Art of Japan 10,500 B.C.E. - Present
Photograph of Himeji Castle Built 1601-1614 (Momoyama Period), Himeji City, Japan
Ryoan-Ji Zen Garden c.1500 (Muromachi Period), by Soami, Kyoto
Shrine of Lady Tachinbana 750 CE (Nara Period), bronze, height 13-1/2”, Nara
Ceramic Plate c. 1867-1912 (Meiji Period), diameter 8-1/2”, Portland Art Museum, OR
Box with Half-Wheel Decoration 12th century (Heian Period), lacquer and gold powder with mother of pearl inlay, 9” x 12” x 5”, Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo
Arrival of the Westerners in Japan Early 1600s (Edo Period), watercolor and gold leaf on paper, 5’ x 11’ 7”, Portland Art Museum, OR
The Heavy Shower (Detail) Hand scroll by Shigure Monogatari, 17th century (Edo Period), color and gold on paper, Musée Cernuschi, Paris
Boats on the River by Isoda Koryusai c.1770 (Edo Period), brocade print, ink and color on paper, St. Louis Art Museum, MO
Otani Oniji III in the Role of Yakko Edobei by Toshusai Sharaku, 1794 (Edo Period), brocade print, 14-1/2” x 9-1/4”, Tokyo National Musuem. Tokyo
Hinazuru of the Chojiya by Kitagawa Utamaro, 1794 (Edo Period), brocade print, 14-1/2” x 9-1/4” Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo
The Great Wave at Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai, 1829 (Edo Period), brocade print from the series “The Thirty-Six Views of Mt.Fuji,” 14-1/2” x 9-1/4”, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New Yo r k
Wind in Clear Weather (Red Fuji) by Katsushika Hokusai, 1831 (Edo Period), brocade print from the series “Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji,” 14-1/2” x 9-1/4”, Cleveland Museum of Art, OH
Kanbara by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1833 (Edo Period), brocade print from the series “The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido,” 14-1/2” x 9-1/4”, Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo
Sudden Shower at Ohashi by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858 (Edo Period), brocade print from the series “One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo,” 14-1/2” x 9-1/4”, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
Suido Bridge and Surugadai by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857 (Edo Period), brocade print from the series “One Hundred Views of Edo”, 14-1/2”x 9-1/4”, British Museum, London