Japonesices

thekimonogallery:

Geisha with hair down.  Photo taken about 1900 in Tokyo, Japan, by photographer Kazumasa Ogawa

thekimonogallery:

A light silk jacket featuring many tiny fans silk-screened onto a rinzu base.  Early Showa period (1927-1940). The Kimono Gallery

thekimonogallery:

Akashi of the Tamaya.  Ukiyo-e woodblock print, early 19th century, Japan, by artist Hishikawa Ryukoku

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olosta:

Gabrielle Ray

yama-bato:

Bottle
North China, probably from Xiuwu or Cizhou
Northern Song period (960–1127), 12th century
Stoneware with sgraffito design in slip under glaze (Cizhou ware)
Asia Society, New York: Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection, 1979.141

http://sites.asiasociety.org/asianjourneys/chinese-civil-strife-and-the-international-art-market/

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thekimonogallery:

Portrait of a young woman from Okinawa, Japan, wearing an ikat-designed kimono.  Late 19th century by unknown photographer

lesfleursdelart:

The chinese room.
La maison de Victor Hugo, Paris

anabsence:

Yasuzō Nojima : Title Unknown (1931) 

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rumikokoyanagi:

雑誌グラビア「潮みどり嬢」(1924)

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