Shōrin-zu byōbu (Pine Trees)
Title: Pine Trees (Shorin-zu-byobu)Creator: Hasegawa TōhakuLocation: JapanMaterial/Medium: Ink on paper, diptych, screen wallDate: 1568-1600Culture: Japanese ZenDimension: Each panel 156.8 × 356 cm (61.73…
A Long Tale for an Autumn Night
Title: A Long Tale for an Autumn Night (Aki no yo nagamonogatari)Creator: UnidentifiedMedium: HandscrollMaterial: Ink, color, and gold on paperDate:…
Illustrated Legends of the Kitano Tenjin Shrine (Kitano Tenjin engi emaki)
Title: Illustrated Legends of the Kitano Tenjin Shrine (Kitano Tenjin engi emaki)Period: Kamakura period (1185–1333)Date: late 13th centuryCulture: JapanMedium: Set of five handscrolls; ink, color,…
Old Plum
Title: Old Plum Creator: Kano Sansetsu Medium: Four sliding-door panels (fusuma); ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper Date:…
Waves at Matsushima
Title: Waves at MatsushimaCreator: Tawaraya SōtatsuMaterial/Medium: Ink, gold, and silver on paperDate: ca 1611-1643Culture: Edo periodDimension: 166 x 369.9 cmRepository:…
Waves at Matsushima
Title: Waves at MatsushimaCreator: Tawaraya SotatsuPeriod: Edo, 17th centuryLocation: JapanType: Screens (six-panel)Medium: Ink, color, gold, and silver on paperDimensions: 65…
Japanese funeral customs: the cortège proceeds towards the temple
Title: Japanese funeral customs: the cortège proceeds towards the templeCreator: UnknownPeriod: MeijiDate: c. 1880Culture: JapanMedium: ink, watercolor, gouacheDimensions: 13.7 x…
Old Plum Japanese Screen
Four sliding door panels are very popular in Edo period Japan to not only decorate the home but tell a…
Evening at Edge of Shinobazu Pond
Title: Evening at Edge of Shinobazu Pond (at Veno Park, Tokyo) Creator: Shiro Kasamatsu Date: 1932 Culture: Japanese Medium: Color…
Misty Evening at Edge of Shinobazu Pond
Location : Veno Park, TokyoCulture: JapaneseMedium: Color WoodcutDimensions: 15 1/4” x 10 1/4” Description: Shiro Kasamatsu’s woodcut print, Misty Evening…
Kajikazawa
Title: KajikazawaCreator: Katsushika HokusaiPeriod: Late Edo PeriodDate: 1830-32Culture: JapaneseMedium: color woodcut, ink on paperDimensions: 24 x 37 cmRepository: Shain Library…
Hiroshige II
Title: Hiroshige II Location: Views of Tokaido Culture: Asian Medium: Dimensions: Repository: Connecticut College Asian Art Collection Prof.Caroline Black Description:…
Tiger
Title: Tiger Artist: Chen Hai-shao Timeframe: 20th Century Medium: Scroll Measurements: 49.5 x 25.5 in Repository: Chu-Griffis Asian Art Collection,…
A Shoal of Fishes
Title: A Shoal of FishesCreator: Hiroshige, AndoCulture: JapaneseWork Type: color woodcutMaterial/Medium: ink on paperDate: 1840Measurements: Image 26 x 36 cmRepository:…
Standing Woman
Creator: Utagawa ToyokuniCulture: JapaneseTitle: Geisha and kikyo flowers (Standing Woman)Work Type: Color WoodcutDate: 1830-36Repository: Wetmore Print Collection, Art History Dept,…
Dancer as Sagimusume
Title: Dancer as SagimusumeCreator: KokyoMedium: color woodcut, print Dimensions: 39 x 25 cmRepository: Wetmore Print Collection, Art History Dept, Cummings Arts Center,…
Untitled Kabuki Print of Female Impersonator
Creator: KUNICHIKA, Japanese Title: Untitled Work Type: color woodcut Material: ink on paper Measurements: Image: 34 x 24 cm Repository:…
Deer by Chen Hsiung-li
Title: Deer Creator: Chen Hsiung-li Date: 1993 Culture: Chinese Medium: Ink and Color on Rice Paper Dimensions: 52 x 26.5…
Three Horses
Title: Three HorsesArtist: Liu Dan-zhaiLocation: New London, ConnecticutCulture: ChineseMedium: ScrollDimensions: 38 x 22 in Repository: Chu-Griffis Asian Art Collection, Shain Library,…
Five White Egrets
Title: Five White EgretsCreator: Ohara KosonMedium: Color woodcutRepository: Black Collection of Japanese Prints (Connecticut College ASIAN Art Collection)Date: 1927Culture: Japanese Dimension: 265mm…
Geisha and kikyo flowers (Standing Woman)
Title: Geisha and kikyo flowers (Standing Woman)Creator: Utagawa ToyokuniDate: 1830-36Location: Connecticut College, Caroline Black Collection of Japanese WoodcutsCulture: JapaneseMedium: Color Woodcut…
Hokusai Seeking the Mountain
The 18th-19th century Japanese artist, Katsushika Hokusai, created each of the prints included in this exhibition as a part of…
Kajikazawa in Kai Province
Title(s): Kajikazawa in Kai Province (Kōshū Kajikazawa), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei) Creator: Katsushika Hokusai Date: About…
Modern Traditionalism in Architecture: Kenzo Tange’s Early Work
After the end of World War II, Japan saw drastic changes in many important elements of society including the economy,…
Surface of the Water at Misaka in Kai Province
Title(s): Surface of the Water at Misaka in Kai Province; Reflection in Lake at Misaka in Kai Province (Kōshū Misaka…
Rainstorm Beneath the Summit
Title(s): Rainstorm Beneath the Summit; Thunderstorm Beneath the Summit; Shower Below the Summit (Sanka hakuu), from the series Thirty-six Views of…
Mask With Gold Foil
Title: Mask with gold foil Creator: Unknown Date: Shang Dynasty ca.1600 – 1046 BC Period: Bronze Age Location: Sanxingdui, Guanghan city, Sichuan Province (middle…
Fasting Siddhartha
Title: Fasting Siddhartha Physical Location: Lahore Museum, Pakistan Location Created: Sikri (Gandhara Region), Khaibar Pakhtun Khuwa, Pakistan Physical Dimensions: W.21” H.33” D.10” Rights: Lahore Museum,…
Fasting Buddha Shakyamuni
Title: Fasting Buddha Shakyamuni Period: Kushan period Date: 3rd–5th century Culture: Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara) Dimensions: H. 10 15/16 in. (27.8 cm) Classification: Sculpture This…
Gandhara Art, Emaciated Buddha
In art, while most seated Buddhas are always seen as healthy, happy, and peaceful looking, a number of rare sculptures…
Transparent and Weightless: The Ethereal Architecture of Kazuyo Sejima
Carine DeBenedittis Exhibit Overview This exhibit examines three structures designed by SANAA, an architecture studio co-founded by the contemporary Japanese…
River Building at Grace Farms
Carine DeBenedittis Location: Connecticut, USA Date: 2015 Materials: wood, metal, glass Image link (1): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grace_Farms_11_-_view_of_the_serpentine_design_of_the_%22River_Building%22_complex_by_SANAA.jpg Image link (2): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Retreat_at_Grace_Farms,_CT_in_the_fall_of_2018._(32096657517).jpg Like…
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2009
Carine DeBenedittis Location: London, UK Date: 2009 Material: aluminum, other metals Image link (1): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Serpentine_Gallery_2009_Pavilion.JPG Image link (2): https://library.artstor.org/#/asset/AWSS35953_35953_29401333 This…
Koga Park Café
Carine DeBenedittis Location: Ibaraki, Japan Date: 1996-1998 Materials: stainless steel, glass Image link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Koga_Park_Café.jpg The Koga Park Café includes many…
The Philosophy of Solitude in Japanese Zen Buddhist Landscape Painting
Wesoly Hanger – AHI 205 My goal in the exhibition and analysis of these artworks is to showcase the simple,…
All Eyes on Murakami: Takashi Murakami and the ‘Superflat’ Take on Japanese Culture, Past and Present
Jason Houle and Hana Tanabe Exhibit Overview Born in 1962, Takashi Murakami grew up in a postwar Japanese society –…
Murakami – wink
Creator: Takashi Murakami Title: wink Work Type: Paintings Date: 2001 Location: Exhibited at Marianne Boesky Gallery, Spring 2001 Material: Acrylic…
Murakami – Jellyfish Eyes Cream
Creator: Takashi Murakami Title: Jellyfish Eyes Cream Work Type: Paintings Date: 2001 Location: Exhibited at Marianne Boesky Gallery, Spring 2001…
Murakami – Melting DOB D
Creator: Takashi Murakami Title: Melting DOB D Work Type: Paintings Date: 2001 Location: Exhibited at Brooklyn Museum of Art, Spring…
Murakami -Untitled Mushrooms and Flowers
Creator : Takashi Murakami Title: Untitled Work Type: Paintings Date: 2000 Location: Exhibited at Marianne Boesky Gallery, Fall 2000 Material:…
Murakami – Castle of Tin Tin
Creator: Takashi Murakami Title: The Castle of Tin Tin Work Type: Paintings Date: 1998 Location:exhibited at Brooklyn Museum of Art,…
Murakami – Mushroom Bomb
Creator: Takashi Murakami Title: Mushroom Bomb Work Type: Paintings Date: 2001 Location: Exhibited at Marianne Boesky Gallery, Spring2001 Material: acrylic…
Ohara Koson Art
Ohara Koson, a Japanese painter and woodblock print designer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Ohara Koson was…
From Katsushika to Kooning, Bibliography
JSTOR ARTICLES Bailey, Kate. “A Note on Prussian Blue in Nineteenth-century Canton.” Studies in Conservation 57, no. 2 (2012): 116-21. Accessed May…
