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Japanese
A Beauty Reading a Letter
c. 1730

 

Japanese
Cover for Sheet Music: Collection of Jazz Popular Ballads
1930, private collection

 

Japanese
Cover for Sheet Music: Song of the Milky Way
1931, private collection

 

Japanese
Hair Pin with Circular Mistletoe Design
c. 1920-1940, private collection

 

Japanese
Hair Pin with Triangular Design
c. 1925-1935, private collection

 

Japanese
Kabuki Actors Sawamura Sōjūrō I and Segawa Kikunojō I
c. 1730

 

Japanese
Katsura, Imperial Villa
c. 1600-1700, Katsura, Kyoto

 

Japanese
Man's Morning Gown (Japonsche Rock), made for Dutch Trade
c. 1725-1775, Centraal Museum, Utrecht

 

Japanese
Table Clock
c. 1925-1935, private collection

 

Japanese
Vase with Miyakodori (Capital Bird) Design
c. 1930-1940, private collection

 

Tokutarō Asai [Japanese, born 1909]
Box with Leopard
c. 1928-1938, private collection

 

Chokosai Eishō [Japanese, active 1790 – 1799]
The Courtesan Yosooi
c. 1795-1800

 

Eishōsai Chōki [Japanese, active c. 1780 – early 1800s]
Catching Fireflies
c. 1795

 

Eishōsai Chōki [Japanese, active c. 1780 – early 1800s]
Comparisons of Customs of the Eastern Capital at the Five Annual Festivals
c. 1800-1810

 

Eishōsai Chōki [Japanese, active c. 1780 – early 1800s]
The Courtesan Somensosuke with an Apprentice
c. 1795

 

Eishōsai Chōki [Japanese, active c. 1780 – early 1800s]
New Year Sunrise
c. 1795

 

Chikatoshi Enomoto [Japanese, 1898 – 1973]
Modern Girl with Cocktail and Cards
c. 1935, private collection

 

Tsugouharu Foujita [Japanese, 1886 – 1968]
Self-Portrait
c. 1935-1940, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

 

Tsugouharu Foujita [Japanese, 1886 – 1968]
Self-Portrait with Cat
1928, private collection

 

Tsugouharu Foujita [Japanese, 1886 – 1968]
Two Young Friends
1918, Musée du Petit Palais de Genève

 

Follower of Furuyama Moromasa [Japanese, 1712 – 1772]
Parading Courtesan with Attendants
c. 1740-1750

 

Gokyō [Japanese, active 18th century]
Coutesans on Promenade at New Year
c. 1785-1790

 

Saburo Hagesawa [Japanese, 1906 – 1957]
Study in Rhythm
1952, Japan Society, New York

 

Hanegawa Chinchô [Japanese, 1679 – 1754]
Traveling Nun as Tokiwa Gozen at Fushimi
c. 1684-1688

 

Naitō Haruji [Japanese, 1875 – 1979]
Wall Clock
1927, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

 

Suzuki Harunobu [Japanese, 1725 – 1770]
Courtesan and Attendant on a Moonlit Veranda
c. 1765-1770

 

Suzuki Harunobu [Japanese, 1725 – 1770]
Eirakuan Tea-house
1764-1770

 

Suzuki Harunobu [Japanese, 1725 – 1770]
Plum-Blossom Viewing at Night
c. 1765-1770

 

Suzuki Harunobu [Japanese, 1725 – 1770]
Poetess Ono no Komachi
1764-1770

 

Suzuki Harunobu [Japanese, 1725 – 1770]
Returning Sails at Shinagawa
1764-1770

 

Hasegawa Saburō [Japanese, 1906 – 1957]
Supreme Goodness is Like Water
1954, private collection

 

Yasuo Hayashi [Japanese, born 1928]
Sitting Figure
1954, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art

 

Teikichi Hikoyama [Japanese, 1884 – 1957]
Sierra Pine
c. 1925, private collection

 

Ando Hiroshige [Japanese, 1797 – 1858]
Cockerel, Hen and Autumn Flowers (Fan Print)
c. 1845, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

 

Ando Hiroshige [Japanese, 1797 – 1858]
Crane and Wave
c. 1835

 

Ando Hiroshige [Japanese, 1797 – 1858]
The Crossing at Suda
c. 1830-1840

 

Ando Hiroshige [Japanese, 1797 – 1858]
Double-Petaled Cherry Blossoms and Small Bird
c. 1830-1840

 

Ando Hiroshige [Japanese, 1797 – 1858]
Drum Bridge and Yūhi Hill at Meguro
1856-58

 

Ando Hiroshige [Japanese, 1797 – 1858]
Evening Cherry at Nakanonchō in the Yoshiwara
c. 1834-1835

 

Ando Hiroshige [Japanese, 1797 – 1858]
Hakone - View of the Lake
1831-1834

 

Ando Hiroshige [Japanese, 1797 – 1858]
Inside Kameido Tenjin Shrine, from One Hundred Famous Views in Edo
1856, Cincinnati Art Museum

 

Ando Hiroshige [Japanese, 1797 – 1858]
Kannon Temple at Cape Abuto in Bingo Province
1853-1856

 

Ando Hiroshige [Japanese, 1797 – 1858]
Men Poling Boats Past a Bank with Willows
c. 1834-1842

 

Ando Hiroshige [Japanese, 1797 – 1858]
Ohashi, Sudden Shower at Atake
1857

 

Ando Hiroshige [Japanese, 1797 – 1858]
Peonies
after 1829

 

Ando Hiroshige [Japanese, 1797 – 1858]
Pine Beach at Miho in Suruga Province
1853-1856

 

Ando Hiroshige [Japanese, 1797 – 1858]
Plum Orchard, Kameido
1857, Brooklyn Museum

 

Ando Hiroshige [Japanese, 1797 – 1858]
Sea at Satta in Suruga Province
1858

 

Ando Hiroshige [Japanese, 1797 – 1858]
Sunrise on New Year's Day at Susaki
c. 1835

 

Ando Hiroshige [Japanese, 1797 – 1858]
Two Ladies Conversing in the Snow
1853

 

Ando Hiroshige [Japanese, 1797 – 1858]
The Ushimachi Quarter in Takanawa, from One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo
1857, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg

 

Ando Hiroshige [Japanese, 1797 – 1858]
View from near Massaki of Suijin Shrine, Uchikawa River and Village of Sekiya
1856-58

 

Ando Hiroshige [Japanese, 1797 – 1858]
Woman on a River Bank in the Evening
1856-58

 

Katsushika Hokusai [Japanese, 1760 – 1849]
Cranes on a Pine Tree
1832-1833

 

Katsushika Hokusai [Japanese, 1760 – 1849]
The Great Wave at Kanagawa
1830-1832

 

Katsushika Hokusai [Japanese, 1760 – 1849]
Hanging-cloud Bridge at Mount Gyōdō near Ashikaga
c. 1834

 

Katsushika Hokusai [Japanese, 1760 – 1849]
Hibiscus and Sparrow
1833-1834

 

Katsushika Hokusai [Japanese, 1760 – 1849]
Kingfisher with Irises and Wild Pinks
c. 1834

 

Katsushika Hokusai [Japanese, 1760 – 1849]
Lilies
1832-1834

 

Katsushika Hokusai [Japanese, 1760 – 1849]
Nakamaro Watching the Moon from a Hill
c. 1835-1836

 

Katsushika Hokusai [Japanese, 1760 – 1849]
Old Tiger in the Snow
1849

 

Katsushika Hokusai [Japanese, 1760 – 1849]
Peonies and Butterfly
1833-1834

 

Katsushika Hokusai [Japanese, 1760 – 1849]
Poppies
c. 1834-1835

 

Katsushika Hokusai [Japanese, 1760 – 1849]
Rider in the Snow
c. 1833-1834

 

Katsushika Hokusai [Japanese, 1760 – 1849]
Samurai on Horseback
1826

 

Katsushika Hokusai [Japanese, 1760 – 1849]
Shirabyōshi Dancer
c. 1820

 

Katsushika Hokusai [Japanese, 1760 – 1849]
Swimming Turtles
1832-1833

 

Katsushika Hokusai [Japanese, 1760 – 1849]
Thunderstorm Beneath the Summit
1830-1832

 

Katsushika Hokusai [Japanese, 1760 – 1849]
Travelers Climbing a Mountain Path
c. 1835-1836

 

Katsushika Hokusai [Japanese, 1760 – 1849]
Weeping Cherry and Bullfinch
c. 1834

 

Katsushika Hokusai [Japanese, 1760 – 1849]
Woman Returning Home at Sunset
c. 1835-1836

 

Sutemi Horiguchi [Japanese, 1895 – 1983]
Okada House
1933, Tokyo

 

Hosoda Eishi [Japanese, 1756 – 1829]
Bride and Young Girl
c. 1790-1800

 

Hosoda Eishi [Japanese, 1756 – 1829]
The Courtesan Hinazuru of Choji-ya
c. 1795

 

Hosoda Eishi [Japanese, 1756 – 1829]
The Courtesan Nakagawa with Two Apprentices
c. 1795

 

Hosoda Eishi [Japanese, 1756 – 1829]
The Courtesan Takikawa
c. 1796-1797

 

Hosoda Eishi [Japanese, 1756 – 1829]
Kiyomori's Daughter Painting a Self-Portrait to Send to Her Mother
c. 1795-1800

 

Hosoda Eishi [Japanese, 1756 – 1829]
A Poem by Kisen Hōshi
c. 1795-1800

 

Ikeda Eisen [Japanese, 1790 – 1848]
Geisha Girl in Eastern Capital
c. 1825-1830

 

Ikeda Eisen [Japanese, 1790 – 1848]
Geisha with Samisen
c. 1820-1825

 

Ikeda Eisen [Japanese, 1790 – 1848]
The Kōya-Tama River
c. 1820-1825

 

Yoshiro Ikeda [Japanese, born 1947]
Vase
c. 1995, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento

 

Inokuma Gen'ichirō [Japanese, 1902 – 1993]
Wall Street
1964, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

 

Tanshō Inoue [Japanese, 1875 – 1946]
Incense Burner in the Form of a Mandarin Duck
c. 1930-1940, private collection

 

Ishikawa Toyonobu [Japanese, 1711 – 1785]
Drinking Sake in a Pleasure House
before 1765

 

Ishikawa Toyonobu [Japanese, 1711 – 1785]
Young Actor Bandō Kikumatsu with a Hobby-horse
c. 1751-1764

 

Isoda Koryūsai [Japanese, active 1765 – c. 1785]
Courtesan Hanaōgi with Attendants
c. 1775

 

Isoda Koryūsai [Japanese, active 1765 – c. 1785]
Lovers Under an Umbrella
c. 1770-1780

 

Kiyomi Iwata [Japanese, born 1941]
Orange Box II
1994, private collection

 

Tōbei Kamei [Japanese, 1901 – 1977]
Twelve Hours of a Cinema Actress
1931, private collection

 

Yusaku Kamekura [Japanese, 1915 – 1997]
Nikon Worldwide Known Finest 35mm Camera
c. 1955, private collection

 

Jun Kaneko [Japanese, born 1942]
Dango
1993, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

 

Jun Kaneko [Japanese, born 1942]
Untitled
c. 1983, private collection

 

Kawai Kanjirō [Japanese, 1890 – 1966]
Vase
1959, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

 

Kawai Kanjirō [Japanese, 1890 – 1966]
Vase
c. 1950, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

 

Katsukawa Shunkō [Japanese, 1743 – 1812]
The Kabuki Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II and Sakata Hangorō III
c. 1785

 

Katsukawa Shunsen [Japanese, active 1806 – 1821]
Parading Courtesan
c. 1810

 

Katsukawa Shunshō [Japanese, 1726 – 1792]
The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as Sagi Museume (Heron Girl in the Play)
c. 1770-1780

 

Katsukawa Shunshō [Japanese, 1726 – 1792]
The Actors Matsumoto Kōshirō IV and Segawa Kikunojō III
c. 1780

 

Katsukawa Shunshō [Japanese, 1726 – 1792]
Lingering Snow at the Niken Tea-house
c. 1772

 

Katsukawa Shunshō [Japanese, 1726 – 1792]
Yamauba and a Monkey
c. 1791-1792

 

Aoki Katsuyo [Japanese, born 1972]
Read the Story (Dark Grove)
2005, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

 

Aoki Katsuyo [Japanese, born 1972]
Read the Story (Over the Hill)
2005, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

 

Tamiko Kawata [Japanese, born 1936]
August Grove SQAP
2000, private collection

 

Tamiko Kawata [Japanese, born 1936]
Rain Forest
2000, private collection

 

Isamu Kenmochi [Japanese, 1912 – 1971] and Isamu Noguchi [American, 1904 – 1988]
Bamboo Basket Chair
1950, private collection

   

Isamu Kenmochi [Japanese, 1912 – 1971]
Bamboo Chair
1950, private collection

 

Isamu Kenmochi [Japanese, 1912 – 1971]
Bamboo Chair
1954, private collection

 

Isamu Kenmochi [Japanese, 1912 – 1971]
Easy Chair, Model SM 7051
1963, private collection

 

Isamu Kenmochi [Japanese, 1912 – 1971]
Kashiwado Chair
1961, private collection

   

Isamu Kenmochi [Japanese, 1912 – 1971]
Rattan Round Chair, Model C-3150
1960, Museum of Modern Art, New York

 

Kikukawa Eizan [Japanese, 1787 – 1867]
The Jōruri Character Ohan with a Doll
c. 1810

 

Kikukawa Eizan [Japanese, 1787 – 1867]
Snow
c. 1850-1867

 

Kikukawa Eizan [Japanese, 1787 – 1867]
Woman at a Mirror
c. 1820

 

Rosanjin Kitaōji [Japanese, 1883 – 1959]
Basket-Shaped Vase
1951, private collection

 

Kiyoshi Kobayakawa [Japanese, 1899 – 1948]
Tipsy, from the Series Styles of Contemporary Makeup
1930, private collection

 

Kobayashi Kiyochika [Japanese, 1847 – 1915]
Hazy Moon at Ushimachi, Takanawa, between Tokyo and Yokohama
1879, Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco

 

Shiba Kōkan [Japanese, 1747 – 1818]
The Travesty of Ono no Komachi Praying for Rain
1771-1772

 

Asahachi Kono [Japanese, active c. 1925 – c. 1935]
Perpetual Motion
1931, private collection

 

Asahachi Kōno [Japanese, active 1920 – 1940]
Pond Fantasy
1931, Royal Photographic Society, Bath

 

K. Kotani [Japanese, first active c. 1930]
Cover for Sheet Music: The Modern Song
1930, private collection

 

Shigeko Kubota [Japanese, born 1937]
Duchampiana: Nude Descending a Staircase
1976, Museum of Modern Art, New York

 

Junkichi Kumakura [Japanese, 1920 – 1985]
Work
1950, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga Prefecture

 

Junkichi Kumakura [Japanese, 1920 – 1985]
Work
1970, private collection

 

Kuniyasu [Japanese, 1794 – 1832]
Geisha with Samisen
c. 1817

 

Shirō Kuramata [Japanese, 1934 – 1991]
How High the Moon Armchair
1986-1987, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Accumulation
1962-1964, Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Accumulation No. 15A
1962, private collection

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Accumulation No. 19. A
1962, private collection

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Accumulation of Spaces (No. B.T.)
1963, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Accumulation of Stamps, 63
1962, Museum of Modern Art, New York

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Accumulation on Cabinet No. 1
1963, private collection

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Air Mail Stickers
1962, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Armchair
1963, Akron Art Museum

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Blue 5
1960, private collection

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Blue Coat
1965, Rose Art Museum, Waltham

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Blue Spots
1965, private collection

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Bronze Coat
c. 1962, Fondazione Mudima, Milan

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Chair
1962, Akron Art Museum

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
The Clouds
1984, private collection

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Corpses
1950, private collection

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Dot Abstraction
1958-1960, private collection

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Dots Obsession XZQBA
2007, private collection

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Endless
1953-1984, Museum of Modern Art, New York

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Endless Love Room
1966-1981, Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo

   

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Far End of Disappointment
2015, private collection

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Flame
1992, private collection

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Flower Bud No. 6
1952, private collection

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Flower Overcoat
1964, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington D.C.

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Gentle are the Stairs to Heaven
1990, private collection

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
God of the Wind
1955, private collection

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
I'm Here but Nothing
2000/2012, private collection

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Infinity Mirrored Room - Filled with the Brilliance of Life
2011, private collection

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Infinity Mirrored Room-The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away
2013, The Broad, Los Angeles

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Infinity Nets (White)
1959, private collection

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Infinity Nets (Yellow)
1960, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Infinity Nets QATBO
2006, private collection

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Infinity-Nets
2005, private collection

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Ladder
1963, Des Moines Art Center

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Leftover Snow in the Dream
1982, private collection

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
The Man
1963, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Necklace
after 1962, private collection

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Nets and Red No. 2
1958, private collection

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
No. F
1959, Museum of Modern Art, New York

   

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
No. Green No. 1
1961, Baltimore Museum of Art

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
No. T.W.3
1961, private collection

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Pacific Ocean
1959, private collection

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
The Passing Winter
2005, Tate Modern, London

   

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Phallic Girl
1967, private collection

   

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Rain in a City
1952, Matsumoto City Museum of Art

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Rain in Early Spring
2002, Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Red Stripes
1965, private collection

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Repetitive Vision
1996, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
A Snake
1974, Dallas Museum of Art

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Spring Mars S Today
1953, private collection

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Untitled
1962, private collection

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Violet Obsession
1994, Museum of Modern Art, New York

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
Walking Piece
1966, private collection

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
The Wind Blows
2016, private collection

 

Yayoi Kusama [Japanese, born 1929]
You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies
2005, Phoenix Art Museum

 

Mangetsudō [Japanese, active century]
Dreaming of Aubergines
c. 1744-1748

 

Issey Miyake [Japanese, born 1939]
Dresses and Hats from the Starburst Series
1998, private collection

 

Takehiko Mizutani [Japanese, 1903 – 1969]
Material Study for the Preliminary Course Taught by Josef Albers
1928, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich

 

Hanae Mori [Japanese, born 1926]
Dress from the East Meets West Collection
c. 1965, private collection

 

Mariko Mori [Japanese, born 1967]
Birth of a Star
1995, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

 

Mariko Mori [Japanese, born 1967]
Wave UFO
2005

 

Yasumasa Morimura [Japanese, born 1951]
Futago
1989-1990, Rose Art Museum, Waltham

   

Takashi Murakami [Japanese, born 1962]
Eye Love Superfast
2003

 

Takashi Murakami [Japanese, born 1962]
Kaikai Kiki
2001, private collection

 

Takashi Murakami [Japanese, born 1962]
Miss Ko2
1997, private collection

 

Yasumi Nakajima [Japanese, 1877 – 1952]
Lobed Vase
c. 1926-1936, private collection

 

Diazaburō Nakamura [Japanese, 1898 – 1947]
White Western Clothes
c. 1935, private collection

 

Kentaro Nakamura [Japanese, c. 1894 – c. 1938]
Evening Wave
c. 1927, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City

 

Chūroku Neya [Japanese, 1897 – 1987]
Table Clock with Rabbit Pounding Rice-Cake on the Moon
c. 1920-1940, private collection

 

Chūroku Neya [Japanese, 1897 – 1987]
Table Clock with Rooster
c. 1933, private collection

 

Yoshihira Nihashi [Japanese, 1896 – 1977]
Round Box with Chinese Lion Design
1930, private collection

 

Tatsuo Okabe [Japanese, 1902 – 1964]
Dog
c. 1930-1940, private collection

 

Okumura Masanobu [Japanese, 1686 – 1764]
New Year's First Playing
1755

 

Okumura Toshinobu [Japanese, active c. 1720 – c. 1740]
Types from Kyoto, Edo and Osake
c. 1716-1736

 

Okumura Toshinobu [Japanese, active c. 1720 – c. 1740]
Young Lovers by Mt. Fuji
c. 1720

 

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