KUBO SHUNMAN (1757-1820) Edo period (1615-1868), early/mid-1810s

KUBO SHUNMAN (1757-1820) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/early 19th century A surimono depicting an ise-ebi (Japanese spiny lobster), two hamayumi (ceremonial miniature bows) with arrows in a stand, and

Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820), Two Pheasants and BlossomsMeiji period (1868-1912), woodblock print, inscribed with poem to left side, two handsome pheasants are depicted under blooming branches,

ANONYMOUS (18TH-19TH CENTURY) Flock of Cranes Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century A six-panel folding screen in ink, color, and gold on paper depicting a flock of 17 cranes standing on the shore

RAKU RYŌNYŪ (KICHIZAEMON IX, 1756-1834) A Red Raku Ware Tea Bowl Edo period (1615-1868), after 1811 The earthenware chawan featuring a variegated glaze of shades of red, orange, gray, black,

A LACQUERED AND GILT-WOOD FIGURE OF AMIDA NYORAI Probably Edo period (1615–1868) The Buddha seating on a lotus throne with the right hand in vitarka mudra, the left hand resting on his thigh, tw

ANONYMOUS Cranes with Prunus Blossoms Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century A two-panel folding screen, ink, colors, gofun (calcified crushed oyster-shell gesso), and gold on paper within a double silk

A GOLD-LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (WRITING BOX) Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Rectangular with an inrōbuta (flush-fitting) lid decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e with kirigane and hirame embe

Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1832 An oban yoko-e print of Izumizaki yagetsu (Night Moon at Izumizaki) from the series Ryukyu hakkei (Eight Views of the Ryukyu Islands),

THIRTEEN KOZUKA (KNIFE HANDLES) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century All chiselled and inlaid with gold, silver, shakudo, or shibuichi, the first four copper; the first with a flying crane and

UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786-1864) Edo period (1615-1868), 1853 A set of 55 chūban tate-e prints from the series Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi (53 Stations of the Tōkaidō Road)

KISHI GANTAI (1782-1865) Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1836-1853 A pair of hanging scrolls in ink on paper depicting on the right scroll a dragon grasping in its claws a branch of flowering prunus, an

UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861) Edo period (1615-1868), 1843-1847 An ōban tate-e triptych entitled Kiyomori Nyudo Nunobiki no taki yuran Akugenda Yoshihira no rei Nanba Jirō o utsu (During the

TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892) A Group of Six Woodblock Prints Edo period (1615-1868) and Meiji era (1868-1912), 1860s and 1878 Each an ōban tate-e, the first, of a beauty next to a bottle of sa

UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861) Edo period (1615-1868), 1851 An ōban tate-e print triptych entitled Nanke yūshi Shijō-Nawate nite uchijini (Last Stand of the Kusunoki Heroes at Shijō

A FIREMAN'S JACKET Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)The back of the hikeshi-banten (fireman's jacket) finely decorated with a wrathful tiger standing on a rock above a river, his head raised towards a fly

Utagawa Hiroshige II (1826–1869) A True Picture of Itsukushima in Aki Edo period (1615-1868), middle of 19th century A four-panel folding screen in ink and colors on paper of the world-famour Sh

A KOSHIRA-E (MOUNTING) FOR A DAISHO (MATCHING LONG AND SHORT SWORD) Edo period (1615-1868), mid 19th century with some earlier components The saya (scabbards) finished in an irregular mosaic of greeni

A Pair of Japanese Carved Gilt Wood Komainu and Shishi Guardian LionsEdo period (1615-1868), each lion is carved from a single piece of wood, their manes and eyebrows are painted in green and blue pig

AFTER SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891) Samurai Mouse Chasing Off Demons Edo period (1615-1868), 1864 A hanging scroll brushed in ink, light color, and gold, depicting a white mouse dressed in formal samurai

KAWANABE KYŌSAI (1831-1889) Beauty and Enma-Ō Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century A hanging scroll brushed in ink and colors on silk depicting a King of Hell holdin

UTAGAWA KUNISADA I (TOYOKUNI III, 1786-1864) Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1836 A vertical nagaban-e print entitled Goko shōgun no uchi Kan'u (General Kan'u, One of the Five Tiger Generals), from

A Japanese Kano School Folding Screen of Chinese Children Edo period (1615-1868), six panel folding screen, ink, pigments and gold on paper, decorated with Chinese children painted in jewel hued color

Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) Edo period (1615-1868), 1829 An aiban yoko-e uchiwa-e (fan print) of a courtesan holding a shamisen from the series Bijin geizukushi (Assortments of Beauties' Accomplishme

A Large Japanese Painting of the Death of the Buddha Nehan-zu Edo period (1615-1868), dated to reverse 1756, ink, colors and gold on paper, with original brocade silk mounting, mixed metal decorated r