1. Art of Japan
10,500 B.C.E. - Present

2. Photograph of Himeji Castle Built 1601-1614 (Momoyama Period), Himeji City, Japan

3. Ryoan-Ji Zen Garden c.1500 (Muromachi Period), by Soami, Kyoto

4. Shrine of Lady Tachinbana
750 CE (Nara Period), bronze, height 13-1/2”, Nara

5. Ceramic Plate c. 1867-1912 (Meiji Period), diameter 8-1/2”, Portland Art Museum, OR

6. 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

7. Arrival of the Westerners in Japan Early 1600s (Edo Period), watercolor and gold leaf on paper, 5’ x 11’ 7”, Portland Art Museum, OR

8. The Heavy Shower (Detail)
Hand scroll by Shigure Monogatari, 17th century (Edo Period), color and gold on paper, Musée Cernuschi, Paris

9. Boats on the River by Isoda Koryusai
c.1770 (Edo Period), brocade print, ink and color on paper, St. Louis Art Museum, MO

10. 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

11. Hinazuru of the Chojiya
by Kitagawa Utamaro, 1794 (Edo Period), brocade print, 14-1/2” x 9-1/4”
Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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