Sōgenchi Garden of Tenryu Ji
Location: Arashiyama, Tokyo Garden Architect: Musō Soseki, Built: 1339 Culture: Kamakura and Muromachi periods(1185–1573) The Tenryū temple, pictured on the…
Beautiful Ladies Riding
Artist: Formerly attributed to Giuseppe Castiglione (Italian, 1688-1766) Historical Periods: Qing dynasty, mid to late 19th century Medium: Ink and color…
Monkey Reaching for the Moon
Artist: Ohara Koson Date Created: 1900s Location: Japan Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper Historical Period: Meiji era…
The Power of Figurines and Physicality: A Study of Buddhism Deities and how Their Figurines Came to be
Overview: Throughout almost all religions across the world, an innumerable amount of deities exist, spanning polytheistic and monotheistic institutions alike….
Summer Mountains
Artist: Originally attributed to Qu Ding (Chinese, active ca. 1023–ca. 1056) Period: Northern Song dynasty (960–1127) Date: ca. 1050 Medium: Hand-scroll; ink and…
Nymph of the Lou River
Artist: Traditionally attributed to Gu Kaizhi (ca. 344-ca. 406) Historical Periods: Southern Song dynasty, mid-12th to mid-13th century Medium: Ink and color…
Nature Through Chinese Paintings and Japanese Gardens
Ismael Mora ’21 Nature transcends borders, cultures, and time making it an amazing thread to connect the exhibition as we…
Hiroshima Panels XI Mother and Child
Title: XI Mother and Child (eleventh of the series, Hiroshima Panels) Creator: Maruki Toshi, Maruki Iri Date: 1959 Culture: Japanese…
“Popular Representations of the Past: The Case of Postwar Japan”
Shimazu, Naoko. “Popular Representations of the Past: The Case of Postwar Japan.” Journal of Contemporary History, vol. 38, no. 1, 2003,…
Study the spirit of Daqing
Designer: Ha Qiongwen (哈琼文)1965, JuneStudy the spirit of DaqingXue Daqing jingshen (学大庆精神)Publisher: Shanghai renmin meishu chubanshe (上海人民美术出版社)Size: 77×50.5 cm.Call number: BG E13/950 (Landsberger collection)…
Hiroshima Panels I Ghosts
Title: I Ghosts (first of the series, Hiroshima Panels) Creator: Maruki Iri, Maruki Toshi Date: 1950 Period: Post-WWII US Occupation…
“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….
“The Modern Japanese Garden”
Watanabe, Toshio. “The Modern Japanese Garden.” Since Meiji: Perspectives on the Japanese Visual Arts, 1868-2000“, edited by J. Thomas Rimer,…
The Chinese people absolutely cannot tolerate the invasion of other countries …
Designer: Xu Ling (徐灵)ca. 1950The Chinese people absolutely cannot tolerate the invasion of other countries, and cannot allow Imperialists to wantonly…
Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
Title: Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara Location: Kathmadu Valley, Nepal Culture: Indian Medium: Copper, gold leaf, semi-precious stones Dimensions: Width: 170cm, Height: 473cm,…
The Buddhist Deity Hevajra
Title: The Buddhist Deity Hevajra Location: Tibet Culture: Tibetan Medium: Copper alloy with traces of gilding Dimensions: Height: 6 1/4…
Protector Deity Kshetrapala
Title: Protector Deity Kshetrapala Location: Tibet, Tsang Provence Culture: Tibetan Medium: Gilded copper alloy with traces of paint. Dimensions: Height:…
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:…
Celebrating the People’s Republic of China’s National Day
Designer: Su Guojing (苏国惊)1950, DecemberCelebrating the People’s Republic of China’s National DayQingzhu Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Guoqingjie (庆祝中华人民共和国国庆节)Size: 42×57 cm.Call number: BG D29/685 (IISH collection)…
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…
Swear to defend the nation to the death
Designer unknown (佚名)Ca. 1937Swear to defend the nation to the deathShiyu guotu gong cun wang (誓与国土共存亡)Publisher: Junweihui zhengzhibu (軍委會政治部)Size: 80×52 cm.Call…
Standing Buddha
Details Title: Standing Buddha Creator: Unknown Date: 4th Century Type: bronze External Link: http://syuweb.kyohaku.go.jp/ibmuseum_public/index.php?app=shiryo&mode=detail&list_id=444878&data_id=4059 This gilt bronze statue is a Buddha standing on a…
Oppose Communism
Designer unknown (佚名)ca. 1938Oppose Communismda chi 打赤Size: 74×52 cm. The Imperial Japanese government created this propaganda poster during the Second…
“‘A Matter of Life and Death’: Kawabata on the Value of Art after the Atomic Bombings.”
MILLER, MARA. “‘A Matter of Life and Death’: Kawabata on the Value of Art after the Atomic Bombings.” The Journal…
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…
“Atomic Heroes and Atomic Monsters: American and Japanese Cartoonists Confront the Onset of the Nuclear Age, 1945–80”
Szasz, Ferenc M., and Issei Takechi. “Atomic Heroes and Atomic Monsters: American and Japanese Cartoonists Confront the Onset of the…
“Classical Chinese Landscape Painting and the Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature”
Turner, Matthew. “Classical Chinese Landscape Painting and the Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature.” The Journal of Aesthetic Education, vol. 43, no. 1,…
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…
A Woman Who Paints Thangkas
Professor Xue’s documentary, “A Woman Who Paints Thangkas” provides an enthralling glimpse into the life of Lutso, a female Thangka…
“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…
“A Gift of 5 Tibetan Buddhist Ritual Objects”
KASDORF, KATHERINE E. “A GIFT OF FIVE TIBETAN BUDDHIST RITUAL OBJECTS.” The Journal of the Walters Art Museum, vol. 73, 2018,…
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…
Four Mandalas of the Vajravali Series
Title: Four Mandalas of the Vajravali Series Creator: Unknown; Commissioned by Ngorchen Kunga Sangpo (1382-1456) Date: c. 1429–56 Period: Location:…
A Woman Who Paints Thangkas
In Professor Ming Xue’s film, A Woman Who Paints Thangkas, there is not only an intense focus on Chinese thangkas,…
Meditating Avalokiteśvara
Name of Piece: Meditating Avalokiteśvara Artist: Lutso Date Created: 2018 Medium and Materials: Natural mineral pigments (coral stone) and gold…
Painting from the series on the Sarvavid Vairocana Mandala, consisting of 54 miniatures that depict a meditation process
Title: Painting from the series on the Sarvavid Vairocana Mandala, consisting of 54 miniatures that depict a meditation process Creator:…
Amitabha in Sukhavati Pure Land
Title: Amitabha in Sukhavati Pure Land Period: Late 19th Century Location: Central Tibet, Lhasa Medium: Mineral pigments on sized cotton; Chinese Qing…
Mogao Grottoes Cave 285
Cave Number: Mogao Grottoes Cave 285 Date: Western Wei Dynasty 535-556 A.D. Cave Form: Truncated Pyramidal Ceiling Location: Dunhuang, China References:…
“The Tibetan Dunhuang Manuscripts in China”
Sam van Schaik. “The Tibetan Dunhuang Manuscripts in China.” Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of…
“Scenes of Hell and Damnation in Dunhuang Murals”
Moretti, Costantino. “Scenes of Hell and Damnation in Dunhuang Murals.” Arts Asiatiques, vol. 74, 2019, pp. 5–30. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/26904730. This reading explores…
