Saturday, March 5, 2011

The State Museum of Oriental Art: Japan

Two-fold screen: 
Monkeys Trying to Catch the Reflection of the Moon

By Kano Toshun
17th century
Indian ink on paper
Height 185 cm; width 95 cm



The Falling of Rime-frost

By Hasegawa Nobuharu (1539-1610)
Indian ink and slight colour
54 × 35 cm


Triptych: Snow, the Moon and Flowers

By Eishi Chobunsai (1756-1815/29)
Colour on silk. 82.5 × 9 cm



Bamboo

By Ikeno Taiga (1723-1776)
Indian ink
130 × 52.5cm


Diptych: Spring and Autumn

By Watanabe Kazan (1793-1841)
Colour on silk
102 × 34 cm


Theatre scene

By Torii Kiyonobu (1664-1729)
Woodblock print, hand-painted
30.8 × 14.5 cm


Actor as Cricket-seller

By Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825)
Woodblock print, hand-painted
25.5 × 36.5 cm


Sketches

By Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
Indian ink
24.1 × 34.1 cm


Lotus-flower

By Tomioka Tessai (1836-1924). An album sheet
Indian ink and mineral pigments
52 × 60 cm

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