EditorialFinger Painting of a Landscape, Edo period (1615?1868), 18th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Image: 37 13/16 x 10 11/16 in. (96 x 27.2 cm), Paintings, Ike Taiga (Japanese, 1723?1776), Taiga was one of the most prolific artists o...
Editorial‘Nanga’, a naked ascetic. This particular one is associated with the ‘Vairagis’ and is armed with a spear, gun and tulwar. Tashrih al-aqvam, an account of origins and occupations of some of the sects, castes and tribes of India. Written at Hans...
EditorialPeony, Edo period (1615?1868), 19th century, Japan, Folding fan; ink on paper, 10 3/16 x 16 15/16 in. (25.8 x 43.1 cm), Paintings, Takahashi Sohei (Japanese, 1804???1835), Sohei, born into a merchant family in Bungo-han (present-day Oita Prefecture), b...
EditorialHawk Grasping a Small Bird, Edo period (1615?1868), 19th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, 65 7/8 x 33 1/4 in. (167.3 x 84.4 cm), Paintings, Tsubaki Chinzan (Japanese, 1801?1854), Tsubaki Chinzan's versatility as a painter in the ...
EditorialTanomura Chokuny, Album of Twelve Nanga-style Landscapes (Kikanch), Japan, Edo period (16151868), Tanomura Chokuny (Japanese, 18141907), 19th century, Japan, Accordion album; ink and color on paper, 8 7/16 ? 5 13/16 in. (21.5 ? 14.8 cm), Illustrated Books.
EditorialSmall Bird on a Crepe Myrtle Branch, Edo period (1615?1868), 19th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, 43 15/16 x 18 7/8 in. (111.6 x 48 cm), Paintings, Tsubaki Chinzan (Japanese, 1801?1854), At a time when the ukiyo-e tradition was e...
EditorialFull moon and tree. Picture album of plum blossum. Kyoto 1808. From a haiku book illustrated by Okada Baikan, a poet and Nanga artist. Source: 16116.d.1. Language: Japanese.
EditorialThree seated Acholi musicians playing harps and flute. The instrument to the right is a trough zither known as nanga. Die oberen Nil-La?nder. Volkstypen und Landschaften. Dargestellt in 160 Photographien. Nach der Natur aufgenommen von R. Buchta. Mit ...
EditorialVase with a landscape with trees and mountains, Cylindrical vase of stoneware, slightly flared to the edge and with an annular thickening. Painted on the glaze in green, yellow and purple. Because of the thickening, the vase is divided into two parts, ...
Editorial‘Nanga’, a naked ascetic. This particular one is associated with the ‘Vairagis’ and is armed with a spear, gun and tulwar. Tashrih al-aqvam, an account of origins and occupations of some of the sects, castes and tribes of India. Written at Hans...
EditorialSmall Bird on a Crepe Myrtle Branch, Edo period (1615?1868), 19th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, 43 15/16 x 18 7/8 in. (111.6 x 48 cm), Paintings, Tsubaki Chinzan (Japanese, 1801?1854), At a time when the ukiyo-e tradition was e...
EditorialThree seated Acholi musicians playing harps and flute. The instrument to the right is a trough zither known as nanga. Die oberen Nil-La?nder. Volkstypen und Landschaften. Dargestellt in 160 Photographien. Nach der Natur aufgenommen von R. Buchta. Mit ...
Editorial‘Nanga’, a naked ascetic. This particular one is associated with the ‘Vairagis’ and is armed with a spear, gun and tulwar. Tashrih al-aqvam, an account of origins and occupations of some of the sects, castes and tribes of India. Written at Hans...
EditorialFull moon and tree. Picture album of plum blossum. Kyoto 1808. From a haiku book illustrated by Okada Baikan, a poet and Nanga artist. Source: 16116.d.1. Language: Japanese.