EditorialSwan gun, The tail plate's tail serves as sliding safety and is equipped with a hard-soldered thumb retainer, the lock is unprocessed except for an engraved acanthus leaf and a signature. The round loop is extremely long. The burr walnut stock is embos...
EditorialModel of the 84-gun ship of the line Neptune Model of an 84-gun ship of the line, Truss model of the hull, cut in length. The model is fully fired and extremely detailed. Seventy-six cannons and carronades have been preserved, the model has ninety-six ...
EditorialModel of an 84-Gun Ship of the Line (port side), Truss model of the hull (port side), cut lengthwise. The model is fully fired and extremely detailed. Seventy-six cannons and carronades have been preserved, the model has ninety-six gun ports spread ove...
EditorialAkechi Samanosuke Mitsuharu crosses a lake on horseback, The warrior Akechi Samanosuke Mitsuharu (? -1582), the nephew of Akechi Mitsuhide, crosses a lake on his horse. Mitsuharu was a retainer of Oda Nobunaga (1534-82). Nobunaga was betrayed by Mitsuh...
EditorialModel of a Rudder Head for a 44-Gun Frigate, Model of a square stirrer head with two brass stirrers. The lower long rudder pin is attached with a long retainer and two clamping screws. The upper, short stirring pin is in a small brass stirring head tha...
EditorialModel of an 84-Gun Ship of the Line (starboard side), Truss model of the hull (starboard side), cut lengthwise. The model is fully fired and extremely detailed. Seventy-six cannons and carronades have been preserved, the model has ninety-six gun ports ...
EditorialThe Actor Arashi Otohachi I as Numataro, the Retainer of Utou Yasukata, in Part Two of the Play Kogane no Hana Gaijin Aramusha (Gold Flowers: The Triumphal Return of Fierce Warriors), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh...
EditorialNidanme, Act two [of the Kanadehon Chushingura]., Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849, artist, [between 1804 and 1812], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 22 x 16.9 cm., Print shows, in the background, Konami sitting inside a building, probably meeting with her lov...
EditorialNidanme, Act two [of the Kanadehon Chushingura]., Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849, artist, [between 1804 and 1812], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 22 x 16.9 cm., Print shows, in the background, Konami sitting inside a building, probably meeting with her lov...
EditorialOnoe kikugoro no hayano kanpei, The actor Onoe Kikugoro in the role of Hayano Kanpei., Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865, artist, [between 1818 and 1830], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 38.5 x 26.6 cm., Print shows the actor Onoe Kikugoro, full-length portrait,...
EditorialOnoe kikugoro no hayano kanpei, The actor Onoe Kikugoro in the role of Hayano Kanpei., Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865, artist, [between 1818 and 1830], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 38.5 x 26.6 cm., Print shows the actor Onoe Kikugoro, full-length portrait,...
EditorialThe Actor Arashi Otohachi I as Numataro, the Retainer of Utou Yasukata, in Part Two of the Play Kogane no Hana Gaijin Aramusha (Gold Flowers: The Triumphal Return of Fierce Warriors), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh...
EditorialThe Actor Arashi Otohachi I as Numataro, the Retainer of Utou Yasukata, in Part Two of the Play Kogane no Hana Gaijin Aramusha (Gold Flowers: The Triumphal Return of Fierce Warriors), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh...
EditorialThe Actor Arashi Otohachi I as Numataro, the Retainer of Utou Yasukata, in Part Two of the Play Kogane no Hana Gaijin Aramusha (Gold Flowers: The Triumphal Return of Fierce Warriors), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh...
EditorialJapanese warriors in front of gate. Benkei Monogatari ('The Tale of Benkei'). early Edo period (1640-1680). From a manuscript telling the story of the warrior monk Benkei, loyal retainer of Minamoto Yoshitsune. Image taken from Benkei Monogatari ('The...
EditorialJapanese fight scene. Benkei Monogatari ('The Tale of Benkei'). early Edo period (1640-1680). From a manuscript telling the story of the warrior monk Benkei, loyal retainer of Minamoto Yoshitsune. Image taken from Benkei Monogatari ('The Tale of Benke...
EditorialJapanese men eating. Benkei Monogatari ('The Tale of Benkei'). early Edo period (1640-1680). From a manuscript telling the story of the warrior monk Benkei, loyal retainer of Minamoto Yoshitsune. Image taken from Benkei Monogatari ('The Tale of Benkei...
EditorialWarrior monks. Benkei Monogatari ('The Tale of Benkei'). early Edo period (1640-1680). From a manuscript telling the story of the warrior monk Benkei, loyal retainer of Minamoto Yoshitsune. Image taken from Benkei Monogatari ('The Tale of Benkei'). O...
EditorialWarrior monks. Benkei Monogatari ('The Tale of Benkei'). early Edo period (1640-1680). From a manuscript telling the story of the warrior monk Benkei, loyal retainer of Minamoto Yoshitsune. Image taken from Benkei Monogatari ('The Tale of Benkei'). O...
EditorialMan sitting on a verandah. Benkei Monogatari ('The Tale of Benkei'). early Edo period (1640-1680). From a manuscript telling the story of the warrior monk Benkei, loyal retainer of Minamoto Yoshitsune. Image taken from Benkei Monogatari ('The Tale of ...
EditorialJapanese warrior. Benkei Monogatari ('The Tale of Benkei'). early Edo period (1640-1680). From a manuscript telling the story of the warrior monk Benkei, loyal retainer of Minamoto Yoshitsune. Image taken from Benkei Monogatari ('The Tale of Benkei')....
EditorialJapanese archers. Benkei Monogatari ('The Tale of Benkei'). early Edo period (1640-1680). From a manuscript telling the story of the warrior monk Benkei, loyal retainer of Minamoto Yoshitsune. Image taken from Benkei Monogatari ('The Tale of Benkei')....
EditorialBenkei and Yoshitsune. Benkei Monogatari ('The Tale of Benkei'). early Edo period (1640-1680). From a manuscript telling the story of the warrior monk Benkei, loyal retainer of Minamoto Yoshitsune. Image taken from Benkei Monogatari ('The Tale of Benk...
EditorialBenkei and Yoshitsune. Benkei Monogatari ('The Tale of Benkei'). early Edo period (1640-1680). From a manuscript telling the story of the warrior monk Benkei, loyal retainer of Minamoto Yoshitsune. Image taken from Benkei Monogatari ('The Tale of Benk...
EditorialWarriors attack building. Benkei Monogatari ('The Tale of Benkei'). early Edo period (1640-1680). From a manuscript telling the story of the warrior monk Benkei, loyal retainer of Minamoto Yoshitsune. Image taken from Benkei Monogatari ('The Tale of B...
EditorialJapanese warrior & lady. Benkei Monogatari ('The Tale of Benkei'). early Edo period (1640-1680). From a manuscript telling the story of the warrior monk Benkei, loyal retainer of Minamoto Yoshitsune. Image taken from Benkei Monogatari ('The Tale of Be...
EditorialMen climbing a hill. Benkei Monogatari ('The Tale of Benkei'). early Edo period (1640-1680). From a manuscript telling the story of the warrior monk Benkei, loyal retainer of Minamoto Yoshitsune. Image taken from Benkei Monogatari ('The Tale of Benkei...
EditorialJapanese warrior and noble. Benkei Monogatari ('The Tale of Benkei'). early Edo period (1640-1680). From a manuscript telling the story of the warrior monk Benkei, loyal retainer of Minamoto Yoshitsune. Image taken from Benkei Monogatari ('The Tale of...
EditorialMinamoto Yoshitsune and His Retainer, the Monk Benkei, Putting to Flight the Ghost of Taira no Tomomori, Edo period (1615?1868), late 18th century, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm); W. 9 8/12 in. (24.6 ...
EditorialNetsuke with Fox and Drum from the Kabuki Play 'Yoshsitsune Senbon-Zakura', Edo period (1615?1868), 19th century, Japan, Wood, H. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm), Netsuke, This netsuke shows a scene from the Kabuki play Yoshitsune Senbon-Zakura. Tadanobu, a fox in ...
EditorialNidanme, Act two [of the Kanadehon Chushingura]., Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849, artist, [between 1804 and 1812], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 22 x 16.9 cm., Print shows, in the background, Konami sitting inside a building, probably meeting with her lov...
EditorialNidanme, Act two [of the Kanadehon Chushingura]., Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849, artist, [between 1804 and 1812], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 22 x 16.9 cm., Print shows, in the background, Konami sitting inside a building, probably meeting with her lov...
EditorialOnoe kikugoro no hayano kanpei, The actor Onoe Kikugoro in the role of Hayano Kanpei., Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865, artist, [between 1818 and 1830], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 38.5 x 26.6 cm., Print shows the actor Onoe Kikugoro, full-length portrait,...
EditorialOnoe kikugoro no hayano kanpei, The actor Onoe Kikugoro in the role of Hayano Kanpei., Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865, artist, [between 1818 and 1830], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 38.5 x 26.6 cm., Print shows the actor Onoe Kikugoro, full-length portrait,...