EditorialLuzene Hill?s, ?To Rise and Begin Again,? 2022, which features the Cherokee syllabary and its part of a temporary installation at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center during the U.S. Open, in New York, Aug. 25, 2022. (Simbarashe Cha/The New York Times)
EditorialCuneiform tablet: fragment of Syllabary A, ca. late 1st millennium B.C., Mesopotamia, Clay, 2 1/8 x 1 1/2 x 1 in. (5.4 x 3.9 x 2.6 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
EditorialGigad Ashiyuki, Kabuki Actor Arashi Kitsusabur II as Kajiwara Heiji, in the play Hiragana seisuiki (Records of the Battles between the Minamoto and Taira Clans in the Japanese Syllabary), Japan, Edo period (16151868), Gigad Ashiyuki (Japanese, active c...
EditorialAct 2 (nidanme), Utagawa Kunikiyo II (Japanese), Edo, 1857, 5th month, ink on paper, color woodblock print, 9-3/8 x 13-3/4 in. (image) 10-1/8 x 14-7/8 in. (sheet), Signed by artist: Kunikiyo ga Publisher's mark: Koeido (Tsuta-ya Kichizo) Date seal: mi-...
EditorialAct 9 (kyudanme), Utagawa Kunikiyo II (Japanese), Edo, 1857, 6th month, ink on paper, color woodblock print, 9-5/16 x 13-5/8 in. (image) 10-1/4 x 14-3/4 in. (sheet), Signed by artist: Kunikiyo ga Publisher's mark: Koeido (Tsuta-ya Kichizo) Date seal: m...
EditorialAct 11 (juichidanme), Utagawa Kunisada ???? (Japanese, 1786-1864), Edo, 1854, 5th month, color woodblock print, 9-3/8 x 13-11/16 in. (image) 10-1/8 x 14-3/4 in. (sheet), Signed be artist: Toyokuni ga Publisher's mark: Koeido (Tsuta-ya Kichizo) Date sea...
EditorialAct 8 (hachidanme), Utagawa Kunikiyo II (Japanese), Edo, 1857, 6th month, ink on paper, color woodblock print, 9-5/16 x 13-5/8 in. (image) 10 x 14-3/4 in. (sheet), Signed by artist: Kunikiyo ga Publisher's mark: Koeido (Tsuta-ya Kichizo) Date seal: mi-...
EditorialPreface Act 1 (Daijo), Utagawa Kunikiyo II (Japanese), Edo, 1857, 5th month, ink on paper, color woodblock print, 9-3/8 x 13-5/8 in. (image) 10-1/8 x 14-7/8 in. (sheet), Signed by artist: Kunikiyo ga, Publisher's mark: Koeido (Tsuta-ya Kichizo) Date se...
EditorialAct 10 (judanme), Utagawa Kunisada ???? (Japanese, 1786-1864), Edo, 1854, 5th month, color woodblock print, 9-3/8 x 13-11/16 in. (image) 10-1/8 x 14-7/8 in. (sheet), Signed be artist: Toyokuni ga Publisher's mark: Koeido (Tsuta-ya Kichizo) Date seal: t...
EditorialAct 3 (sandanme), Utagawa Kunikiyo II (Japanese), Edo, 1857, 5th month, ink on paper, color woodblock print, 9-5/16 x 13-5/8 in. (image) 10-1/8 x 14-7/8 in. (sheet), Signed by artist: Kunikiyo ga Publisher's mark: Koeido (Tsuta-ya Kichizo) Date seal: m...
EditorialAct 5 (godanme), Utagawa Kunisada ???? (Japanese, 1786-1864), Edo, 1854, 5th month, color woodblock print, 9-7/16 x 13-11/16 in. (image) 10 x 14-3/4 in. (sheet), Signed by artist: Toyokuni ga Publisher's mark: Koeido (Tsuta-ya Kichizo) Date seal: tora-...
EditorialAct 12 (junidanme), Utagawa Kunikiyo II (Japanese), Edo, 1857, 6th month, ink on paper, color woodblock print, 9-5/16 x 13-5/8 in. (image) 10 x 14-3/4 in. (sheet), Signed by artist: Kunikiyo ga Publisher's mark: Koeido (Tsuta-ya Kichizo) Date seal: mi-...
EditorialAct 7 (nanadanme), Utagawa Kunikiyo II (Japanese), Edo, 1857, 6th month, ink on paper, color woodblock print, 9-5/16 x 13-5/8 in. (image) 10-1/8 x 15 in. (sheet), Signed by artist: Kunikiyo ga Publisher's mark: Koeido (Tsuta-ya Kichizo) Date seal: mi-r...
EditorialAct 4 (yondanme), Utagawa Kunikiyo II (Japanese), Edo, 1857, 5th month, ink on paper, color woodblock print, 9-5/16 x 13-5/8 in. (image) 10-1/8 x 14-7/8 in. (sheet), Signed by artist: Kunikiyo ga Publisher's mark: Koeido (Tsuta-ya Kichizo) Date seal: m...
EditorialLamp representing Bes, Cypro-Archaic II, end of the 6th century B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; mold-made and hand-made, H. 9 3/8 in. (23.3 cm), Cesnola Inscriptions, A small lamp with a short nozzle and flat rim is embedded in a deeper bowl and attached to...
EditorialCuneiform tablet: fragment of Syllabary A, ca. late 1st millennium B.C., Mesopotamia, Clay, 3 1/8 x 1 3/4 x 5/8 in. (8 x 4.5 x 1.5 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
EditorialCuneiform tablet: fragment of Syllabary A, ca. late 1st millennium B.C., Mesopotamia, Clay, 1 3/4 x 1 1/4 x 3/4 in. (4.5 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
EditorialCuneiform tablet: number-syllabary, late 1st millennium B.C., Mesopotamia, Clay, 0.43 x 0.98 x 1.02 in. (1.09 x 2.49 x 2.59 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
EditorialCuneiform tablet: fragment of Syllabary B, ca. late 1st millennium B.C., Mesopotamia, Clay, 1 1/8 x 1 3/4 x 3/4 in. (3 x 4.3 x 2 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
EditorialCuneiform tablet: fragment of Syllabary B, ca. late 1st millennium B.C., Mesopotamia, Clay, 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 7/8 in. (4.5 x 4.3 x 2.1 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
EditorialCuneiform tablet: fragment of Syllabary B, ca. late 1st millennium B.C., Mesopotamia, Clay, 1 1/4 x 3/4 x 1/4 in. (3.3 x 2 x 0.6 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
EditorialCuneiform tablet: fragment of Syllabary A, ca. late 1st millennium B.C., Mesopotamia, Clay, 1 3/8 x 1 3/4 x 3/4 in. (3.5 x 4.5 x 2 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
EditorialCuneiform tablet: fragment of Syllabary B, ca. late 1st millennium B.C., Mesopotamia, Clay, 2 1/8 x 1 x 5/8 in. (5.4 x 2.6 x 1.5 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
EditorialLimestone votive relief fragment of a seated deity with an inscribed dedication to Apollo, Hellenistic, 3rd century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, H. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); W. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm), Cesnola Inscriptions, Inscribed 'Onasioros dedicated to the god...