.
EditorialKyoto sanjusangendo no zu, View of Sanjusangendo in Kyoto., Utagawa, Toyoharu, 1735-1814, artist, [between 1764 and 1772], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 23.8 x 38.2 cm., Print shows a wooden building, Sanjusangendo, a Buddhist temple housing 1001 statues ...
EditorialKazusa kasamori dera iwatsukuri kannon, Stone image of the Bodhisattva of Mercy at Kasamori Temple in Kazusa., Utagawa, Hiroshige, 1842?-1894, artist, 1859., 1 print : woodcut, color ; 37.1 x 25 cm., Print shows a temple built on stilts on the peak of ...
EditorialKazusa kasamori dera iwatsukuri kannon, Stone image of the Bodhisattva of Mercy at Kasamori Temple in Kazusa., Utagawa, Hiroshige, 1842?-1894, artist, 1859., 1 print : woodcut, color ; 37.1 x 25 cm., Print shows a temple built on stilts on the peak of ...
EditorialKyoto sanjusangendo no zu, View of Sanjusangendo in Kyoto., Utagawa, Toyoharu, 1735-1814, artist, [between 1764 and 1772], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 23.8 x 38.2 cm., Print shows a wooden building, Sanjusangendo, a Buddhist temple housing 1001 statues ...