EditorialCherry Blossoms, Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu),, Traditional abstract motif containing cherry blossom (sakura) petals, smaller four petalled flowers and tiny squares with the center punched out. Cherry ...
EditorialNapkin with stylized pattern of a wreath and 'boteh's', Napkin of white linen damask with a four-sided symmetrical pattern. In the middle a circle from which diagonally, very stylized floral ornaments sprout, on the space between them flower vases. The...
Editorial?????, Woman in a Black Kimono, Edo period (1615?1868), 1783?89, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, Image: 33 1/2 ? 11 1/4 in. (85.1 ? 28.6 cm), Paintings, Katsukawa Shunsho (Japanese, 1726?1792), Judging from her garments and hairsty...