Edo Collection (page 2)

Attending a Festival: crossing a pontoon bridge to the sacred site. Creator: Japanese School
Attending a Festival: crossing a pontoon bridge to the sacred site (colour woodblock print). From a 19th century album of woodcuts

Samurai Warriors on the March, 19th Century. Creator: Japanese School (19th century)
Samurai Warriors on the March, 19th Century (colour woodblock print). From a 19th century album of woodcuts

Japanese Marriage: the two families meeting, with mediator; pub. 1824. Creator: Japanese School
Japanese Marriage: the two families meeting, with mediator; plate from Bijzonderheden over Japan published 1824 (colour lithograph)

Nichiren Calming the Storm, c1830s. Creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861)
Nichiren Calming the Storm, c. 1830s (colour woodblock print). Nichiren (1222-1282) was a Buddhist saint whose life was studded with miracles; this image depicts one such miracle

Warlord watches Samurai practising their Swordplay, 19th Century. Creator: Japanese School
Warlord watches Samurai practising their Swordplay, 19th Century (colour woodblock print). From a 19th century album of woodcuts

Tycoons halting place on the Tocaido Hasa, 1868. Creator: Felice Beato (1825-c. 1908)
Tycoons halting place on the Tocaido Hasa, 1868 (b/w photo)

Ladies at Home, 1890 s. Creator: Japanese Photographer (19th Century)
Ladies at Home, 1890s (hand coloured photo). A group of three young women, all dressed in the traditional costume of geishas

Women picking tea, with male overseer, 1890 s. Creator: Japanese Photographer (19th Century)
Women picking tea, with male overseer, 1890s (hand coloured photo). A large group of women are seen toiling on a tea plantation

Kingfisher, Irises and Pinks, published c1834. Creator: Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
Kingfisher, Irises and Pinks, published c.1834 (colour woodblock print)

The famous cherry tree at Maruyama, Kyoto 1890 s. Creator: Japanese Photographer (19th Century)
The famous cherry tree at Maruyama, Kyoto 1890s (hand coloured photo). An unknown photographer captures a moment in a park in Japan where groups of figures admire an impressive cherry tree in

Girl arranging flowers, 1890 s. Creator: Japanese Photographer (19th Century)
Girl arranging flowers, 1890s (hand coloured photo). A geisha is seen in a highly traditional interior setting preparing tea and arranging irises in a vase

Five peasants re-planting rice in a paddy field, 1890 s. Creator: Japanese Photographer
Five peasants re-planting rice in a paddy field, 1890s (hand coloured photo)

Old Tokyo: the city of Edo, seat of the government of the shoguns for hundreds of years, 1907. From Harmsworth History of the World, Volume 1, by Arthur Mee, J.A. Hammerton, & A.D. Innes, M.A

Views of the chief towns and ports of Japan, c1880. Jeddo, or Yeddo (Edo); view near Hiogo (Hyogo); the Bay of Hakodadi (Hakodate); Hiogo

A policeman of Yeddo (Edo), Japan, c1880. Artist: Trichon
A policeman of Yeddo (Edo), Japan, c1880

People of Edo, Japan, c1800 (1904). Edo is the former name of Tokyo. A print from Japan, its History, Arts and Literature, Volume V, by Captain F Brinkley, TC and EC Jack, 34 Henrietta Street

Saruwaka Cho, Yoru Shibai, 1856 (1925)
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American legation at Yeddo (Edo), Japan, 19th century. Artist: Richardson
American legation at Yeddo (Edo), Japan, 19th century

The night guard at Jeddo (Edo), Japan, 1864. Artist: M Jackson
The night guard at Jeddo (Edo), Japan, 1864. A print from The Illustrated London News, 12th November 1864

Eruption of Shirane-san and earthquake at Edo (Tokyo), Japan, 1650. After an engraving published in Amsterdam, 1669

Bronze plaque of the Oba of Benin in his divine aspect
Bronze plaque of the Oba of Benin, the ruler of Benin, in his divine aspect. His legs are mud-puppy fish, a symbol of the sea-god Olokun

Brass plaque showing the Oba of Benin with attendants, Edo, Benin, Nigeria, 16th century
Brass plaque depicting the Oba of Benin with attendants, Edo peoples, Benin, Nigeria, 16th century. Benin society was highly structured with a King (Oba)

Bronze Mask from Benin, Nigeria
A bronze mask from Benin, Nigeria, currently in the British Museum

Commemorative trophy head, Late 15th-early 16th century. Creator: Unknown
Naturalistic human head with circular opening in the top of the tiered twisted-strand hairstyle. A beaded collar covers the neck

Plaque, Mid-16th to 17th century. Creator: Unknown
Cast copper alloy plaque showing a man with a rattle, a net covered sphere, in outstretched hands. Incised foliate background with two relief rosettes. Red clay patina

Pendant, Mid-16th to mid-17th century. Creator: Unknown
Cast copper alloy D-form center loop pendant with three figures of equal size. The center figure is of a king (oba) supported by attendants

Print. Creator: Nishikawa Sukenobu
Print

An Actor With a Rack of Wigs. Creator: Okumura Toshinobu
An Actor With a Rack of Wigs

Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu (1722-1763) as a Courtesan during the Tanabata Festival, ca. 1730

Actor Sanjo Kantaro (1697-1763) as a Woman, ca. 1730. ca. 1730
Actor Sanjo Kantaro (1697-1763) as a Woman, ca. 1730

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