EditorialFlowers on a Weave, Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), and silk threads (itoire), Seen here are summer flowers and buds strewed among a the tatami mat. This damaged stencil contains torn silk threads and ga...
EditorialFolding screen painted with Japanese scenes, folding screen with six panels, made of wood, covered on both sides with paper, with paper hinges (two whole and two half). The whole is bordered with slats of black lacquered wood, reinforced with gilt copp...
EditorialFolding screen with six panels, made of wood, covered on both sides with paper, paper with hinges. The whole bordered with strips of black lacquered wood, reinforced with gilt brass fittings. The front is in a yellow green frame painted with a depictio...
EditorialWomen of the merchant or artisan class. Waka poetry tutor in a daimyos house. Servants sewing, writing poems, wrapping items and carrying rice. The tatami floor of the room is covered with folded kimono, tobacco pipes, boxes, mirror and hairdressing it...
Editorialcalligraphy: haikai poem by Kikaku, Sakai Hoitsu ???? (Japanese, 1761-1828), Edo, late 18th century - early 19th century, ink on silk, 59-1/2 x 14-1/4 in. (sheet), Meigetsu ya/ tatami no ue ni/ matsu no kage. Kikaku (Full Moon, shadows of pine trees th...
Editorialcalligraphy: haikai poem by Kikaku, Sakai Hoitsu ???? (Japanese, 1761-1828), Edo, late 18th century - early 19th century, ink on silk, 59-1/2 x 14-1/4 in. (sheet), Meigetsu ya/ tatami no ue ni/ matsu no kage. Kikaku (Full Moon, shadows of pine trees th...
EditorialWomen in an open-air room, Nine women, with different activities, in a tatami room, in the foreground a koto (Japanese stringed instrument) and a folding screen, in the background a porch, grass and cloud patterns., Hosoda Eishi (mentioned on object), ...
EditorialFolding screen painted with Japanese scenes, folding screen with six panels, made of wood, covered on both sides with paper, with paper hinges (two whole and two half). The whole is bordered with slats of black lacquered wood, reinforced with gilt copp...
Editorialcalligraphy: haikai poem by Kikaku, Sakai Hoitsu ???? (Japanese, 1761-1828), Edo, late 18th century - early 19th century, ink on silk, 59-1/2 x 14-1/4 in. (sheet), Meigetsu ya/ tatami no ue ni/ matsu no kage. Kikaku (Full Moon, shadows of pine trees th...
EditorialFolding screen with six panels, made of wood, covered on both sides with paper, paper with hinges. The whole bordered with strips of black lacquered wood, reinforced with gilt brass fittings. The front is in a yellow green frame painted with a depictio...