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"Cherry Blossom Viewing Picnic," a folding screen depicting low-level samurai accompanied by sex workers. Japan, Edo period, Kan'ei era, ca. 1624-1644. Ink, color and gold leaf on paper. Brooklyn Museum collection

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"Cherry Blossom Viewing Picnic," a folding screen depicting low-level samurai accompanied by sex workers. Japan, Edo period, Kan'ei era, ca. 1624-1644. Ink, color and gold leaf on paper. Brooklyn Museum collection

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"Old plum" by Ike Gyokuran , who was a rare acclaimed female painter in Edo-era Japan. Folding screen with ink and light color on paper. National Museum of Asian Art collection

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"Old plum" by Ike Gyokuran , who was a rare acclaimed female painter in Edo-era Japan. Folding screen with ink and light color on paper. National Museum of Asian Art collection

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"Flowering Cherry and Autumn Maple with Poem Slips", a six-panel folding screen made of ink, color, gold, and silver on paper. From Japan, mid- 17th century CE

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"Flowering Cherry and Autumn Maple with Poem Slips", a six-panel folding screen made of ink, color, gold, and silver on paper. From Japan, mid- 17th century CE

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Samurai's travel coat . Japan, Edo period, 19th c. Wool, silk, leather, metal, bone. Loaned to the Brooklyn Museum

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Samurai's travel coat . Japan, Edo period, 19th c. Wool, silk, leather, metal, bone. Loaned to the Brooklyn Museum

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Painted wooden paddle for hanetsuki, a game traditionally considered auspicious for New Year's in Japan, depicting three of Japan's seven lucky gods. 19th c. Brooklyn Museum collection

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Painted wooden paddle for hanetsuki, a game traditionally considered auspicious for New Year's in Japan, depicting three of Japan's seven lucky gods. 19th c. Brooklyn Museum collection

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Japanese illustrations depicting various types of whales, created between 1603 and 1867 during Japan's Edo period. Currently part of the Kyushu University Museum collection

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Japanese illustrations depicting various types of whales, created between 1603 and 1867 during Japan's Edo period. Currently part of the Kyushu University Museum collection

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Grapes by Motsurin Jōtō . Japan, Muromachi period, ca. ca. 1480–92. Hanging scroll; ink on paper. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Grapes by Motsurin Jōtō . Japan, Muromachi period, ca. ca. 1480–92. Hanging scroll; ink on paper. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Vase with flowering cherry and birds. Ando Cloisonné Company, Nagoya, Japan, ca. 1910. Copper, silver, enamel. Walters Art Museum collection

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Vase with flowering cherry and birds. Ando Cloisonné Company, Nagoya, Japan, ca. 1910. Copper, silver, enamel. Walters Art Museum collection

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Folding screen depicting three flower carts. Japan, Edo period, 17th century

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Folding screen depicting three flower carts. Japan, Edo period, 17th century

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Traveling chest. Japan, late 16th–early 17th century, for export to the Portuguese market. Lacquer with gold flecks, mother-of-pearl inlay, metal fittings. Brooklyn Museum collection

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Traveling chest. Japan, late 16th–early 17th century, for export to the Portuguese market. Lacquer with gold flecks, mother-of-pearl inlay, metal fittings. Brooklyn Museum collection

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Small dish with fireworks. Japan, Edo period, mid-17th c. Porcelain with molding and underglaze blue . Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Small dish with fireworks. Japan, Edo period, mid-17th c. Porcelain with molding and underglaze blue . Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Vase with blossoming plum. Ando Cloisonné Company, Nagoya, Japan, ca. 1900. Silver, enamel. Walters Art Museum collection

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Vase with blossoming plum. Ando Cloisonné Company, Nagoya, Japan, ca. 1900. Silver, enamel. Walters Art Museum collection

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Some of the 1,000+ wooden molds for making rice cakes and confections at the Kanazawa Confectionery Wooden Molds Museum. Japan. Edo period, 1603-1868

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Some of the 1,000+ wooden molds for making rice cakes and confections at the Kanazawa Confectionery Wooden Molds Museum. Japan. Edo period, 1603-1868

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Vase with magpie and peonies by Yukiteru Kizamu, Japan, ca. 1912-1926. Silver, gold, copper. Walters Art Museum collection

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Vase with magpie and peonies by Yukiteru Kizamu, Japan, ca. 1912-1926. Silver, gold, copper. Walters Art Museum collection

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Steel stirrups with red and gold lacquer depicting brushes. Japan, Edo period, 17th century

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Steel stirrups with red and gold lacquer depicting brushes. Japan, Edo period, 17th century

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Manuscript of the Qur'an, 889/1484 C.E., Ink, opaque watercolors, and gold on paper. At the Brooklyn Museum

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Manuscript of the Qur'an, 889/1484 C.E., Ink, opaque watercolors, and gold on paper. At the Brooklyn Museum

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Netsuke depicting Daruma. Pearwood with lacquer. Japan, ca. Meiji period . Godwin-Ternbach Museum collection

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Netsuke depicting Daruma. Pearwood with lacquer. Japan, ca. Meiji period . Godwin-Ternbach Museum collection

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Folding screens depicting chrysanthemums and autumnal plants. Japan, Edo period, 17th-18th century

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Folding screens depicting chrysanthemums and autumnal plants. Japan, Edo period, 17th-18th century

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Depiction of a Portugese ship on a folding screen by Kanō Naizen. Japan, 1598-1615

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Depiction of a Portugese ship on a folding screen by Kanō Naizen. Japan, 1598-1615

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Kimono-shaped coverlet with Chinese lions and peonies. Japan, Edo period, late 17th c. Figured satin-weave silk with paste-resist dyeing, tie-dyeing, and ink painting. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Kimono-shaped coverlet with Chinese lions and peonies. Japan, Edo period, late 17th c. Figured satin-weave silk with paste-resist dyeing, tie-dyeing, and ink painting. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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