A woodblock printed book titled "Ukiyoe Fuzoku Yamato Nishiki-zu" , edited by Goyo Hashiguchi ( 1881- 1921 ) published by Nihon Fuzoku Zue Kankokai in Tokyo Taisho 7 ( 1918 ) .
This book was originally published in mid. 1700s . The book contains 20 Ukiyoe- reprint of Shunshu Katsukawa , Shunko Katsukawa, Syunei Katsukawa, Shigemasa Kitao, Shunman Kubo, Masanobu Kiatao who are great Ukiyo-e artists in Edo period.
There were 20 ukiyo-e reprints of the beginning of Nishiki-e period and ...click for details
A woodblock printed book titled "Ukiyoe Fuzoku Yamato Nishiki-zu" , edited by Goyo Hashiguchi ( 1881- 1921 ) published by Nihon Fuzoku Zue Kankokai in Tokyo Taisho 6 ( 1917 ) .
This book was originally published in mid. 1700s . The book contains 20 Ukiyoe- reprint of Masunobu Tanaka, Koryusai Isoda, Kiyotsune Torii, Buncho Ippitsu-sai , Toyoharu Utagawa who are great Ukiyo-e artists in Edo period.
There were 20 ukiyo-e reprints of the beginning of Nishiki-e period and every print ha ...click for details
A woodblock printed book titled "Ukiyoe Fuzoku Yamato Nishiki-zu" , edited by Goyo Hashiguchi ( 1881- 1921 ) published by Nihon Fuzoku Zue Kankokai in Tokyo Taisho 6 ( 1917 ) .
This book was originally published in mid. 1700s . The book contains 20 Ukiyoe- reprint of Harunobu Suzuki and Harushige Suzuki ( 19 Harunobu and 1 Harushige print ) .
Harunobu ( 1725- 1770 ) was a Japanese woodblock artist, one of the most famous in the Ukiyo-e style. He was an innovator, the first to produ ...click for details
A Set of 5 Woodblock Printed Books by Katei Taki ( 1830-1901 ) titled " Tansei Ippan " or " Order of Colors " dated Meiji 27 - 31 ( 1894 - 1898 ). The prints in these accordian type books are of natural things such as birds , flowers , animals and landscapes . There are 12 images in each volume .
Katei was a noted Nanga painter whose paintings were shown at the Vienna Exposition in 1873 . He, studied in Edo with Ooka Unpo (q.v.) and Sakamoto Konen, then with Hidaka Tetsuo ( ...click for details
A remarkable full set of display armor ( Yoroi ) from Edo , displayed on Boy’s day ( Tango no Sekku ) , May 5th . It is a day set aside during Golden Week to respect children's personalities and to celebrate their happiness. This ( Kabuto ) helmet is decorated with Nami- chidori, waves with plovers and has a gold leaf (Kinpaku ) finish , ( Sode ) sleeves and ( Do ) cuirass or breastplate have waves and clouds and ( Haidate ) thigh guards with splashing waves patterns. These suits of arm ...click for details
This is a Japanese samurai Ressei Menpo, a Ressei style face mask dated Bakumatsu, at the end of Edo (1850-). A prominent characteristic of the Ressei mask is that it truly has a menacing and fierce look, this menpo has decorative deep creases along nose and cheeks , the mouth is opened widely showing metal gilt teeth , and it has a flared silver moustache and small beard tuft on the lower lip.
It is a Tetsuji , iron , mask with 3 Tares, being 3 layers of neck guard . With detachable nose and ...click for details
