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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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"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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A bronze water dropper shaped like a long-eared hare. Edo period, 18th–19th century CE, now housed at Tokyo National Museum in Japan

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A bronze water dropper shaped like a long-eared hare. Edo period, 18th–19th century CE, now housed at Tokyo National Museum in Japan

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Traveller's clothes chest with Tokugawa crest. Japan, Edo period, 1800-1868

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Traveller's clothes chest with Tokugawa crest. Japan, Edo period, 1800-1868

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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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Pear. Iran, 19th c. Steel inlaid with gold. Loaned to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

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Pear. Iran, 19th c. Steel inlaid with gold. Loaned to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

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Gong Held by Oni in Wood and Lacquer, Japan,19th Century, the Met Museum

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Gong Held by Oni in Wood and Lacquer, Japan,19th Century, the Met Museum

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Belt hook in the form of a tiger. China, Warring States period, 4th c BC. Bronze inlaid with gold and silver. Loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Belt hook in the form of a tiger. China, Warring States period, 4th c BC. Bronze inlaid with gold and silver. Loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Dancer. China, Tang dynasty . Earthenware with pigment. Loaned to the Brooklyn Museum

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Dancer. China, Tang dynasty . Earthenware with pigment. Loaned to the Brooklyn Museum

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Crouching bear. China, Shang dynasty, ca. 1600-1050 BC. Nephrite jade. Loaned to the Brooklyn Museum

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Crouching bear. China, Shang dynasty, ca. 1600-1050 BC. Nephrite jade. Loaned to the Brooklyn Museum

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Wooden brush pot in the shape of a tree trunk. China, 1641. Loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Wooden brush pot in the shape of a tree trunk. China, 1641. Loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Bronze fugu-censer, Japan, Meiji period, second half of the 19th century

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Bronze fugu-censer, Japan, Meiji period, second half of the 19th century

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Fireman's helmet with mother-of-pearl inlays. Japan, Edo period, 18th-19th century

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Fireman's helmet with mother-of-pearl inlays. Japan, Edo period, 18th-19th century

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A late 19th century CE netsuke of a meditating skeleton, made of silver set in stag antler. Meiji period, from Japan, now housed at the British Museum

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A late 19th century CE netsuke of a meditating skeleton, made of silver set in stag antler. Meiji period, from Japan, now housed at the British Museum

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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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Japanese ivory netsuke in the shape of a man heralding the New Year, Edo period, 18th-19th century, Bern History Museum. In Japanese art, netsuke are wooden or ivory figurines used as a fastener to secure pouches or other items on the belt.

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Japanese ivory netsuke in the shape of a man heralding the New Year, Edo period, 18th-19th century, Bern History Museum. In Japanese art, netsuke are wooden or ivory figurines used as a fastener to secure pouches or other items on the belt.

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Miniature palanquin . The palanquin would have carried an inscribed tablet representing the spirit of the deceased in procession to the burial. Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th c. Wood, metal, paper. Brooklyn Museum collection

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Miniature palanquin . The palanquin would have carried an inscribed tablet representing the spirit of the deceased in procession to the burial. Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th c. Wood, metal, paper. Brooklyn Museum collection

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A Japanese ivory netsuke with rabbit and mortar design. Edo Period, 18th century CE, now housed at the Tokyo National Museum

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A Japanese ivory netsuke with rabbit and mortar design. Edo Period, 18th century CE, now housed at the Tokyo National Museum

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