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Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915) Morning Glories on Bamboo Stakes (woodblock, 1879)
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Crow and the Moon, Kawanabe Kyōsai, 1887
#art#art history#Asian art#Japan#Japanese art#East Asia#East Asian art#Kawanabe Kyōsai#animals in art#crows#corvids#Meiji period#Meiji era#19th century art#Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Crane and Tortoise Box. Japanese origin, dated 1894; medium is silver with gold and lacquer; dimensions: 10.5 cm high. From the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum collection, accession number: M18e44.a-b
"This crane and tortoise box was designed and produced to be given to guests at the imperial banquet for the twenty-fifth wedding anniversary of the Meiji Emperor and Empress in 1894. Often referred to by the French term “bonbonnière,” the box is decorated with a crane and two tortoises (minogame), historic motifs that convey messages of auspiciousness and longevity across East Asia. …"
(Source: gardnermuseum.org)
#bonbonniere#box#containers#late 1800s#meiji period#japanese design#animal motif#crane#tortoise#birds#reptiles#metal#silver#grey#brown
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the マガレイト (magareito) hairstyle, popular among school girls and young women during the late meiji to early taisho period
#meiji era#meiji period#meiji restoration#taisho era#taisho period#kimono hairstyles#japanese hairstyles#historical hairstyles#japanese illustration#japanese art#writing moodboard
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Fireflies at Kinu River in Tennoji by Kobayashi Kiyochika (1880)
#kobayashi kiyochika#art#ukiyo-e#woodblock prints#fine art#19th century#19th century art#meiji era#meiji period#woodblock print#japanese art#japanese artist#nature art#insects#fireflies#river#landscape#asian art#classic art
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Left panel of the Parting Spring | 1916 Kawai Gyokudō
#Kawai Gyokudō#japanese art#spring#川合 玉堂#行く春#nihonga school#meiji period#shōwa era#japanese painting#1910s#early 20th century#art#byōbu#japanese folding screen#💮💮#art history
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Japan's craftsmen achieve intricate textile patterns with sturdy paper stencils for katazome (paste-resist dyeing). These hand-cut designs, now collectors' items, had a large influence on European decorative art in the early 1900s.
At Home With Japanese Design: Accents, Structure and Spirit, 1990
#vintage#vintage interior#1990s#90s#interior design#home decor#collection#stencil#antique#bronze#lamp#trunk#wood paneling#Meiji period#table lamp#Japanese#style#home#architecture
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Meiji period 1868 - 1912 → Japan
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Watanabe Shōtei
Seagulls Over the Waves
Meiji era (1868-1912)
#watanabe shotei#Watanabe Shōtei#modern woodblock#japanese woodblock#woodblock art#woodblocks#japanese woodblock technique#woodblock print#woodblock artist#japanese woodblock tradition#modern art#japanese print#japanese beauty#japanese artist#japanese prints#japanese art#meiji era#meiji art#meiji print#meiji period#art history#japanese art history#meiji japan#seagulls#waves#ocean view#seascape#beautiful birds#birds in art#birds in flight
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▪︎ Nō Mask of Hannya.
Place of origin: Japan
Period: Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium: Carved wood, lacquer
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--- Designer/Manufacturer: Unattributed [X] Region: Japan Time period: 1880-1910
#tea#tea set#teapot#tea kettle#coffee pot#sugar bowl#cream pitcher#1880s#1890s#1900s#1910s#meiji period#queueteas
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Sakai Dōitsu (1845-1913) — Mount Horai [hanging scroll; ink, colours, gold, on silk, ca. 1889]
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Crow and Reeds by a Stream, Kawanabe Kyōsai, ca. 1887
#art#art history#Asian art#Japan#Japanese art#East Asia#East Asian art#Kawanabe Kyosai#animals in art#crow#crows#corvid#corvids#Meiji period#Meiji era#19th century art#Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Era Kayo with a Toy Dog 1870s by Blue Ruin 1
Maiko (apprentice geisha) Era Kayo with a toy Japanese Chin dog.
#Maiko#Apprentice Geisha#Geiko#Geisha#Japanese Chin#Japanese#Japan#Carte de visite#CDV#Meiji Period#江良加代
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Pair of Vases, circa 1883, Japan (Tokyo)
The Khalil Collection
#japanese culture#japanese#japan#cabinet#history#historical#artifact#artifacts#vase#vases#flower vase#Meiji period
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Sumida River, from the series Famous Places of the East by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1883)
#tsukioka yoshitoshi#art#ukiyo-e#woodblock prints#fine art#19th century#19th century art#meiji era#meiji period#woodblock print#japanese art#japanese artist#nature art#sumida river#full moon#sakura#cherry blossoms#asian art#classic art
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