Yashima, After Totoya Hokkei, around 1900, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Japanese and Korean Art
Meiji-period reproduction.
Size: 8 5/16 x 7 1/16 in. (21.1 x 18 cm) (image, sheet)
Medium: Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
“Sniper of the Warring States period! The heroic story of the evil Kojiro who has been promoted to the status of a samurai with the skill of a matchlock”. Japaan
Actor Nakamura Shikaku II as Lady Shizuka at…, Natori Shunsen, 1926, Saint Louis Art Museum: Asian Art
“Tomita Nobutaka and his wife” (1885), Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)
Tomita Nobutaka’s wife, Yuki no kata, is known for defending successfully Anotsu castle during the 1600 Sekigahara campaign. She and her husband were on the side of Tokugawa Ieyasu. It was common for women of the samurai class to be left in charge of the defending the castle if the lord was away.
A fabulous Akoda-nari Suji-Kabuto,
- Height: 10 in/25.4 cm
- Width: 17.25 in/43.8 cm
- Depth: 15 in/38.1 cm
- Weight: 8.3 lbs/3750.6 g
Japan, late 15th-16th century, housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Standard Banner (Sashimono), Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arms and Armor
Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Silk, leather, pigment