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FEATC|ASNS2271_190403|Selinger|Samurai Culture and Japanese Art

Vjayanthi Selinger brought her students in "Samurai in History, Literature, and Film" to the museum in April, 2019 to explore Japanese art and art objects in the collection that reflect samurai culture.

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Artist Unidentified

Wakizashi (short sword)

1800-1868
steel, iron w. gold ornaments; scabbard of wood with maki-e lacquer & gold inlay
Gift of the Misses Harriet Sarah and Mary Sophia Walker
1894.95
 
Kyushu School

Tanto

1661
metal, lacquer
Gift of the Misses Harriet Sarah and Mary Sophia Walker
1894.99.1
 
Artist Unidentified

Tanto

1603-1868
metal, lacquer
Gift of the Misses Harriet Sarah and Mary Sophia Walker
1894.99.4
 
Artist Unidentified

Hamidashi

n.d.
metal
Gift of the Misses Harriet Sarah and Mary Sophia Walker
1894.99.6
 
Soten School

Sword Guard (Tsuba): Two Samurai with Horse

1800-1868
iron
Bequest of Miss Mary Sophia Walker
1904.83.3
 
Soheishi

Sword Guard (Tsuba): Sage by A Waterfall

1704-1789
iron
Bequest of Miss Mary Sophia Walker
1904.83.5
 
Artist Unidentified

Sword Guard (Tsuba): Birds with Waves

1603-1868
sentoku (copper alloy)
Bequest of Miss Mary Sophia Walker
1904.83.6
 
Eitaku, Kobayashi

Izanami and Izanagi Creating the Japanese Islands

ca. 1895

Gift of David S. Cowles, Esq.
1909.20.a
 
Artist Unidentified

Hachiman

ca. 1895

Gift of David S. Cowles, Esq.
1909.20.b
 
Artist Unidentified

Tea Jar with Plum Blossom Decoration and Lid

1700-1799
block tin
Gift of David S. Cowles, Esquire
1909.24.a.&.b
 
Artist Unidentified

Tea Bowl

960-1279
stoneware
Gift of Mr. William Tudor Gardiner, Honorary Degree, 1945, and Mrs. Gardiner
1940.355
 
Korin, Ogata

Suzuri-bako (writing case)

1615-1868
wood, gold & silver maki-e and inlay on lacquer ground
Gift of Helen W. Merrill (Mrs. Earle A., Class of 1889)
1925.12
 
Kuniyoshi, Utagawa

untitled (warrior with arms folded and sword)

1797-1861
color woodcut on paper
Bequest of Charles Potter Kling
1935.239
 
 
Artist Unidentified

Chienware Tea Bowl (Temmoku)

1200-1299
stoneware
Bequest of Mrs. Herbert S. Ingraham
1990.3.1
 
Artist Unidentified

Tea Jar (cha ire)

1700-1799
stoneware
Bequest of Mrs. Herbert S. Ingraham
1990.3.9
 
 
Artist Unidentified (Japanese)

Scene from the Tale of Genji (The Genji Monogatari)

n.d.
watercolor with gold highlights on paper
Gift of Maurine and Robert Rothschild
2005.17.12
 
Artist Unidentified (Japanese)

untitled (Kabuki figural scenes with lords, ladies and samurai)

n.d.
color woodblock on paper
Gift of Maurine and Robert Rothschild
2005.17.14
 
Tôfû, Ono No

Sutra Text: Bonmôkyô Bosatsu-shinjibon, vol. 1

n.d.
sumi ink w/ red ink corrections, backed with gold-leaf squares on paper
Gift of David P. Becker, Class of 1970
2007.14.2
 
Callot, Jacques

The Stake; The Large Miseries of War, pl. 13

1633
etching on cream laid paper
Gift of Charles Pendexter
2009.16.134
 
Callot, Jacques

The Strappado; The Large Miseries of War, pl. 10

1633
etching on cream laid paper
Gift of Charles Pendexter
2009.16.136
 
Goya, Francisco José y Lucientes de

!Que Guerrero! (What a Warrior!)

1816-1817
etching and aquatint on cream laid paper
Gift of Charles Pendexter
2009.16.354
 
Artist Unidentified (Japanese)

Lunchbox Set

1600-1867
lacquer on wood
College Transfer from the Asian Studies Department, Bowdoin College
2009.28
 
Kuniyoshi, Utagawa

The Scene of the Night Attack in The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura youchi no zu)

1852
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Gift of Dr. Barbara Stoler Miller
1991.34.a.-.c
 
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