Art of Japan

Haniwa warrior figure

from Gunma Prefecture, Japan

5th to 6th century C.E.low-fired clay49 1/4 in. high

Ise Shrine

Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan

originally 5th century C.E.rebuilt 1973

Tori Busshi, Shaka triad, Horyuji kondo, Nara Japan, Asuka period, 623. Bronze, 5’ 9 ½” high.

Yakushi triad, Yakushiji kondo

Nara, Japan

late seventh or early eighth century C.E.bronze

Horyuji kondo

Nara, Japan

ca. 680 C.E.

Amida Triad

Horyuji Kondo, Nara, Japan

ca. 710ink and colors10 ft. 3 in. x 8 ft. 6 in.

Taizokai (Womb World)

Ryokai Mandara Kyoto, Japan

9th centurycolor on silk 6 ft. x 5 ft. 5/8 in.

Phoenix Hall

Byodoin, Uji, Japan

1053 C.E.

Flying StorehouseThe Legends of Mount Shigi

Chogosonshiji, Nara

late 12th centuryhandscroll ink and color on paper1 1/2 ft. high

Detail of Burning of the Sanjo Palace

13th century C.E.

handscroll, ink and colors on paper16 1/4 in. high

Detail of Burning of the Sanjo Palace

13th century C.E.

handscroll, ink and colors on paper16 1/4 in. high

Amida Descending over the Mountain

13th century C.E.

hanging scroll, ink and colors on silk51 1/8 in. high

Kano Motonobu

Xiangyen Zhixian Sweeping with a Broom

Muramachi Period, ca. 1513hanging scroll, ink and color on paper5 ft. 7 3/8 in. x 2 ft. 10 3/4 in.

Hasegawa Tohaku

Pine Forest

Monoyama Period, late 16th C.one of a pair of six-panel screensink on paper5 ft. 1 3/8 in. x 11 ft. 4 in.

Suzuki Harunobu, Evening Bell at the Clock, from Eight Views of the Parlor, Edo period, ca. 1765. Woodblock print, 11 1/4x8 ½”.

Katsushika Hokusai

The Great Wave off Kanagawa, from Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji series

Edo Period, ca. 1826-33woodblock print oban, ink and colors on paper9 7/8 in. x 1 ft. 2 3/4 in.