#meiji period

[lionofchaeronea]

The Moon through a Crumbling Window (Bodhidharma), woodblock print by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon, 1887

[jareckiworld]

Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915) Morning Glories on Bamboo Stakes (woodblock, 1879)

[acrosscenturiesandgenerations]

▪�� The Courtesan Usugumo Holding a Cat: From the series A Mirror of Beauties of the Past and Present (Kokon Hime Kagami).

Date: ca. 1876

Place of origin: Japan

Period: Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Artists: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892); Engraved by: Horikō Hidekatsu; Published by: Yorozuya Magobei, Nihonbashidōri 1-chōme

Medium: Color woodcut

[the-evil-clergyman]

Cat Catching a Rat by Kobayashi Kiyochika (1877)

[vintagehomecollection]

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

[vraisetzen]

the マガレイト (magareito) hairstyle, popular among school girls and young women during the late meiji to early taisho period

[yama-bato]

Meiji period 1868 - 1912 → Japan

[the-cricket-chirps]

Watanabe Shōtei

Seagulls Over the Waves

Meiji era (1868-1912)

[teasetsotw]

--- Designer/Manufacturer: Unattributed [X] Region: Japan Time period: 1880-1910

[japonesices]

Era Kayo with a Toy Dog 1870s by Blue Ruin 1

Maiko (apprentice geisha) Era Kayo with a toy Japanese Chin dog.

[myriadne]

Pair of Vases, circa 1883, Japan (Tokyo)

The Khalil Collection

[lionofchaeronea]

Crow and the Moon, Kawanabe Kyōsai, 1887

[jareckiworld]

Sakai Dōitsu (1845-1913) — Mount Horai [hanging scroll; ink, colours, gold, on silk, ca. 1889]

[acrosscenturiesandgenerations]

▪︎ Nō Mask of Hannya.

Place of origin: Japan

Period: Meiji period (1868-1912)

Medium: Carved wood, lacquer

[the-evil-clergyman]

Sumida River, from the series Famous Places of the East by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1883)

[abstraxia]

An early example of Irezumi tattoos, 1870s