Views in and around the capital (Rakuchu rakugai-zu), Japan-Edo Period |
Views in and around the capital (Rakuchu rakugai-zu), Japan-Edo Period |
Detail of a one of a pair of six-panel screens |
Earthenware bowl, Jomon Period, 2500-1500 BC |
Haniwa in the form of woman's head, Kofun period, 300-552 |
Haniwa in the form of female shamans, Kofun period (300-552) |
Haniwa in the form of female shaman, Kofun period (300-552) |
Haniwa in the form of a warrior's head, Kofun period, 300-552 |
Haniwa were used as funerary objects buried with the dead |
Haniwa in the form of a man, Kofun period (300-552) |
Haniwa in the form of a warrior, Kofun period (300-552) |
Guardian lion, Kamakura period (1185-1333) |
Guardian lion, Kamakura period (1185-1333) |
Guardian lion, Kamakura period (1185-1333) |
Guardian dog, Kamakura period (1185-1333) |
Japanese Gallery - Asian Art Museum, San Francisco |
Seated buddha Amitabha (Amida), Heian period (794-1185) |
Amida, the lord of Western Paradise, Heian period (794-1185) |
Dhritarashtra (Jikokutsen), Guardian King of the East, Heian period (794-1185) |
The Buddha Amitabha (Amida), Kamakura period (1185-1333) |
The Buddha Amitabha (Amida), Kamakura period (1185-1333) |
The Seated bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Sho Kannon), Edo Period (1615-1868) |
Standing Buddha Amitabha (Amida), 1100-1185 |
Celestial being, Kamakura period (1185-1333) |
The bodhisattva Samantabhadra, the bodhisattva Manjushri - Buddha Shakyamuni, approx 1400-1500 |
Buddhist deity Achala Vidyaraja (Fudo Myoo), 1100-1185 |
Fudo, the Immovable One, one of the Five Bright Kings |
The Esoteric Buddhist king of passion Ragaraja (Aizen Myoo), 17th C. |
The Esoteric Buddhist king of passion Ragaraja (Aizen Myoo), 17th C. |
Ritual bell with 5-pronged thunderbolt handle (gokorei), 1200-1333 |
The Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Sho Kannon), 1100-1185 |
The Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Sho Kannon), 1100-1185 |
Standing Indra (Taishakuten), Nara period, 8th C. |
Thunder god, 17th C. |
Vaishravana (Bishamonten), Guardian King of the North, 17th C. |
Vaishravana (Bishamonten), Guardian King of the North, 17th C. |
Six-panel screen with calligraphy of Du Fu's "Song of the Eight Drunken Immortals", 1887 |
Suit of Armor, Edo Period |
Breastplate depicting the Buddhist guardian deity Achala (Fudo Myoo) |
Samurai helmet with half-face mask, early 17th C. |
Samurai helmet with half-face mask, early 17th C. |
Pair of swords by master Osafune Tadamitsu, 15th C. |
Iron Face Mask |
Long-sleeved kimono with auspicious motifs, 1800-1850 |
Palaquin, 19th C. Japan |
Scene from "The Tale of Genji" by Kawabe Mitate |
Kutani ware porcelain jar |
Large bronze bell |
Stoneware jar by Yamato Tsutomu, 2002 |
Square bottles by Hamada Shoji |
Detail of a plate with a map of Japan, 1800-1868 |
Plate with a map of Japan, 1800-1868 |
Japanese Teahouse |
Flower basket in the shape of an ox-drawn carriage by Toshosai, approx 1875-1925 |