EditorialAbstract Gourd Motif, Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), Abstract organic shapes resemble bottle gourds. These plants were dried and used as containers for flasks and sake., Japan, late 18th - early 19th ce...
EditorialA contemporary version of the Genji story Mitate Genji shinasadame (title on object), Women, in a teahouse, with various activities such as reading, playing the shamisen (Japanese stringed instrument), cutting toenails and cuddling a cat, in the foregr...
EditorialA contemporary version of the Genji story Mitate Genji shinasadame (title on object), Women, in a teahouse, with various activities such as reading, playing the shamisen (Japanese stringed instrument), cutting toenails and cuddling a cat, in the foregr...
EditorialTanuki under a Bridge, Suzuki Shonen ???? (Japanese, 1848-1918), Meiji, about 1900, ink on silk with some orange, gold, and silver, 62 x 70-3/4 x 3/4 in. (frame), Signed: Shonen hitsu Intaglio seal in shape of sake bottle with character: Sho legible, A...