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Court figures, painted ceramic tile from a tomb, 29 x 94 in. Han
dynasty, late 1st century BCE—early 1st century CE (Museum of
Fine Arts, Boston)
Seated Buddha accompanied by a bodhisattva, at
Yungang, Datong, Shanxi province, China. Carved
sandstone, h. 45 ft., c. 460
Horyuji temple complex, Nara prefecture, Japan.
Founded 607, possibly rebuilt 670.
Great Buddha at Kamakura, Japan. Bronze, h. 44 ft, c. 1252
Ise Grand Shrine, Ise, Mie prefecture,
Japan. Probably first built in 678-686;
rebuilt every 20 years.
Shinto shrine at Kamakura, Japan, 1869
Sarcophagus (two views) from the tomb of Song Shaozu, d. 477,
carved limestone, h. about 6 ½ ft., excavated from Datong, Shanxi
province, China (Shanxi Museum, Taiyuan, China)
Interior view of tomb of Song Shaozu, d. 477, Shanxi
province, China, showing sarcophagus (L) and mingqi
(R) (Shanxi Museum, Taiyuan, China)
Horsemen (mingqi) from tomb of Song Shaozu, painted
earthenware, c. 477 (Shanxi Museum, Taiyuan, China)
←Painting (and line drawing , above) of musicians,
interior wall of tomb of Song Shaozu (Shanxi Museum,
Taiyuan, China)
Standing Female Attendant, wood
with pigment, h. 21 in. Tang
dynasty China , late 7th – early 8th
century (Metropolitan Museum)
Hsia Kuei (= Xia Gui), detail of Twelve Views from a Thatched Hut, Song
Dynasty, China, c. 1200-1230. Hand scroll, ink on silk, h. 11 x w. 7 ft 7 ¼ in.
(Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City)
Yin Hong, Hundreds of Birds
Admiring the Peacocks, Hanging
scroll, ink and color on silk, 7’ 10
½” x 6’ 5”. Ming dynasty, China,
late 15th – early 16th century
(Cleveland Museum of Art)
Page from the Ishiyama-gire (one
volume from the collection “Thirty-Six
Poets.” Ink on assembled, dyed paper
decorated with silver and gold, 8 ¼ x 6
¼ in. Heian period, Japan, early 12th
century. (Freer Gallery of Art,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington)
Gyokuen Bompo
(artist), Orchids and
Rocks, hanging
scroll, ink on paper,
3 ft. 3 ½ in. x 1 ft. 1
in. Muromachi
period, c. 13501400 (Metropolitan
Museum)
Vase, Porcelaneous stoneware with
relief decoration under celadon glaze,
h. 6 ¾ in. Southern Song dynasty, China,
1127-1279 (Metropolitan Museum)
Storage jar, stoneware with natural ash
glaze, h. 18 3/8 x 15 ½ in. Muromachi
period, Japan, 1392-1573 (Metropolitan
Museum)
Katsushika Hokusai, The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji,
color woodblock print, 9 5/8 x 14 in. c. 1830-32 (Metropolitan Museum and
elsewhere)
Toshusai Sharaku, The Actors Segawa
Tomisaburo and Nakamura Mano, color
woodblock print, 14 ¼ x 9 ¼ in. Edo period,
Japan, 1794 (Art Institute of Chicago)
Kitagawa Utamaro, Midnight: the Hours of the
Rat; Mother and Sleepy Child, color woodblock
print, 14 3/8 x 9 5/8 in. Edo period, Japan, c.
1790 (Metropolitan Museum)