EditorialBoys miyamairi kimono with gramophone records, Formal kimono for a boy for the first visit to a Shinto shrine (miyamairi kimono), with a decoration covering the entire surface of gramophone records with the text ' Butterfly, 'A-8', 'd?y?' ('children'),...
EditorialThe Actor Bando Mitsugoro I as the Shinto Priest Goinosuke Disguised as the Spirit of a White Heron, in the Play Sakikaese Yuki no Miyoshino, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1781. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Dat...
EditorialCastle Moat, Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 17971858, Woodblock print in colored ink on paper, This unordinary print comprises of the rock wall and moat around a castle. The lower half of the print shows a bustling crowd of people heading toward the gateway...
EditorialKaramon-Tor, Tsh-g Shinto shrine, Nikk, albumin paper, black and white positive process, hand-colored, image size: height: 48.30 cm; width: 38.20 cm, inscribed: recto u.: in lead: Karamon. Nikko, travel photography, portal/edicula, After the opening of...
EditorialKasuga Deer?Mandala, early 15th?century, Hanging scroll: ink, color, gold pigment, and cut gold on silk; with ornate brass rollers, incised design., without mounting: 37 3/16 ? 13 3/4 in. (94.5 ? 35?cm), A distinctive feature of Japanese Buddhism is th...
EditorialMokujiki Shnin, Sacred Names of Shinto Deities and the 'Oracles of the Three Shrines', Japan, Edo period (16151868), Mokujiki Shnin (Japanese, 17181810), 1805, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 31 1/2 ? 8 1/8 in. (80 ? 20.7 cm), Overall with ...
EditorialSet of a boy miyamairi kimono and haori, Formal kimono for a boy for the first visit to a Shinto shrine (miyamairi kimono), with against a background of a diamond pattern in white on blue adornment of five circle-shaped images: a stream train in a coas...
EditorialBoys miyamairi kimono with springing carp, Formal kimono for a boy for the first visit to a Shinto shrine (miyamairi kimono), with a decoration of two carp springing up from stylized waves, with rocks, bamboo and stylized clouds. Symbol for (academic) ...
EditorialBoys miyamairi kimono with trains, air and shipping, Formal kimono for a boy for the first visit to a Shinto shrine (miyamairi kimono), with against a background of a diamond pattern in white on blue a decoration of five crescent-shaped images: a strea...
EditorialBoys miyamairi kimono with the Battle of the Fuji River, Formal kimono for a boy for the first visit to a Shinto shrine (miyamairi kimono), with a decoration of a night scene with a samurai on horseback on the banks of the Fuji River, the mountain and ...
Editorial???????, The Four Deities of Koyasan Temple Complex, Nanbokucho period (1336?92), late 14th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, Image: 37 ? 16 in. (94 ? 40.6 cm), Paintings, The four deities in court dress represent a hierarch...
EditorialSusano no mikoto, Susanoo no mikoto., Taiso, Yoshitoshi, 1839-1892, artist, [188-], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 31 x 19.3 cm., Print shows Susanoo no Mikoto, the shinto god of storms, standing on the edge of a cliff, pointing toward the sea, with a woma...
EditorialSusano no mikoto, Susanoo no mikoto., Taiso, Yoshitoshi, 1839-1892, artist, [188-], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 31 x 19.3 cm., Print shows Susanoo no Mikoto, the shinto god of storms, standing on the edge of a cliff, pointing toward the sea, with a woma...
EditorialAt the Shrine Gate, Edo period (1615?1868), 17th century, Japan, Two-panel folding screen; ink, color, and gold on paper, 60 x 64 1/4 in. (152.4 x 163.2 cm), Screens, This bird's-eye view of a Shinto shrine and its environs offers a lively scene of sev...