EditorialIchikawa Danj?r? looking in a mirror, The make-up kabuki actor Ichikawa Danj?r? VII (1791-1859) looks in a mirror, in preparation for his role of Otokonosuke in the play Meiboku Sendai hagi. The piece was staged in 1829 in the Kawarazaki theater in Edo...
EditorialArmor (Gusoku), 17th century, Japanese, Iron, lacquer, silk, gilt copper, as mounted: H. 53 in. (134.6 cm); W. 32 in. (81.3 cm); D. 20 in. (50.8 cm), Armor for Man, The helmet is mounted with the crest of the Dat? family, daimyo (lords) of Sendai.
EditorialBoats upon Waves, ??????, Edo period (1615?1868), mid- to late 17th century, Japan, Six-panel folding screen; ink, color, and gold on paper, 61 1/8 x 141 3/4 in. (155.2 x 360 cm), Screens, Studio of Tawaraya Sotatsu (Japanese, died ca. 1640), This work...
EditorialWest-German elections 1953. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won a majority. Konrad Adenauer and inner cabinet, left: Hallstein.