Tag: Japan
“Out of the Dark Valley: Japanese Woodblock Prints and War, 1937-1945”
Brown, Kendall H. “Out of the Dark Valley: Japanese Woodblock Prints and War, 1937-1945.” Impressions, no. 23, 2001, pp. 64–85….
Hiroshima Panels XII Floating Lanterns
Title: XII Floating Lanterns (twelfth of the series, Hiroshima Panels) Creator: Maruki Toshi, Maruki Iri Date: 1968 Culture: Japanese Materials:…
Dōtaku (Ritual Bell) with Flowing Water Design
Details Title: Dōtaku (Ritual Bell) with Flowing Water Design Creator: Unknown Date: B.C. 1th Century Type: bronze External Link: http://syuweb.kyohaku.go.jp/ibmuseum_public/index.php?app=shiryo&mode=detail&list_id=445017&data_id=6495 This bronze ritual bell, dōtaku,…
Super Famicom Super Godzilla – Japanese Edition Cover
Perhaps the most famous monster of all time, Godzilla was born just less than a decade after the end of…
Jizo Bosatsu Standing on a Double Lotus
Title: Jizo Bosatsu Standing on a Double Lotus Location: Japan Culture: Japan (15th Century AD) Medium: Gilded Wood Dimensions: Width:…
Dancing Fox
Artist: Ohara Koson (1877-1945) Title: Dancing Fox Medium: Washi on Woodblock with Ink and Color Date: 1910 Dimensions: 14 1/2…
Untitled (Three Women Listening)
Title: Untitled (Three Women Listening) Creator: Kunisada, Utagawa Date: 1851-53 Culture: Japanese Materials: Wood, Ink Dimensions: aprox. 12 x 18…
“Woodblock Prints in the Ukiyo-e Style”
Kanagawa Oki Nami Ura, also known as The Great Wave is one of the most famous Japanese Woodblock paintings. Japanese…
Spring Evening on the Kintai Bridge, Yamaguchi
Title: Spring Evening on the Kintai Bridge, Yamaguchi Artist: Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) Culture: Japanese (1947) Medium: Color Woodblock Print Dimensions:…
Hiroshima Panels XIII Death of the American Prisoners of War
Title: XIII Death of the American Prisoners of War, (thirteenth of the series, Hiroshima Panels) Creator: Maruki Iri, Maruki Toshi…
Hiroshima Panels XIV Crows
Title: XIV Crows (Fourteenth of the series, Hiroshima Panels) Creator: Maruki Toshi, Maruki Iri Date: 1972 Culture: Japanese Materials: Sumi…
Hiroshima Panels Crows
Title: XIV Crows Creator: Maruki Toshi, Maruki Iri Date: 1972 Culture: Japanese Materials: Sumi ink on paper Dimensions: 180 cm…
Hiroshima Panels III Water
Title: III Water (third of the series, Hiroshima Panels) Creator: Maruki Iri, Maruki Toshi Date: c. 1950 Period: Post-Word War…
The Hiroshima Panels “III Water”
Title of piece: Water Artists: Iri and Toshi Maruki Date Painted: 1950 Medium: Sumi ink, charcoal or conté on paper…
Hiroshima Panels VI Atomic Desert
Title: VI Atomic Desert (sixth of the series, Hiroshima Panels) Creator: Maruki Toshi, Maruki Iri Date: 1953 Culture: Japanese Materials:…
Hiroshima Panel: VIII Relief
Relief, 1950 Iri Maruki and Toshi Maruki, Japanese Sumi ink, charcoal, or conté on paper180 × 720 cm On August…
Jomon Period Jar
Title: Jar Date: 2500-1500 BCE Location: Japan Physical Dimensions: h14.13 in (Overall) Provenance: 125th Anniversary Acquisition. Purchased with the Hollis Family Foundation Fund, the Henry…
Jomon Vessel with Flame-like Ornamentation
Title: Jomon Vessel with Flame-like Ornamentation Creator: Unknown Date: 3000-2000 B.C. Period: Jomon Period Location: Umataka, Nagaoka-shi, Niigata Culture: Japanese…
Bronze Mirror
Title: Bronze Mirror Location: Japan Period: Middle Kofun Period Date: 400/499 Culture: Yamoto Medium: Bronze Dimensions: Diameter: 12.90cm (excl. jingles)…
Bronze Mirror Decorated with Triangular Rim, Double-Wave-Patterned Band, Gods, and Animals
Creator: Unknown Period: Kofun Period Date: 3- 4th century Culture: Japan Medium: Bronze Dimensions: 21. 5 cm long diameter Classification: Unknown…
Bronze Mirror Decorated with Triangular Rim, Double-Wave-Patterned Band, Gods, and Animals
Title: Bronze Mirror Decorated with Triangular Rim, Double-Wave-Patterned Band, Gods, and Animals Creator: Unknown Place: Higashinomiya Tumulus on Mount Hakusan, Japan Size:…
Magatama and Earrings
Title: Magatama and Earrings Creator: Unknown Culture: Japanese Kofun period Date: 5th Century Physical Dimensions: Magatama’s height – 4 cm, Earings – 0.2 cm…
Dotaku (Bronze Bell)
Title: Dotaku (Bronze Bell) Creator: Once Known Date: Yayoi period (ca. 300 B.C.–A.D. 300) Culture: Japanese Medium: Bronze Repository: The Metropolitan Museum…
Jomon Vessel with Flame-like Ornamentation
Title: Jomon Vessel with Flame-like Ornamentation Creator: Unknown Date: 3000 – 2000 BC Period: Jomon Period Location: Umataka, Nagaoka-shi, Niigata,…
The Unnamed Prints of Connecticut College
Introduction For my independent study, I focused on a series of Japanese woodblock prints that Connecticut College has in its…
Spring Evening at the Kintai Bridge
Title: Spring Evening at the Kintai BridgeCreator: Kawase HasuiPeriod: PostwarDate: 1947Culture: JapanSeries: N/AStyle:Medium: woodblock print; ink and color on paperDimensions:…
Tozaki, Ukishima, in Ibaraki Prefecture
Title: Tozaki, Ukishima, in Ibaraki PrefectureCreator: Kawase HasuiPeriod: ShôwaDate: 1936Culture: JapanSeries: N/AStyle:Medium: woodblock print; ink and color on paperDimensions: 25…
Minakuchi: The Famous Pine Trees at the foot of Mount Hiramatsu
Title: Minakuchi: The Famous Pine Trees at the foot of Mount HiramatsuCreator: Utagawa HiroshigePeriod: EdoDate: 1855Culture: JapanSeries: The Fifty-Three Stations…
View From the Precinct of Kanda Myojin Shrine
Title: View From the Precinct of Kanda Myojin ShrineCreator: Utagawa Hiroshige Period: EdoDate: 1854Culture: JapanSeries: 100 Views of EdoStyle: Ukiyo-eMedium: woodblock…
Kanbara: Clear Weather after Snow
Title: Kanbara: Clear Weather after SnowCreator: Utagawa HiroshigePeriod: EdoDate: 1852Culture: JapanSeries: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road Style: Ukiyo-eMedium: woodblock…
Toyokawa River and Yoshida Bridge
Title: Toyokawa River and Yoshida BridgeCreator: Utagawa HiroshigePeriod: EdoDate: 1841-1844Culture: JapanSeries: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road Style: Ukiyo-eMedium: woodblock…
Enoshima In Sagami Province
Title: Enoshima In Sagami ProvinceCreator: Utagawa HiroshigePeriod: EdoDate: 1840’sCulture: JapanSeries: N/AStyle: Ukiyo-eMedium: woodblock print; ink and color on paperDimensions: 22…
Triptych
Title: Triptych Creator: Utagawa KunisadaPeriod: EdoDate: 1840Culture: JapanSeries: N/AStyle: Ukiyo-eMedium: woodblock print; ink and color on paperDimensions: 34 x 23…
Tohto Famous Shiba Akabane Zojoji Temple
Title: Tohto Famous Shiba Akabane Zojoji TempleCreator: Utagawa Hiroshige Period: EdoDate: 1839-1842Culture: JapanSeries: Famous Places in the Eastern CapitalStyle: Ukiyo-eMedium: woodblock…
Drying Strips of Gourd, a Famous Product of Minakuchi
Title: Drying Strips of Gourd, a Famous Product of MinakuchiCreator: Utagawa HiroshigePeriod: EdoDate: 1833Culture: JapanSeries: Fifty-three Stations of the TokaidoStyle:…
Reflection in the Lake at Misaka, Kai Province
Title: Reflection in the Lake at Misaka, Kai ProvinceCreator: Katsushika HokusaiPeriod: EdoDate: 1830-1833Culture: JapanSeries: 36 Views of Mount Mount FujiStyle:…
Susaki
Title: SusakiCreator: Shotei HokujuPeriod: EdoDate: 1810-1819Culture: JapanSeries: New Perspective PicturesStyle: Ukiyo-eMedium: woodblock print; ink and color on paperDimensions: 25 x…
Snow Scene at Senso-Ji Temple at Kinryuzan in the Eastern Capital
Title: Snow Scene at Senso-Ji Temple at Kinryuzan in the Eastern CapitalCreator: Keisai EisenPeriod: EdoDate: Late 1830’sCulture: JapanMedium: woodblock print;…
Scene from the Genji Monogatari Emaki
Title: Scene from the Genji Monogatari Emaki (Tale of Genji)Creator: unknown; photo from Wikimedia Commons (public domain)Period: HeianDate: 12th centuryCulture:…
Entrance to Yoshiwara
Title: Entrance to YoshiwaraCreator: Kiyomitsu IIPeriod:Date:Culture: JapanMedium: woodblock print; ink and color on paperDimensions: 28 x 41 cmRepository: Wetmore Print…
