EditorialHMS Steam-Powered Battleship Medusa Opening the Shimonoseki Straits. HNLMS Steam Warship Medusa Forcing Passage through the Shimonoseki Strait. HMS 'Medusa' Forcing the Passage through Shimonoseki Strait between Kyushu and Honshu, September 1864. Datin...
EditorialTea caddy with a dark brown glaze, dust tea can or chaire of stoneware with an ivory lid, partially covered with a dark brown glaze. The lower part of the bus is unglazed. Old label on the inside with 'Kyushu'. Kyushu., anonymous, Japan, c. 1600 - c. 1...
EditorialHMS Steam-Powered Battleship Medusa Opening the Shimonoseki Straits. HNLMS Steam Warship Medusa Forcing Passage through the Shimonoseki Strait. HMS 'Medusa' Forcing the Passage through Shimonoseki Strait between Kyushu and Honshu, September 1864. Datin...
Editorial???????????, Letter Box with Pine, Bamboo, Plum Blossom, and Family Crests, Edo period (1615?1868), 19th century, Japan, Lacquered wood with gold and silver hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground (part of a wedding set), L. 16 in. (40.6 cm), L...
EditorialMeles anakuma, Print, The Japanese badger (Meles anakuma) is a species of carnivoran of the family Mustelidae, the weasels and their kin. Endemic to Japan, it is found on Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, and Shodoshima. It shares the genus Meles with the Asian...
EditorialUrotrichus talpoides, Print, The Japanese shrew mole or himizu (???) (Urotrichus talpoides) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to Japan and is found on Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Awaji Island, Shodo Island, Oki Islands, Tsushima...
EditorialMeles anakuma, Print, The Japanese badger (Meles anakuma) is a species of carnivoran of the family Mustelidae, the weasels and their kin. Endemic to Japan, it is found on Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, and Shodoshima. It shares the genus Meles with the Asian...
EditorialHMS Steam-Powered Battleship Medusa Opening the Shimonoseki Straits. HNLMS Steam Warship Medusa Forcing Passage through the Shimonoseki Strait. HMS 'Medusa' Forcing the Passage through Shimonoseki Strait between Kyushu and Honshu, September 1864. Datin...
EditorialMap of the southern part of the island of Kyushu, Japan. DUTCH PORTOLANO, containing forty-nine coloured maps and views. 17th century. Source: Add. 34184, f.98.
Editorial???????????, Letter Box with Pine, Bamboo, Plum Blossom, and Family Crests, Edo period (1615?1868), 19th century, Japan, Lacquered wood with gold and silver hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground (part of a wedding set), L. 16 in. (40.6 cm), L...
EditorialCovered Box with Design of Pine, Bamboo, and Cherry Blossom, Edo period (1615?1868), 19th century, Japan, Sprinkled gold on lacquer (maki-e), H. 2 in. (5.1 cm); W. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm); D. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm), Lacquer, This covered box, part of a wedding...
EditorialJar, Momoyama period (1573?1615), Japan, Stoneware with painted decoration in underglaze brown iron (Karatsu ware), H. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); W. 6 in. (15.2 cm), Ceramics, It was in the Karatsu area of the island of Kyushu that Korean potters first intro...
EditorialBox with Design of Pine, Bamboo, and Cherry Blossom, Edo period (1615?1868), 19th century, Japan, Sprinkled gold on lacquer (maki-e), L. 12 in. (30.5 cm), Lacquer, This covered box, part of a wedding trousseau, comprised of thirty-one pieces, represent...
EditorialBox with Design of Pine, Bamboo, and Cherry Blossom, Edo period (1615?1868), 19th century, Japan, Sprinkled gold on lacquer (maki-e), H. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); W. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm), Lacquer, This covered box, part of a wedding trousseau, comprised of thi...
Editorial?????????, Cosmetic Stand with Pine, Bamboo, and Cherry Blossom from a Wedding Set, Edo period (1615?1868), early 19th century, Japan, Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground, H. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm); ...
EditorialBox with lid, Edo period (1615?1868), 19th century, Japan, Sprinkled gold on lacquer (maki-e), 3 1/4 x 5 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. (8.3 x 14.6 x 12.1 cm), Lacquer, This covered box, part of a wedding trousseau, comprised of thirty-one pieces, represents late Edo...
EditorialCabinet with Design of Chrysanthemum by a Stream, Edo period (1615?1868), 19th century, Japan, Gold and silver maki-e on lacquered wood with metal fittings, H. 15 in. (38.1 cm); W. 15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm); D. 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm), Lacquer, This cabinet, pa...
EditorialCovered Box with Design of Pine, Bamboo, and Cherry Blossom, Edo period (1615?1868), 19th century, Japan, Sprinkled gold on lacquer (maki-e), H. 2 in. (5.1 cm); W. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm); D. 2 in. (5.1 cm), Lacquer, This covered box, part of a wedding trous...