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'),...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 nine No masks, Formal kimono for a boy for the first visit to a Shinto shrine (miyamairi kimono), with a decoration of nine masks of the No theater in a background from a wide checkered band. Black silk with a painted yuzen d...
EditorialLarge ceremony at the Yasukuni shrine, Men on horseback at a large torii (gateway to a Shinto shrine), behind which the wooden Yasukuni shrine. Middle leaf of a triptych., Shinsai Kiyooki, Japan, 1895, paper, colour woodcut, h 358 mm ? w 233 mm.
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 ...
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'),...
EditorialBoys miyamairi kimono with arrow and targets, Formal kimono for a boy for the first visit to a Shinto shrine (miyamairi kimono), with a decoration of scattered round targets with a large arrow. Hand-woven silk from hand-spun raw silk (tsumugi) with tie...
EditorialBoys miyamairi kimono with Yoshitsune on horseback and Benkei, Formal kimono for a boy for the first visit to a Shinto shrine (miyamairi kimono), decorated with a night scene with a samurai te horse at a city wall, met by a man with a halberd. An unkno...
EditorialGirls miyamairi kimono with geometric and flower motifs, Formal kimono for a girl for the first visit to a Shinto shrine, with a decoration of angular and cloud-shaped surfaces with geometric patterns and motifs prunus, chrysanthemum and bamboo, agains...
EditorialWorshipping at a Shinto shrine. Bunsho ('The Tale of Bunsho). early Edo period (1640-1680). Story chronicling the rise of Bunsho from salt-worker to father-in-law of the Emperor. Image taken from Bunsho ('The Tale of Bunsho). Originally published/pro...
Editorial???????, The Four Deities of Mount Koya, Muromachi period (1392?1573), 16th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on silk, Image: 40 3/16 ? 19 1/2 in. (102 ? 49.5 cm), Paintings, The four deities of Mount Koya sit on elaborately decorated...
EditorialOsakazu Byobu (Osakajo-zu byobu) - Japanese eight-panel folding screen showing the city of Osaka during the Toyotomi Era (1583-1615) in the Momoyama Period. Schloss Eggenberg (Eggenberg Castle Museum) Graz, Austria. Panel 1 - overall view of the pros...
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...
Editorial???????, The Four Deities of Mount Koya, Muromachi period (1392?1573), 16th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on silk, Image: 40 3/16 ? 19 1/2 in. (102 ? 49.5 cm), Paintings, The four deities of Mount Koya sit on elaborately decorated...