Sengoku

Himeji castle, Himeji

Sengoku

Interiors – Himeji castle

Sengoku

Bridges at Uji, screen, silk on wood frame, Art Institute Chicago

Sengoku

Southern Barbarian style lacquer - western

Dutch-style gin bottles Armor coat with Persian carpet design

Sengoku

Screen with images of Tale of Genji

Sengoku

Kano school screen - geese

Kano school screen - landscapes

Sengoku

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Sengoku

Tea bowl and whisk Sen Rikyu Founder of Modern tea

Sengoku

Sen Sotatsu 14th – HounsaiDirect descendant of Rikyu

Sen Sotatsu 15th

Current head of O-ura

Sengoku

Flower vase by Sen Rikyu

Tea bowl, whisk and scoop Tea caddy in silk bag

Sengoku

Path to Tea house –

Tea house entrance

Sengoku

Formal style tea bowl - Chinese

Rikyu style tea bowl - raku

Bag for bowl

Sengoku

Tea scoop

Camellia – tea flowers

Tea houseinterior

Sengoku

Bronze tea kettle

Ido style tea bowl - Hagi

Sengoku

Tea sweets

Sengoku

Kaiseki Tea meal

Lacquer bowls

Armor and battle formation – Sekigahara October 1608

EdoEdo period fashionistas, screen fragment

Edo Travelling shrine with seven gods of fortune surrounding Benten

Edo

Kutani plate – foxes wedding

Lacquer ashtray and Dowry chest

Edo

Lacquer box - tebako

Plates by Ogata Kenzan

Edo

Rimpa school screen of cherry blossoms and river, seashore

Edo

Screens of Thunder and WindBy Sotatsu – Rimpa school

Edo

Fan screen

Peacocks byIto Jakuchu

Edo Dragon rising up waterfall - scroll

EdoWarrior scene woodblockprints

EdoAdvertisement of Kabuki actors – woodblock print

Edo

KabukiShibaraku

Fuji Musume

Bunraku puppets

Edo Actor print by Sharaku

Edo

Embroidered and brocaded kimono

Woodblock print of courtesans

Shinto

Shinto shrine before consrtuction

Gate in the sea before Ise Jingu

Shinto

Nachi waterfall and the shrine to the Nachi god

Fuji – one of the premier kami of Japan

Shinto

Shinto procession to a small shrine

Shinto

Predominance of red and white in Shinto – garments and architecture

Shinto

Red and white in food

NB similarity to Japaneseflag

ShintoLater shinto image of a kami – Buddhist iconographic influence