Japan Flashcards
Writing box (suzuribako)
Type: box, ink-stone-box, tray
Materials/Techniques: lacquer on wood, gold, silver/takamakie, makie, inscribed
Creator/Culture: Japan
Date/Period: 16th century/Muromachi
Style Period: Muromachi
Repository: British Museum, London
Helmet (kabuto) in the form of a three-faced deity (Sanbō Kōjin)
Type: helmet, apotropaic
Materials/Techniques: iron, leather, lacquer, silk
Owner/Culture: Worn by Uesugi Kenshin/Japan
Date/Period: 16th century/Momoyama
Style Period: Momoyama
Repository: Sendai City Museum, Sendai, Japan
Robe (kosode) with pattern layout of alternating blocks
Type: robe, kimono, katamiguari
Materials/Techniques: embroidered silk with gold and silver leaf
Creator/Culture: Japan
Date/Period: 16th century
Repository: Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Saddle with designs of reeds
Type: saddle, horse trappings
Materials/Techniques: lacquered wood, gold, makie
Creator/Culture: Design attributed to Kano Eitoku (1543-1590)
Date/Period: 16th century
Style Period: Momoyama
Repository: Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Tea bowl, named Kizaemon
Type: bowl, tea arts
Materials/Techniques: reddish clay with light brown glaze
Creator/Culture: Made in Korea, used for chanoyu (tea arts) in Japan
Date/Period: mid 16th century/Muromachi
Repository: Kōhō-an, a subtemple of Daitokuji, Kyoto, Japan
Lozenge-shaped dish with bridge handle
Type: dish, tea arts
Materials/Techniques: glazed stoneware, mino ware, Narumi Oribe type, katamiguari
Creator/Culture: Japan
Date/Period: early 17th century/Momoyama
Style Period: Momoyama
Repository: Kitamura Museum, Kyoto, Japan
Mist shelves
Type: architectural element
Materials/Techniques: Wooden shelves, walls, and sliding doors with pigmented paper, monochrome ink, polychrome pigment, and gold dust on paper
Creator/Culture: Japan
Date/Period: 1677-1678/Edo
Style Period: Edo
Repository: Guest Hall, Middle Garden, Shugaku-in, Kyoto
Sagabon edition of the noh libretto Michimori
Type: book, theatrical
Materials/Techniques: Ink and mica on colored paper, printed with movable wooden type
Creator/Culture: Commissioned by Suminokura Sōan; paper design by Sōtatsu/Japan
Date/Period: first decade of the 17th century/Momoyama
Style Period: Momoyama
Repository: Spencer Collection, New York Public Library, New York
Stencil with irises on geometric background
Type: stencil, design
Materials/Techniques: paper reinfoced with silk
Creator/Culture: Japan
Date/Period: 19th century
Repository: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Patched work coat (donza)
Type: textile, garment
Materials/Techniques: Cotton thread stitches on cotton patches
Creator/Culture: Japan, used in Awaji Island
Date/Period: late 19th-early 20th century
Repository: Hokudan Town Historical and Ethnographic Museum, Awaji Island
