unsigned; left of a pair of six-panel folding screens; many scenes against gold leaf background; edge of building on left panel with snow; building at top across panels three to six the many seated figures wearing black with a few wearing red and blue; procession in LR of panels five and six with figures in black carrying covered dias and pulling two green carriages behind — Autumn and Winter [left of the pair Scenes from the Tale of Genji in the Four Seasons], mid 17th century
Unknown Japanese

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Skeleton Father and Son Doing the Bon Dance, second half 19th century

Doi Gōga

G237

thin, tall bamboo sprigs at R in gray and black — Southern Mountain Bamboo, 1822
Ema Saikō

G237

seated man wearing pale red garment with bushy beard and black loop earrings; seated on dark blue pillow with green flowers; matching smaller pillow in front with sandals on it — Daruma, 1917
Tsuji Kakō

G239

Boy on a Bull, Ueda Kōchū — Boy on a Bull, late 19th century
Ueda Kōchū

G237

fan-shaped painting; bald man with bushy white eyebrows and bushy white beard, eyes squinted shut; wearing light green robe, hands clasped in front under robe; brown gourd at man's PR — Jurojin, early 20th century
Tsuji Kakō

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standing heavy-set man with long hair, beard and moustache, scowling, and wearing slippers, belted robe with an additional belt across his chest and a hat; demon figure behind man, holding a sword; ivory roller ends — Shōki with Demon, early 20th century
Mano Kyōtei

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standing winged figure with bird face with beak holding sword and mini pagoda hanging from string with loop at other end; figure stands on fox with back legs upturned that attaches to base; some pigment remains on figure and fox — Akiba Gongen, Manifestation of Mount Akiba, early 17th century
Unknown Japanese

G220

snow-covered trees on large boulders lining small inlet at bottom; a few small buildings lower center visible behind trees and inlet; in background, mountain tops rise through clouds; inscription URQ — Sudden Snow Dances in the Whirlwind, 1875
Yasuda Rōzan

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seated figure wearing sumptuous purple, green, gold brocade robe; seated near center of image facing LR; holding string of gold rosary in both hands; exaggerated facial features, large eyebrows; several missing teeth; golden halo behind head; incense vessel and vase with flowers at PL; landscape of bamboo, a rock with cascading water, and a branch behind PR — Badara (Bhadra), the Sixth of the Sixteen Arhats, 1850
Kano Kazunobu

G220

man seated with crossed knee, hands on knee, looking at waterfall on R; wearing green kimono with blue and white accents; halo around his head; deer in foreground looking up at man — Binzuru (Piṇḍola Bhāradvāja), the First of the Sixteen Arhats, 13th - early 14th century
Unknown Japanese

G220

seated figure with crossed legs wearing red drape and holding fly whisk; halo around head; figure on R holds candle; palm trees in UR — Kiba (Jīvaka), the Ninth of the Sixteen Arhats, 13th - early 14th century
Unknown Japanese

G220

dark image of dragon flying through air towards L; flame or lightening-like forms extend from neck; waves at bottom — Dragon in Clouds, 17th century
Unknown Chinese

G103

mountain landscape with trees: at LL, a figure with straw rain cape crosses a bridge into a grove of trees at R; mountains at center with rooftops emerging from the fog at center R; larger mountain range in background; bands of diagonal, light grey brushstrokes allude to rain — Summer Mountains, Sudden Shower, 1840s
Nakabayashi Chikutō

G223

funnel-shaped bowl: wide mouth tapers dramatically into narrow base; basket-weave glaze pattern with green and blue gradient; midnight blue with purple at base — Bowl, c. 1978
Tokuda Yasokichi III

G224

figure with six heads, arms, and legs astride crouched bull on wood base; metal bands around wrists, some biceps, and most ankles; halo with flames attached at back; two hands of two arms together in praying position, other arms bent and flare outwards. Upper left arm holds long staff, lower one holds implement with "curly q"-shaped end. Upper right arm holds a trident. Lower right arm fingersshaped like it was holding something in hand. Three bottom heads have crystal inlay eyes. Three smaller heads on top considerably smaller. — Daiitoku Myōō, the Wisdom King of Awe-Inspiring Power, second half 13th century
Unknown Japanese

G220

3/4 bust of woman holding blotting paper to lips; black kimono with red cuffs and yellow and green trim; white collar with white flowers; eyes cast down; green tie in hair with yellow ornaments — Beautiful Woman, second half 19th century
Unknown Japanese

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large, narrow, squarish vase with narrow, raised oblong mouth; horizontal gray and burgundy glaze pattern — Jar, c. 1976
Yasuda Zenkō

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unsigned; scene with figures in foregreound: group of attendants on L with man in white facing woman in white; landscape with water in background on R; interior on L; gold leaf background — Emperor Ming Huang and Yang Guifei, around 1600
attributed to Kano Naganobu

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woman with whitened face and neck leaning on verandah railing overlooking swirling water; billowing, richly decorated robes with floral pattern and gold sprays; long, black hair — Heian Beauty on the Veranda, late 17th century
Unknown Japanese

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string-bound book of block printed images of birds, landscapes, trees, and foliage; decorated paper cover with blue wavy fibers; two color images at beginning — Picture Cards, Vol. 1, February 1901
Kamisaka Sekka; Publisher: Tanaka Jihei

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unsigned; female ghost wearing a white robe, holding front sections of her slightly unkempt hair in each hand, with a horrified facial expression with bulging eyes and wide open, grimacing mouth; grave markers at right; torn lamp in LLQ; ivory roller ends — Ghost in a Graveyard, late 19th century
Unknown Japanese

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two-paneled screen with silver background; each panel has two gold fans; R panel: moss-covered tree with white blossoms; red chrysanthemums with blue flowers; L panel: tree with arced limbs and bushy clumps of foliage; blue wave cresting in front of red sun — Screen with four fans, 1920s-1930s
Kamisaka Sekka

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chevron-shaped ceramic vessel with irregular geometric walls; pattern of tiny, pale green bars — Vessel, 2006
Kobayashi Hideo

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very faded image; bald figure with large hoop earring, bushy eyebrows, and large halo in seated position wearing loose robe facing PR; attendant stands at figure's PL with hands clasped in front; long beard, green and gold robe; black hair tied up on top of head with red ribbon and crown — Rakan with Attendant, 13th - early 14th century
Unknown Japanese

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tall cliff at R, widening towards center; three figures in a boat at LL, two are sitting, and the third is standing with tall staff at the back — Crossing the River, 1822
Aoki Mokubei

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red kimono with step-like lines in tan and white; abstract birdlike motif; rich red and white silk lining — Kimono, 20th century
Unknown Japanese

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small rectangular basket with removable lid; two handles at side; closed chevron weave; decorative knots with metal hook and bracket on each side for braided brown tassel; decorative weaving on sides; lid has two raised, curved details on top — Tea utensil basket with movable handles, 18th - 19th century
Unknown Japanese

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white cover with white pattern and Japanese label at R; variety of partially colored images inside including landscapes, people, and animals including dogs, cats, mice, and a camel — Transmitting the Spirit and Revealing the Form of Things: Hokusai's Sketchbooks, vol. 14, 1878
Katsushika Hokusai

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very long, narrow image; short, balding man wearing white robe with light blue crisscross pattern; man is balancing on one foot with both arms in the air; he is looking upwards at a deep plate that is balancing on top of an extremely long pole; pole is resting on his forehead — Balancing a Plate, first half 19th century
Seisai

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round wooden pulley with dark finish; raised persimmon and leaf motif with mother-of-pearl details; grooved edges; square hole through center — Pulley, 19th century
Unknown Japanese

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small figure in a boat, LLQ; mountains in background; land at right, with large tree and small building; inscription in URQ; ivory roller ends — Autumn View, December 1922
Fukuda Kodōjin

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unsigned; 3/4 portrait of woman facing PL; coyly cradling partially folded white fan under chin; bright red detailing in kimono collar; large headdress; blue and white hair ornament at back; two hair sticks at front with red beads; pink upper lip, green lower lip — Geisha [right of a triptych of Three Beauties], 1830s
Mihata Jōryū

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center panel: curving, lightly moss covered trunk of a pine tree beginning LLQ, up through R; two swaths of green, one at URC and one in ULQ form pine branches; thin branches extending from left edge with white spots form plum branches — Maid of Ōhara, Pine and Plum Blossoms, Manzai Comedy, one of three panels, 1920s-1930s
Kamisaka Sekka

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brightly colored fantastic creatures with animal and human attributes, many with pointed claws, tusks, grotesque faces, or apparition-like qualities — A Collection of Monsters [one of a pair], late 18th - early 19th century
Unknown Japanese

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L panel: night scene of dark, gnarled, twisting trees on a slope in lower quadrant; darkened sloping hills covered in trees in background; light clouds highlighted with silver; small silver spots in sky; R panel: dark, tree-covered mountains with silver stream cutting through LLQ; two trees at bottom growing amid large, square boulders; bright half-moon top center with wisp-like silver cloud and silver stars — Yangming Mountains, September 1999
Minol Araki

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wide, shallow cup with tapered, narrow base; mostly white glaze with pink, lavender, and mustard highlights — Sake cup (guinomi), 2012
Tabuchi Tarō

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rectangular shape with gently sloping wavy surface; rust colored background with natural colored linear and block pattern; somewhat raised "popcorn" texture in some areas — Untitled, 1959
Hayashi Yasuo

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landscape featuring small partitioned rice fields; farmers planting rice plants and working the land; sweeping channel with two boats and a bridge separates fields in foreground from those in middle ground; row of tall trees and huts behind fields in middle ground; Mt. Fuji in background — Rice Paddies and Fuji, after Taiga, 1816
Okada Beisanjin

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black lacquered, high walled tray with crescent-shaped cutouts on sides near top; simple, silver wavelike pattern painted on each side; celadon glazed cup with vertical incised lines and incised square motif around lip; small bamboo cylinder — Tobacco tray with wave design [one of a pair], 1920s-1930s
Kamisaka Sekka

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round, high-sided basket with taper towards bottom; looping, open weave anchored by concentric rings; wide lip with loops; handle with three strips adjoining at top — (Rattan flower basket), late 19th century
Unknown Japanese

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four sparrows huddled together at bottom of composition amidst bamboo stalks and leaves; one of the stalks extend upward and curve, forming an 'o' shape, and then extending towards the middle of the surface; one sparrow is perched on this bamboo stalk right around the center of the composition; the bamboo stalks, leaves, and sparrows are all against a void background; the upper half of the composition is blank — Five Sparrows on Bamboo, 16th century
Traditionally attributed to Sesson Shūkei

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oval basket with subtle feet; alternating ridges of open and closed weaving; looping design within inner lip; two curved "teacup" like handles — Flower basket, early 20th century
Tōkōsai

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mountain valley landscape with blossoming plum trees; two groups of three people in lower quadrant, standing among trees; many white blossoms falling from trees — Plum Tree Landscape, late 18th - early 19th century
Ki Baitei

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figure seated on rocks, with elbows resting on rock and head resting on back of PL hand, contemplating a small plant in a vase; water in foreground; mountains and tree in background; ivory roller ends — White-robed Avalokiteshvara Viewing a Waterfall, 15th century
Unknown Japanese

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printing block; five rectangular areas, each with a figure and text; three standing women, one standing man with a shield (?), seated figure behind a box (?); hanging hardware attached — Woodblock for printing, 19th century
Unknown Japanese

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wide, shallow sake cup on high, narrow foot; black; alternating bands of matte and darker black; bands are triangular on inside of cup — Sake cup (guinomi), 2011
Imaizumi Takeshi

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round chevron weave base with two layers of sun-burst of bent bamboo fronds — Moon Rise on Autumn Fields, 2007
Uematsu Chikuyū

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cloth covered accordion folding album with landscapes; outer dark blue cover with ivory hooks; brown and tan brocade fabric with repeating designs on covers; landscapes mounted on decorated paper — Album of 12 Landscapes, mid 19th century
Hine Taizan

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3/4 view of monk in purple and white robes facing PL; monk is seated on green mat with white, blue, green, and orange striped border; monk holds golden object in PR hand — Portrait of Imperial Prince Son’en, early 19th century
Sakai Hōitsu

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monk wearing black robe, holding rosary in both hands rides backwards on a horse; large, halo-like woven hat behind head; PR leg folded across horse with PL leg hanging off side of horse; monk has mostly bald head with dark beard, large earlobes, and determined look on face; horse is turned away at 3/4 view; inscription ULQ; short inscription LRQ — Monk Riding Backwards, 19th century
Hirano Gogaku; Artist: Hoashi Kyōu

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oblong dome rising up to narrow, circular opening at top; open weave background with very narrow rattan strips forming crisscrossing pattern; vertical tan and black strips overlaid and woven in at horizontal bands; two horizontal support bars on bottom — Light of dawn [small], 2004
Kawano Shōko

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four lines of curling, sinuous calligraphy; light grey-blue mount with tan border — Growing Old, late 18th - early 19th century
Kameda Bōsai

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long, rectangular basket with vertical strips along sides; squared, offset handle; chevron open-weave bottom; scalloped along bottom edge; two lacquered bamboo water cylinders — Stretch, 1973
Tanabe Chikuunsai III

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vertically oriented, gnarly blue rocks with gold highlights; pointed foliage along bottom and sides of rock arrangement; purple, brown, and pink lichen-like mushrooms grow from top, sides, and other rock crevasses; inscription ULQ — Fungus of Immortality, Bamboo, and Rocks, 1780
Hayashi Rōen

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two white flowers on two-part black stalk with light blue-green shading; gold veins; painted on fan-shaped background; inscription with round stamp LRQ — Hollyhocks, 1910s
Kamisaka Sekka

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two full lines of calligraphy, boldly and expressively written; shorter line with stray characters at far L — American Ship, first half 20th century
Fukuda Kodōjin

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large, fierce-looking tiger with green eyes at center of screens skulking towards LR surrounded by boiling, ominous clouds — Dragon and Tiger in Tempest [left of a pair], early 19th century
Saeki Ganku

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text with sketchy landscapes, including some scenes with boats and buildings; red guidelines between lines of text; ivory inlays at center of roller ends — Three Distances, 1794
Nagamachi Chikuseki

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rounded, cone-shaped hanging basket; open, vertical weave with spiraling horizontal supports; subtle, zigzagging detail around supports; bamboo inner cylinder — Chinese-Style Basket of Emperor Jiaqing Period, first half 20th century
Yamamoto Shōken

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four lines of calligraphy with smaller, shorter fifth line at L; brown mount with blue brocade — Confucian Exhortation, second half 18th century
Chō Tōsai

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dark scene with seated figure in center with halo and holding staff; small red skinned figure in LLC and small white skinned figure in LRC — Life-Prolonging Jizō Bodhisattva (Enmei Jizō Bosatsu), early 14th century
Unknown Japanese

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round disk of radiating dark bamboo rods attached to tall cylindrical base that widens towards its base — Sky, 1966
Tanabe Chikuunsai III

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portion of overhanging cliff with gnarled trees and foliage at LRQ; small boat with passengers lower center; low mountains and island at L — Red Cliff, second half 18th century
Kimura Kenkadō

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two lines of fat, bold calligraphy — The Carp in the Valley, 1972 (?)
Kaneko Tohta

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rectangular high-walled basket woven from flat, vertical bamboo strips; uneven at top, resembling windblown reeds; chevron patterned weave at bottom — Dwell in the Wind, 2006
Uematsu Chikuyū

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squat, square close-weaved basket; round opening at top; black in color — Japan Current I, 1987
Tanabe Yōta

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pot of glowing coals with billow of smoke; fan resting against side of pot; clusters of black dots within and slightly outside of smoke cloud; inscription at R — Smoking Out Insects, c. 1927-1941
Fukuda Kodōjin

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one long vertical line of calligraphy; two shorter, smaller parallel lines at bottom; mounted to textured steel blue paper mount — Single-line Calligraphy, mid 19th century
Shinozaki Shōchiku

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ten lines of cursive plus three shorter lines at far L; sketch of a quail at far R — Letter with a Quail, mid 19th century
Hine Taizan

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thirteen lines of calligraphy — Letter to Takami Sōkyū, early 18th century
Ogyū Sorai

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onnagata at LL with blue, red, white kimono holds a wine cup in PL hand, looking up at a man holding a wine jug in his hands; the men exchange gaze; in background, a blossoming begonia — Begonia (The Actors Nakayama Ichizō and Bandō Shuka), 1854, 6th month
Utagawa Kunisada; Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige; Publisher: Ebisuya Shōshichi

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tall, square basket with open weave; minimal horizontal reinforcements; square bamboo handle; no cylinder in box — Tall Square Flower Basket with Handle, mid 20th century
Suemura Shōbun

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large cliff at R with figure climbing trail, heading towards small pavilion at top of cliff; other tall bluffs in background; waterfall in background URC; trees and water at bottom — Landscape with Jutting Cliff, mid 18th century
Takebe (Tatebe) Ryōtai (Ayatari)

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green, beige, and blue colored rock with red bamboo sprigs growing from behind, L and at R — Bamboo and Rock, first half 19th century
Ōkubo Shibutsu

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standing woman looking toward PR; hair in an updo with decorative sticks and bells; woman wears a tan kimono with white organic leaf-like designs; obi in front with dragon design in bold colors on black; red underskirt visible above PL foot at opening of kimono; ivory roller ends — Beauty with Dragon Obi, 1830s
Mihata Jōryū

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turtle amidst a torrent of waves facing upward, blowing a cluster of brightly colored butterflies towards blood-red sun; thin horizontal bank of clouds bisect sun at UR — Turtle Blowing Out Butterflies, first half 19th century
Tani Bunchō

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accordion folded album; gold silk with green and red patterns on cover; album contains landscape images and pages of calligraphy — Landscapes and Poems Album, 1800
Totoki Baigai

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massive eagle flexing its wings on a bank next to a waterfall near center; rocky shoreline on either side of waterfall; gnarled pine to R and above eagle, with hanging vines; brambles at L — Sea Eagle amidst the Three Friends of Winter, second half 19th century
Ikeda Unshō

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large square rocks along shoreline with tall cliff at UR; thin grove of trees on outcropping at lower center next to low pavilion — Winter Landscape in the Manner of Ni Zan, 1833, 4th month
Nakabayashi Chikutō

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small landscape with single figure in boat at LL; rocks with tree at LR; overhanging cliff UL — Landscape for Gyokudō, 1796
Totoki Baigai

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three larger characters at top center; two parallel lines below of looping writing; circular relief stamp URC; two square intaglio stamps at bottom; gold border — Mount Fuji, second half 19th century
Yamanaka Shinten'ō

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round vessel with tall walls; large round mouth opening; close weave with vertical polished reddish bamboo bands; dark lacquered bamboo water container — Sun, 1980
Tanabe Chikuunsai III

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small bat at top; moon with blue-grey ring around it and horizontal clouds in sky at bottom; long, large calligraphic inscription along right edge; three seals — Bat Flying Over the Moon, c. 1824
Kameda Bōsai

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two large characters arranged vertically; gray and blue mount — Pines and Vines, second half 18th century
Chō Tōsai

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dramatic rock formations in upper half with waterfall at UR; clouds or mist at center; rock formation continues at L and lower half with waterfall; inscription ULQ — Waterfall after Ma Yuan, late 18th - early 19th century
Ki Baitei

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3/4 view of white flower with red stamen and green pistil; rounded green leaves painted with gold veins; on a curving, short stem; realistic insect marks on lower leaf — Camellia japonica, first half 19th century
Nonoyama Kōzan

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long, delicate branches of bamboo growing from LL foliage thickens at center ad UR; small inscription URC and along UL edge — Bamboo in the Wind, 1763
Nakayama Kōyō

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squat round form with blue glaze; small mouth; soft nodules subtly poking out around upper side — Vase, 2008
Tsugane Hitomu

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bronze flower with curving stem; sculpture rests on leaf and arching vine; flower petals curve outward and have large circular cutouts — Flower, first half 20th century
Okuni Jurō

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hexagonal stoneware box; grey background, painted with persimmon decoration; three acorns painted inside bottom; cloth imprinted texture — Box (tōbako), late 20th century
Itō Motohiko

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shaggy man in white robe seated on river bank; long, scruffy hair, flat head, large, grimacing face, pointed, claw-like nails; man resting PR hand on large frog; waves from river at lower edge; tree with blossoms at L — Gama Sennin, late 18th - early 19th century
Kuroda Ryōzan

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tall, slender deep red/black basket; 4-sided base flairs out into octagonal form near top; open weave with very thin, wiry strands of bamboo that form a star-shaped pattern; woven handle tapers towards center, with looping ornamentation; center lacquered bamboo cylinder with copper lining — Openwork octagonal flower basket, early 20th century
Tanabe Chikuunsai

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print in shades of blue with red lightning bolts; man with ornately decorated, windblown robes and wild, windblown hair with hands bound and clasped at chest looking to PR; branch with blossoms in mouth; lightning striking around him — Actor Bando Mitsugorō IV as Kan Shōjō, c. 1832, 5th month
Utagawa Kunisada; Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburō

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bound book with light blue cover; white cranes and mushroom like figures on front cover; two white flowers on back; contains black and white images of people engaged in various activities with narration — Picture Book: Flowers of Words, 1818
Kitagawa Utamaro

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five men with exaggerated phalluses wrestling over each other in an attempt to rape a woman lying on the ground — Five Men Raping a Girl, 19th century
Unknown Japanese

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Horse, first half 19th century

Yamamoto Baiitsu

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left print: two actors in center; one actor dressed as a woman with ornate kimono and headdress clutches kimono with PL hand and looks toward PL; actor at bottom has shadow of a moustache and wears a kimono decorated with morning glories; sword under PL hand; actor reels back thrusting PL hand in front; background with cartouches, flowers — Left sheet of a kabuki triptych, 1884
Utagawa Kuniume

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red elevated bowl with three carved short black legs — Bowl with legs, 16th century
Unknown Japanese

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hollow, U-shaped openwork basket, narrows at top; two parallel braces at top; bamboo pieces lacquered at tips — Wind Tunnel, October 2010
Uematsu Chikuyū

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