EditorialPolished axe-head, ca. 1800 BCE The Neolithic period is characterized by the advent of ground and polished axes and adze heads. Polishing the stone tool by grinding a fine abrasive against it gave the axe a smoother cutting edge and greater strength. P...
EditorialMan Polishing a Boot. Dated: 1882. Dimensions: overall: 48.9 x 28 cm (19 1/4 x 11 in.). Medium: black chalk, graphite, and gray wash, heightened with white on wove paper.
EditorialFlint hunting rifle, The lock is engraved with edges and lofwork, the lock plate is signed. Polished barrel with a silver visor grain in the shape of a crawling dog, carved in relief with leafy tendrils, engraved on the back with asymmetrical leafy ten...
EditorialAgate Men?seki (title on object) A series with horses (series title) Umazukushi (series title on object), In a lacquer pot filled with small stones are two branches of red coral. On the ground next to it, a rough and a polished piece of agate. With thr...
EditorialHorse money Komahikizeni (title on object) A series with horses (series title) Umazukushi (series title on object), Red-white porcelain pot on a lacquer dish, next to it a bunch of keys. The beans in the foreground refer to the Setsubon party, where be...
EditorialA horse amulet Mayoke (title on object) A series with horses (series title) Umazukushi (series title on object), A porcelain pot with a bonzai pine and a spring anemone, stands next to a towel rack. In the foreground a water bowl and lacquer jug. The a...
EditorialHarugoma hobby horse (series title on object) A series with horses (series title) Umazukushi (series title on object), Children's toys, including a hobby horse, and a toy bird, on a tray of lacquerware. Dancing with a hobby horse is one of the performa...
EditorialTemple visit during the Hatsuuma festival Hatsuuma mairi (title on object) A series with horses (series title) Umazukushi (series title on object), A still life with a puppet in the shape of a fox that performs 'spring horse dance'. Furthermore, there ...