Meiji Period Collection (#18)

Lives of Great People of the Occident (Taisei ijin den): James Watt (1736-1819), ca. 1870

Silhouette Image of Kabuki Actor, 19th century. Creator: Utagawa Kuniteru
Silhouette Image of Kabuki Actor, 19th century

Pictorial Dictionary, 1887. Creator: Unknown
Pictorial Dictionary, 1887

French Equestrian Circus on the grounds of Asakusa Kannon temple (Asakusa kannon keidai ni oite kogyo tsukawashi soro-Furansu kyokuba), 1871

Print, ca. 1908. Creator: Unknown
Print, ca. 1908

Profile View of a Woman Strolling in the Moonlight, ca. 1908. Creator: Unknown
Profile View of a Woman Strolling in the Moonlight, ca. 1908

Chronicle of the Imperial Restoration (Kokoku isshin kenbunshi), June, 1876. June, 1876
Chronicle of the Imperial Restoration (Kokoku isshin kenbunshi), June, 1876

Woman After a Bath, ca. 1906. Creator: Unknown
Woman After a Bath, ca. 1906

Waking Up: A Girl of the Koka Era (1844-1848), 1888. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Waking Up: A Girl of the Koka Era (1844-1848), 1888

Feeling Warm, 1888. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Feeling Warm, 1888

Lady Kesa from kuchie (frontispiece) of a novel, ca. 1906. Creator: Tomioka Eisen
Lady Kesa from kuchie (frontispiece) of a novel, ca. 1906

A Scolding (Ochiyo), illustration from Bugei Kurabu (Literary Club)

Kurahashi Densuke Kiyohara Takeyuki, 19th century. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Kurahashi Densuke Kiyohara Takeyuki, 19th century

Police Superintendants Party: A Gift of Food and Drink, September 1877

Young Woman Looks at Silhouette of a Male Prisoner being Led Away, early 20th century

The Flourishing of an English Trading Firm in Yokohama, 9th month, 1870
" The Flourishing of an English Trading Firm in Yokohama", 9th month, 1870

Commanders Receiving the Emperors Drinking Cups, 1886 (Meiji 19)

View of the Imperial Carriage, 1889 (Meiji 22). 1889. Creator: Kunitoshi
View of the Imperial Carriage, 1889 (Meiji 22)

Presentation of the Head of Saigo to the Prince Arisogawa, Oct. 16, 1877 (Meiji 10)

Ichikawa Sadanji as Dozaemon Denkichi in a Kabuki Play, September, 1882

View of the Issuance of the Constitution, March 1889. Creator: Kunitoshi
View of the Issuance of the Constitution, March 1889

View of a Military Review Parade at Aoyama, Feb. 1889 (Meiji 22). Feb. 1889 (Meiji 22)
View of a Military Review Parade at Aoyama, Feb. 1889 (Meiji 22)

Portrait of Rikyu (?), ca. 1875. ca. 1875. Creator: Shibata Zeshin
Portrait of Rikyu (?), ca. 1875

Straw Basket for Fish (?) and Mokuge Flower, ca. 1875. ca. 1875. Creator: Shibata Zeshin
Straw Basket for Fish (?) and Mokuge Flower, ca. 1875

Reception by the Japanese of the Americans at Yokohama, 1870s. 1870s
Reception by the Japanese of the Americans at Yokohama, 1870s

Mutsuhito, The Meiji Emperor, 1873. Creator: Uchida Kyuichi
Mutsuhito, The Meiji Emperor, 1873

Traveling by Moonlight, 1800. Creator: Gyokusho Kawabata
Traveling by Moonlight, 1800. Meiji period (1868-1912)

Vase of Flowers with Grasshopper, Marine Life, and Garden Rock, late 1800s. Creator
Vase of Flowers with Grasshopper, Marine Life, and Garden Rock, late 1800s. A great interest in Western scientific studies developed in Japan during the late Edo period (1615-1868)

The Fourth Month, A Lady of the Enkyo Era (1744-48)... 1894. Creator: Mizuno Toshikata (Japanese)
The Fourth Month, A Lady of the Enkyo Era (1744-48), from the series Thirty-six Elegant Selections, 1894

Parinirvana with Otsu-e Subjects, 1800s. Creator: Hakuen (Japanese, active 1850-1870)
Parinirvana with Otsu-e Subjects, 1800s. The painting parodies the traditional representation of this subject. The death of Buddha is actually the moment he achieves nirvana

Passing the Bamboo Grove, 1868-1912. Creator: Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1724-1770)
Passing the Bamboo Grove, 1868-1912. The first state of this print was privately issued as a calendar print for 1766, with the months of the year depicted in the womans sash

A Puppet Made from a Bucket, A Lady of the Enpo Era (1673-1681)... 1894. Creator
A Puppet Made from a Bucket, A Lady of the Enpo Era (1673-1681), from the series Thirty-six Elegant Selections, 1894

Buddhist Vestment (Kesa), late 1800s-early 1900s. Creator: Unknown
Buddhist Vestment (Kesa), late 1800s-early 1900s

Chasing Fireflies, A Lady of the Tenmei Era (1781-1789)... 1894. Creator: Mizuno Toshikata
Chasing Fireflies, A Lady of the Tenmei Era (1781-1789), from the series Thirty-six Elegant Selections, 1894

Oni Nembutsu, Standing with Head Raised and Howling, late 19th-early 20th century

On the Road, A Lady of the Genko Era (1313-34), from the series Thirty-six Elegant Selections, 1894

Poem Card Box, 1868-1912. Creator: Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese, 1866-1942)
Poem Card Box, 1868-1912

Poem Card Box (lid), 1868-1912. Creator: Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese, 1866-1942)
Poem Card Box (lid), 1868-1912

Playing the Koyo, A Lady from Nagoya of the Koka Era (1844-48), from the series Thirty-six Elegant Selections, 1894

Beggar (Kojiki), 1871. Creator: Suian Hirafuku (Japanese, 1844-1890)
Beggar (Kojiki), 1871. The Japanese term for beggar, kojiki, derives from the word kotsujiki, which refers to Buddhist monks taking bowls from door to door to request sustenance

Beauties Harvesting Bracken, from the series Gekkos Miscellaney, c. 1886-1899

Bamboo Fence and Chrysanthemums, c. 1890. Creator: Kono Bairei (Japanese, 1844-1895)
Bamboo Fence and Chrysanthemums, c. 1890

Gathering of Otsu-e Subjects, late 1800s. Creator: Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807-1891)
Gathering of Otsu-e Subjects, late 1800s. This lively scene captures a gathering of stock figures from Otsu-e, or " Otsu paintings." Otsu-e were folk paintings made as souvenirs for

Incense burner in the form of an eagle, c1860, (1881). Creator: J. I. Williamson
Incense burner in the form of an eagle, c1860, (1881). Etching of a hammered iron burner made in Japan in the 19th century, a decorative yet functional object

Three figures, 1883, (1924). Creator: Seiko
Three figures, 1883, (1924). From a drawing by Seiko, a famous woman artist, in the " Meiji Gafu", a compilation of sketches and poems by artists of the Meiji period, [1883]

Namikawas Workroom, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
Namikawas Workroom, 1910. The Kyoto artisan credited with popularizing Japanese cloisonne during the Meiji Era (1868-1912). From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S

Namikawa San Feeding His Carp, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
Namikawa San Feeding His Carp, 1910. The Kyoto artisan credited with popularizing Japanese cloisonne during the Meiji Era (1868-1912). From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G

Birds on a Flowering Branch. Private Collection

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