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Art from Japan

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Autumn Maples with Poem Slips Tosa Mitsuoki · c. 1675 Group Pilgrimage to the Jizo Nun Ike Taiga · 1755/65 Maize and Cockscombs Artist unknown · mid 17th century Legends of the Yūzū Nembutsu Sect Artist unknown · Kamakura period (1185–1333), 14th century Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)" Katsushika Hokusai · 1830/33 Evening Snow on a Floss Shaper (Nurioke no bosetsu), from the series "Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)" Suzuki Harunobu · c. 1766 Paulownias and Chrysanthemums Sakai Hōitsu · early 1800s Selections from the New Collection of Japanese Poems from Ancient and Modern Times (Shinkokin wakashū) with Printed Designs of Chinese Lions and Crab Finger Grass Hon'ami Kōetsu · early 1600s Portrait of Ōzora Buzaemon Watanabe Kazan · 1827 Dragon and Tiger Sesson Shūkei · c. 1546–56 Birds and Flowers Kano Mitsunobu · late 1500s Horse Stable early 1500s Swift Bull from the Ten Swift Bulls late 1200s–early 1300s Medicine Master Buddha and the Twelve Divine Generals 1200s The Illustrated Miraculous Origins of the Yūzū Nenbutsu School early 1300s The Story of Fukutomi mid-1400s Mandala of the Three Shrines at Kumano 1300s Seated Bodhisattva Japan · 8th century Sun Bodhisattva (Nikkō Bosatsu) c. 800 Buddha of the Future (Miroku Bosatsu) late 600s Portrait of Hottō Enmyō Kokushi c. 1295–1315 Gigaku Mask of Young Persian Boy (Taikōji) 710–94 Seated Buddha 1100s Oribe-Type Ewer Japan · early 17th century Furisode Japan · late Edo period (1789–1868), 1801/1868 Received Back into the Moon Palace-Taketori (Bamboo Cutter) from the series Twelve Aspects of the Moon Tsukioka Yoshitoshi · c. 1885/92 Frost fills the air and the autumn air is still/lines of returning geese cross the moon in the third hour-Kenshin, from the series Twelve Aspects of the Moon Tsukioka Yoshitoshi · 1885/92 Fire-flame Cooking Vessel (Ka'en Doki) c. 2500 BCE Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Gotenyama Utagawa Toyokuni · late 1700s–early 1800s Beauty in a Boat on Sumida River Chōbunsai Eishi · c. 1801–4 Portrait of Kinokuniya Bunzaemon Utagawa Toyokuni · early 1800s Mt. Fuji through Pines Kubo Shunman · late 1700s-early 1800s Woman with Puppies Kitagawa Utamaro · 1801/4 Matsuchiyama on the Sumida River Utagawa Hiroshige · Edo period, 1856 Sketch for Autumn Moon at Ishiyama Temple (Ishiyama no shugetsu), from the series "Eight Views in Omi Province (Omi hakkei)" Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) · c. 1859 Moon of Enlightenment, from the series Twelve Aspects of the Moon Tsukioka Yoshitoshi · About 1885-92 Repository for the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra and Eleven Volumes of the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra late 1100s The Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô II (1689-1758) Katsukawa Shunsho · 1788 (inscription 1829) Dancer with a Maple Branch Katsukawa Shunsho · About 1780-90 Ichikawa Ebizô V as Togashi Saemon and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Musashibô Benkei in Kanjinchô (The Subscription List), plate 18 from the series Eighteen Great Kabuki Plays (Jûhachiban no uchi) Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) · About 1852 Storage Jar late 1300s–1400s Sketch of Ryogoku Bridge Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) · 19th century Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Phoenix in Paulownia late 1500s Dish with Ginkgo Leaves late 1600s–early 1700s Monk Selling Ceremonial Tea Whisks Katsushika Hokusai · c. 1802 Beauty Beneath a Willow Tree Isoda Koryusai · Edo period, c. 1780 Beauty Turning Her Head Hishikawa Moronobu · c. 1685-94 The Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion (front); Geese among Reeds (back) Noguchi Shohin · 1900