EditorialPrince Shotoku Taishi, Japan, Kamakura period, early 14th. He is shown as a 16-year old youth holding a censer and praying for the recovery of his sick father the Emperor Yomei.At his feet sit two smaller figures in the court dress of the Kamakura pe...
EditorialEvening Bell at Kamakura, View of the Mountains of Awa Province from Tsurugaoka (Kamakura bansho, Tsurugaoka yori Boshu yama no zu), from the series "Eight Views of Famous Places (Meisho hakkei)". Utagawa Toyoshige (Toyokuni II); Japanese, 1777-1835. D...
EditorialPraying for Rain at Ryozengasaki in Kamakura, 1271 (Bun'ei hachi Kamakura Ryozengasaki ame inoru), from the series "Concise Illustrated Biography of the Great Priest [Nichiren] (Koso go ichidai ryakuzu)". Utagawa Kuniyoshi; Japanese, 1797-1861. Date: 1...
EditorialHodogaya: Distant View of the Mountains Around Kamakura from the Boundary Tree Resting Place, no. 5 from the series Collection of Illustrations of Famous Places near the Fifty-Three Stations [Along the Tokaido]. Date: seventh month 1855. Dimensions: 36...
EditorialHodogaya: Distant View of the Kamakura Mountains from the Rest House near the Boundary Tree (Hodogaya, Kyoboku tateba Kamakura yama enbo), no. 5 from the series "Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan tsugi meisho zue)," also known as the V...
EditorialPraying for Rain at Ryozengasaki in Kamakura, 1271 (Bun'ei hachi Kamakura Ryozengasaki ame inoru), from the series "Concise Illustrated Biography of the Great Priest [Nichiren] (Koso go ichidai ryakuzu)". Utagawa Kuniyoshi; Japanese, 1797-1861. Date: 1...
EditorialEvening Bell at Kamakura, View of the Mountains of Awa Province from Tsurugaoka (Kamakura bansho, Tsurugaoka yori Boshu yama no zu), from the series "Eight Views of Famous Places (Meisho hakkei)". Utagawa Toyoshige (Toyokuni II); Japanese, 1777-1835. D...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Danzo IV as Kamakura no Gongoro Kagemasa, in the Fifth Scene of the Play Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori (A Dandyish Brocade: Opposing Warriors), Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1778. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Jap...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Danzo III as Kamakura no Gongoro Kagemasa (?) in the Play Otokoyama Yunzei Kurabe (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1768 (?). Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1763-1773. Dimensions: ...
EditorialYamatoya Tojaku (The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Otoma, Daughter of Ohina from Inamuragasaki in Kamakura) (Yondai-me Iwai Hanshiro no Kamakura Inamuragasaki no Ohina musume Otoma). Toshusai Sharaku ??? ??; Japanese, active 1794-95. Date: 1789-1799. Dimen...
Editorial???, Three-Footed Stand (Kongoban) for Buddhist Ritual Implements, Kamakura period (1185?1333), 13th century, Japan, Gilt bronze, H. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); W. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm); L. 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm), Metalwork, For Esoteric Buddhist ritual prayer and i...
EditorialPortrait of Ichikawa Danjuro II as Kamakura no Gongor?. Furuyama Moromasa; Japanese, c. 1712-1772. Date: 1731-1741. Dimensions: 61.0 ? 29.1 cm (24 ? 11 7/16 in.); overall with mount and knobs: 153.7 ? 46.7 cm (60 1/2 ? 18 3/8 in.). Hanging scroll; ink ...
EditorialChina / Japan: Xuanzang (Hsuan-tsang, c. 602 – 664) was a famous Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler and translator who travelled to India seeking Buddhist knowledge during the early Tang Dynasty. Hanging scroll painting, Kamakura Period (14th cent