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small earthenware cup with lid; cup has upward hooking handle on side and slightly protruding collar for lid; lid has small knob at top — Small lidded jar with handle, second half of 5th century
Unknown Korean

G206

round, flat object with scalloped, pointed edges; raised knob at center; rough ship just R of center knob; stylized waves at L; four Korean characters at top center; green with patina — Mirror showing a ship at sea and inscription, 12th century
Unknown Korean

G206

large jar with dark brown dripping over glaze and large rocky inclusions; wide shoulder, short neck, rolled lip; gnarled texture — Storage jar, 15th century
Unknown Japanese

G222

one of four: dish with high walls and deep scalloped cutouts on each edge, creating dramatic, irregular square shape; textured, beige over glaze against dark brown underglaze; beige over glaze on bottom lightly brushed around bowl; subtle blue vine accents on underside at cutouts — Set of food dishes (mukōzuke), early 18th century
Unknown Japanese

G225

pitcher with very narrow neck with decorative disk within neck, and narrower, needle-like mouth; short, squat, segmented spout with loose cap; thin incised lines around soft shoulder; green patina — Water vessel (Kundika), 918-1392
Unknown Korean

G206

black lacquered box with gold and silver butterflies; double flute case in black lacquer with gold and silver clouds and dragon design on bottom; bamboo flute inside with dark ribbing; smaller flute with red ribbing and details, both stored in double case; single bamboo flute case in plain wood with gold inscription on one side; also comes with two documents in handscroll form depicting the flute's history; document dated 1774 — Noh Flutes named “Winter Wind” (Kogarashi) with Box and Case, mid 18th century
Unknown Japanese

G219

short, round bottle with narrow neck; beige glaze with paulownia leaves and blossoms in black and blue — Sake bottle with paulownia, 17th century
Unknown Japanese

G221

one of four: dish with high walls and deep scalloped cutouts on each edge, creating dramatic, irregular square shape; textured, beige over glaze against dark brown underglaze; beige over glaze on bottom lightly brushed around bowl; subtle blue vine accents on underside at cutouts — Set of food dishes (mukōzuke), early 18th century
Unknown Japanese

G225

one of four: dish with high walls and deep scalloped cutouts on each edge, creating dramatic, irregular square shape; textured, beige over glaze against dark brown underglaze; beige over glaze on bottom lightly brushed around bowl; subtle blue vine accents on underside at cutouts — Set of food dishes (mukōzuke), early 18th century
Unknown Japanese

G225

one of four: dish with high walls and deep scalloped cutouts on each edge, creating dramatic, irregular square shape; textured, beige over glaze against dark brown underglaze; beige over glaze on bottom lightly brushed around bowl; subtle blue vine accents on underside at cutouts — Set of food dishes (mukōzuke), early 18th century
Unknown Japanese

G225

irregularly shaped tan jar with bulbous, wasp-nest shaped base, long neck, wide mouth; flecked, dripping brown overglaze, mostly on one side; comes with rattan ring — Recumbent vessel with long neck, 7th century
Unknown Japanese

G205

jagged, towering rock formations at R with waterfall and gnarled pine trees; small pavilion on shore at lower center with fishing boat nearby; small footbridge connects two shores across a small channel with trees at L; bluish mountains in background; inscriptions ULQ — Early Spring Landscape, before 1533
Shūtoku; Author: Inscribed by Yōkoku Kentō; Author: Inscribed by Teihō Shōchū

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unsigned; musicians and actors on stage at L with audience outdoors, looking on and talking to one another; fence and banners erected behind audience; building at R with men standing and talking behind walls, and others outside sitting and chatting — Okuni Kabuki, first quarter 17th century
Unknown Japanese

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male figure in gray and white striped kimono grabs the wrist of a young female attendant who was handing him a red dish; other young women and geisha serve tea, play instruments, and dance around the man; small feast in front of man on ground, including large red snapper; scene takes place on a green dock over water — Summer Party on the Bank of the Kamo River, around 1800
Utagawa Toyohiro

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picnic set with four stacking bowls decorated with bands of flowers and foliage from each of the four seasons; sake flask created from bamboo, with bamboo leaf motif and crested flying birds; sides of caddy are decorated with wisteria; lid for stacking bowls features phoenix with chrysanthemum design; silver handle — Picnic set with plants from the four seasons, 18th century
Unknown Japanese

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unsigned; white deer wearing bells and an ornate saddle with a wisteria vine growing from it; golden circle within wisteria with three figures sitting cross-legged, and sitting with hands folded in front of chest, clasping small tablets, four of the figures are in white, and center figure is in red; mountains at top with colorful mounds, water below, and golden moon near top — Deer Mandala of the Kasuga Shrine, first half 15th century
Unknown Japanese

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seated Buddha; PL hand in lap with open palm, index and thumb loosely touching; PR hand up, with index finger and thumb touching; two-tiered knobby hair, long earlobes; traces of red pigment on robes; seated on wide, stylized lotus on round base — Amida, the Buddha of Infinite Light, early 12th century
Unknown Japanese

G220

standing wooden figure with shallowly carved draping robes with small tie at waist; peaceful expression on face; long earlobes and squared hat; figure is missing entire PR arm; PL arm is missing below the elbow, but it is apparent arm is bent forward at elbow — Bonten, the Creator, late 10th century
Unknown Japanese

G220

Buddha seated with legs folded and feet over knees; PR hand held in loose fist; PL hand open, gently cradling round object; fragments of white and green pigment; sits on flat base with pigment fragments — Hachiman in the Guise of a Buddhist Monk, 12th century
Unknown Japanese

G220

female figure seated with arms clasped toward chest; wearing court dress, with long, pleated hair; small crown on head; mounted to wooden screen on back — Shinto Goddess, 12th-13th century
Unknown Japanese

G220

seated male figure holding a court noble's scepter, with face and hairstyle of a Bosatsu; mounted to plaque on back; legs folded in lotus position — Shinto God, 12th-13th century
Unknown Japanese

G220

dark gray pitcher with bulb-like body, short neck, and dramatically flared mouth; mouth flare is actually wider than body; hole in side of body; rounded bottom — Jar with flared mouth, 5th century
Unknown Japanese

G205

jar with three incised lines around widest part; high neck, slightly flaring mouth with incised lines around outside; remnants of tan ash glaze — Jar, 3rd-7th century
Unknown Japanese

G205

red-brown jar with mottled ochre colored glaze around shoulder and down one side; four bow-like decorations around shoulder; short, vertical neck — Tea leaf storage jar, late 16th century
Unknown Japanese

G224

rectangular board with upward curved edges; pink moon at UL with two cranes flying toward L; mottled blue and brown background; elevated on two rows of triangular feet — Chopping board with cranes and sun, 20th century
Wakao Toshisada

G223

flock of white and grey cranes, some with red at eyes and forehead, against a gold background; cranes stand, preen, and walk — Flock of Cranes [left of a pair], second half 18th century
Ishida Yūtei

G222

woman in richly decorated red kimono loosely embracing a large white crane with her PL arm; vertical rock with blossoms at R; horizontal blossoming branch extending just above her head — Parody of a Beautiful Woman as Rin Nasei (Ch. Lin Hejing) with Crane, mid 18th century
Kawamata Tsunemasa

G223

standing male figure with stringy moustache, and long flowing black hair; lotus blossoms and flames around halo; draping colorful skirts; bare chested with draping sashes — Nitten 日天 (The Sun God), c. 1450
Unknown Japanese

G220

snow-covered rocks at L with wilted, snow-covered reeds; hazy snowy mountain in background; patches of light gold wash; inscription at R — “River and Sky in Evening Snow,” from the Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers, c. 1602-1603
Kaihō Yūshō; Author: Inscribed by Saishō Jōtai

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flat bottom; bulbous, slightly flattened bottom section; vertical wide neck with ribs; pair of irregular blocky handles; thick inverted mouth ring; entire piece intentionally asymmetrical/misshapen/slightly collapsed, with broken incised wavy line on bottom section and inherent cracking; green, light brown and tan glaze; brown lacquer cover with faceted top knob — "Burst bag" Freshwater Jar, late 16th - early 17th century
Unknown Japanese

G224

tall, narrow caddy with short, outward-curving mouth and incised line around the middle of the body; dark-brown glaze applied over a brown underglaze; bottommost portion unglazed; tiny ivory lid with concentric, incised lines — Tea caddy, after 1657
Nonomura Ninsei

G224

white gourd-shaped flask with grapevine design painted in underglaze iron oxide — Gourd-shaped flask with grapevines, early 17th century
Unknown Japanese

G221

bowl with rounded square shape with rounded corners; three small square feet; blue-grey with white slip design of twining flowers; arc-shaped trellis (?) at one side; lines and scrolls around border; deep swirl at bottom center — Plate with grapevines, trellis, and geometric design, late 16th century
Unknown Japanese

G225

cup with three lobes; beige in color with underglaze design of diving birds in darker color; darker glaze around lip; incised line below lobes where cup rounds out to bottom — Ash container with three birds, late 16th century
Unknown Japanese

G225

drum core in shape of two adjoined chalices; black lacquer with gold flecked grape vines, leaves, and squirrels — Large hand-drum core with grapevines and squirrels, late 16th century
Unknown Japanese

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lacquered writing box with heavily decorated cover and sides; zigzag down center divides pine tree with plum blossoms against a black background, from motif of chrysanthemums and leaves against reddish background; motifs continue on sides; ink stone and two empty boxes inside — Writing box with pines, plum, chrysanthemums, and paulownia, 16th century
Unknown Japanese

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cylindrical container with lid; concentric inscribed orbital lines around cylinder; scalloped bottom edge with elegant feet; three-tiered cover with concentric inscribed rings; spire at top with four disks and budlike finial on top — Cylindrical Sutra Container, first half 12th century
Unknown Japanese

G220

studded helmet with short visor at front and four-tiered, wide spreading laced neck guard; curving face protectors with decorated buckskin, studs, and crests; heraldic metal disc with Sanskrit characters for the Buddhist deity Fudo; pair or thin, bladelike metal kuwagatas at front center with heart cutouts; neck guard held together with green ties; ochre colored knots around borders; has wooden stand — Helmet with ornament bearing seed syllable for Fudō Myōō, 17th century
Unknown Japanese

G219

short, squat incense burner on three legs; three separate parts; domed cover with bud-shaped nib; floral stamped and etched patterns on lid — Incense burner, 13th century
Unknown Japanese

G220

small, double pointed object with five prongs converging to form each point; center decorated with petal and concentric circle motif — Five-pronged vajra, late 14th century
Unknown Japanese

G220

unembellished cup with lid and saucer; small finial on top of lid — Container for rubbing incense, 14th century
Unknown Japanese

G220

incense burner in the shape of an antique Chinese bronze basin with three legs, tall slotted handles and lid; lions in relief over a tao-tieh design on front and back and larger lion with ball on the top on a cloud design of the lid; perhaps originally coated with black lacquer — Incense burner with Chinese lions, 16th century
Unknown Japanese

G220

long-necked ewer with motif of dragons on handle and lid; bulbous body, gently curving spout with scalloped design around base — Ewer, 15th-16th century
Rihei

G220

bronze ritual bell with handle in the shape of a five-pronged vajra, handle stem and bell shoulder decorated with lotus petal design; probably intended for use in Esoteric Buddhist rites — Ritual bell with handle in the shape of the vajra, 18th century
Unknown Japanese

G220

mounted fan painting: man in white robe holding a calligraphy brush up to the side of a small cliff or rock formation covered with foliage; shorter man behind him leans over a rock, looking on; ivory roller ends — Hanshan and Shide, mid 16th century
attributed to Kano Yukinobu

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fat, round metal rabbit figure; very long, narrow ears held straight back over body; long nose; decorated with stylized swirling cloud motifs — Incense burner in the shape of a rabbit, late 18th-early 19th century
Murata Seimin

G225

stoneware jar with brownish ash glaze evenly distributed, mostly on the upper shoulder; wide, low shape with wide mouth and short, straight lip; foot pierced in five places with small rectangular openings; five band design around upper shoulder with alternating motifs of concentric circles and triangles with cross-hatching; bands separated by incised lines — Small Jar with Perforated Foot and Stamped and Incised Designs, late 6th - early 7th century
Unknown Korean

G206

vase with pale gray-blue glaze and dark stylized leaf pattern on two sides; narrow foot with widening at shoulder; narrow neck; cupped mouth with high vertical lip — Bottle with leaves, 11th century
Unknown Korean

G206

inverted pear-shape; short neck; round mouth is wider than neck; light green glaze with darker green foliage and flower motif; lid is bell-shaped with darker grayish glaze and darker vine design — Maebyeong with chrysanthemums, 11th-12th century
Unknown Korean

G206

abstracted peony motif in shades of brown; narrow base, wider shoulder, short lip — Maebyeong with peonies, 11th-12th century
Unknown Korean

G206

black stoneware decorated with close, thin vertical incised lines around body; squat shape with flat shoulder, short neck, flat, flared mouth — Oil bottle, 9th century
Unknown Korean

G206

unsigned; image of two black lacquer kimono stands with different types of gold patterning, hung with various patterned kimono; koto (zither) in LRQ; tubular case with pink flowered brocade, pink tassels and gold bells hanging from right top corner of kimono stand at right — Whose Sleeves?, early 17th century
Unknown Japanese

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squat, low bowl with gray-green glaze; diagonal zigzagging lines circle the bowl near lip; domed cover with multiple rings of zigzagging diagonal lines; ring of flowers around widest portion; bowl sits on very low foot — Covered box with wavy lines and chrysanthemums, second half 15th century
Unknown Korean

G206

light green and tan bottle with grey recessed areas; pear-shaped; round foot; raised, billowing, floral leaf patterns — Bottle with peony leaves, second half 15th century
Unknown Korean

G206

tall vessel with graceful widening near top; fluted into six sections; short, thin neck with high mouth; two concentric inscribed circles below neck; horizontal inscribed markings around center — Lobed maebyeong, 13th century
Unknown Korean

G206

pitcher shaped like a melon; short, curved spout; handle rises above spout height at top; small cover with tiny loop on top, resembling a melon vine — Ewer in the shape of a melon, first half 12th century
Unknown Korean

G206

white bottle with looping floral decoration on body; incised lines around base of neck and body; narrow neck, wide body, narrow foot slightly flaring mouth — Bottle with floral design, late 15th century
Unknown Korean

G206

small, light gray-blue lidded container with inlaid design of stylized chrysanthemums and dark, arabesque stems; organic design around outer border — Covered box with chrysanthemums, 13th century
Unknown Korean

G206

inverted pear-shape; slightly flared bottom; small crane and cloud designs — Maebyeong with flying cranes and clouds, 12th century
Unknown Korean

G206

cluster of morning glories, with vines, small pink flowers, and grasses; a few insects perched on grasses — Autumn Flowers [left of a pair], mid 19th century
Oki Ichiga

G237

morning glory vines and leaves interwoven with tiny white flowers, purple, and pink flowers; a few insects exploring the foliage — Autumn Flowers [right of a pair], mid 19th century
Oki Ichiga

G237

oval basket with open weave around most of body in diamond pattern; horizontal bands of closed weave around top and bottom; diagonal weaving around mouth; handle made of four thin reeds coupled together and crossed at top — Basket, 1920s-1930s
Suzuki Gangansai

G239

male figure in robes and two-pointed cap; standing with feet hip-width apart, holding clover-shaped object in folded hands at waist — Tomb guardian figures, 16th-18th century
Unknown Korean

G206

standing figure in robes wearing a two-pointed cap; holding heart-shaped object in closed hands at waist — Tomb guardian figures, 16th-18th century
Unknown Korean

G206

round bronze medallion with raised knob at center; five bands inside encircling center knob; each band with different figures inside including four directional guardian animals and twelve zodiac signs in relief — Mirror with Cosmological Design, 12th-13th century
Unknown Korean

G206

square writing box with golden wave pattern surrounding a bridge with mother-of-pearl supports; inside: pewter, gold, and mother-of-pearl swans on golden bank with eddies; design of swans inside around ink stone — Writing box with bridge and waves, 18th century
Unknown Japanese

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irregularly shaped platter with waving inscribed lines; taupe, beige, and olive green glaze, with dark pooling in indentations; incised floral and berry design under — Platter, 20th-21st century
Kojima Kenji

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round vessel in charcoal color with large swatch of red; diagonal, swirling ribbed lines; rough, crackled texture; low lip and small mouth — Vase, 1984
Itō Sekisui V

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squat, fluted container decorated with small gold cherry trees with large blossoms and fronds of foliage; open-weave metal cover; tiny golden flecks in background — Lobed incense burner with metal cover, 17th century
Unknown Japanese

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unsigned; village scene with people in various forms of activity; men with carriages; images separated by gold clouds — Six Scenes from the Tale of Genji, 18th century
Unknown Japanese

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five crows perched near top of tree; two are darting down at LL; minimal, curled leaves with light color — Crows in an Old Tree, 18th century
Yosa Buson

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long, narrow, rectangular platter with slightly rippled edges that are rolled inward; dark color with ochre and rust colored accents in organic shapes — Platter, 20th century
Fukushima Kazuo

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large brown storage jar with narrow foot, wide shoulder with four bow-shaped handles; short neck, rolled lip; tan, charcoal, and ochre color glazes with greenish-blue pooling — Storage jar, 18th century
Unknown Japanese

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shallow bowl with incised line around inner center; shallow relief lotus petal design on underside; pale blue-green celadon glaze — Bowl with lotus petals, first half 12th century
Unknown Korean

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outer storage box for incense game set; box features gold and silver designs of a landscape with tree and bird, scholar's rock, and blossoming trees with stylized waves; contains other sets of smaller boxes inside, containing game pieces and incense storage containers, each decorated in gold with motifs from nature and of small buildings on stilts; many separate tools including a tamper, tongs, chopsticks, and cutting tools; two ceramic incense bowls; square multi-layered gold box with similar decorative motifs, writing box, and a box containing incised ivory chips — Box and assorted implements for the incense game, 17th-18th century
Unknown Japanese

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ink drawing of six men seated close together; some are looking at a short, suspended hanging scroll near center; two others are sharing a hand scroll at L; one figure is peering from behind the scroll at far L; ivory rolle rends — The Four Accomplishments, mid 18th century
Ike Taiga

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shallow dish with stylized design of green fog revealing blue flowers, ferns, and grasses; blue floral and vine designs on underside; blue vertical bars painted on foot — Plate with autumn grasses, 17th-19th century
Unknown Japanese

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outline drawing of Mt. Fuji with hint of a cloud at ULQ; inscriptions on page — Mt. Fuji, late 16th-mid 17th century
Karasumaru Mitsuhiro

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images of fierce deities with weapons, flaming halos, grotesque features; text, some in Sanskrit — Iconographic drawings of the forms of Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, 5th month of 1230, 1230, 5th lunar month
Jinken

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very large dark brown jar with irregular, bulbous shape; short neck, rounded lip; tan, beige, and gray drip glaze top one-third of body; drips down mouth interior; large stoneware globules on sides — Storage jar, early 17th century
Unknown Japanese

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two black and orange birds perched in the lower limbs of a tree branch; wispy, willowy branches interspersed with pink and purple flowers — Swallow's Song in Spring Breeze, 1852, 3rd lunar month
Tsubaki Chinzan

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two-fold screen; R screen from pair; very young crane at L panel; three cranes at R panel — Family of Cranes [right of a pair], c. 1787
Nagasawa Rosetsu

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brown and gold brocade cover with a floral and diamond-shaped design; each page features two cartouches: one with inscription at top, and a brightly colored imge of a woman in large robes at bottom — Thirty-Six Immortal Poetesses, 17th century
Unknown Japanese

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pair of feet with polychrome decoration; dark orange with gold decoration — Conduct, 1981
Matsuda Yuriko

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two-fold screen; unsigned; L screen from pair; three cranes at L panel; one is a young crane; one crane at R panel tucking head behind legs — Family of Cranes [left of a pair], c. 1787
Nagasawa Rosetsu

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Flock of white and grey cranes against gold ground standing and preening — Flock of Cranes [right of a pair], second half 18th century
Ishida Yūtei

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landscape with trees growing out of large boulders at R; some of the trees have red leaves; large rock formations with pine trees in background; rooftops peak out above treetops ULQ; figures in three boats near center; larger covered boat lower center — Landscape with River View, c. 1770
Ike Taiga

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two sparrows on a bent millet stalk near center; three others fighting over seed on the ground at LL; millet plant at R extending to UC; flowers at R — Sparrows among Millet and Asters, first half 16th century
Geiai

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waves at R with male figure standing at L end of very long boat; beach near center with mossy rocks and a tree at center; squared, tall rock formations at L with some moss on rocks and white flowers — Boats on the Sea, 17th century
studio of Tawaraya Sōtatsu

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long, narrow figure of a Western male figure wearing a hat and holding a rooster with a long tail — Dutchman with rooster, late 18th-19th century
Unknown Japanese

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unsigned; corner of a building with a woman standing on the verandah, looking out at a man and young boy on the ground; the child is holding a sword, and the man kneels with a fan; older woman with a young girl sit inside behind the standing woman; maple tree behind building — Beauty on a Veranda (“Visiting Kawachi” from the Tales of Ise), early 18th century
Unknown Japanese

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three turtles standing in a stack, with largest turtle at bottom, and smallest at top; bottom turtle is standing on lily pad — Pyramid of three turtles, late 18th-19th century
Unknown Japanese

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woodblock printed book with illustrations by the monk Tokusen; blue cover with plaid title label; text pages along with blocky, grotesque images of demons torturing humans, in many various, creative ways; male figures with beards and scribes; bodhisattvas on clouds and in temple complex at end — Sutra on the Ten Kings of Hell, 18th century
Unknown Japanese

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six armed red figure seated on lotus pedestal; each arm is holding a different object; large halo — Aizen Myōō, The Wisdom King of Passion, early 14th century
Unknown Japanese

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top 3/4 of a male figure wrapped completely in red robe, frowning mouth, eyes gazing slightly upward; three line inscription in black ink at top; one line red inscription bottom — Daruma, c. 1818 - 1837
Mindō Sōsen; Author: Inscribed by Chūhō Sō'u

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unsigned; front view of man in General's uniform, standing with legs close together, PR hand on waist, looking toward R; white pants, short blue jacket with red lining in tails; pink sash, two star decorations, and red-plumed black hat — Russian Admiral, early 19th century
Unknown Nagasaki School

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two panel screen: two puppies on R panel: brown puppy is scratching its face, and white puppy is looking on with mouth partially open; three puppies on L panel, one at far L is seated, while the two others are standing near each other; blue background with gold flecks — Puppies, 1781
Maruyama Ōkyo

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mountain landscape with rolling vertical rock formations and pine trees; water at R side; rocky tree lined shores; two small buildings at R; open pavilion LRQ — Landscape, 1844
Nakabayashi Chikutō

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rectangular sake container with two gold ducks swimming away from a sprig of reeds on either side; small, graceful willow with lotus leaves on shore on both short ends; grass design on top with spout top center — Sake container with design of ducks, 17th-18th century
Unknown Japanese

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outline drawing of young woman seated on ground with an abundance of robes billowing around her; holding PR hand to face, looking wistfully toward a painting of two figures at L; inscription on either side of woman — Court Lady with paintings of Japanese Sages, 19th century
Reizei Tamechika

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