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MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot)
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Sharing artworks from the Minneapolis Art Institute.'s Japanese and Korean Art department. Not associated with the Minneapolis Art Institute.
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Late Autumn https://collections.artsmia.org/art/80134/
abstract
December 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Sake set https://collections.artsmia.org/art/9724/
eighteen piece sake, porcelain in peony pattern, underglaze blue with overglaze enamels; see following card for list of objects
December 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Scented Fragrance https://collections.artsmia.org/art/117749/
large, bold characters written horizontally across sheet; two smaller, vertical lines at L; two seals at L; seal at UR; unmounted
December 1, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Bedding cover (futonji) or furniture cover (yutan) https://collections.artsmia.org/art/131638/
cotton bedding cover with blue and white checkered pattern
November 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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"Komurasaki of the Kadotamaya House" https://collections.artsmia.org/art/67769/
"Komurasaki of the Kadotamaya House"
November 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Letter https://collections.artsmia.org/art/117314/
fourteen lines of cursive calligraphy, small characters; fifteenth line composed of one character; two shorter lines just left of center with signature; writing occupies right 2/3 of sheet
November 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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(Three Thieves and a Man from the Kabuki Play of Jiraiya Story) https://collections.artsmia.org/art/89243/
vertical ōban diptych;bind in a book with 96.146.106*
November 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Act II https://collections.artsmia.org/art/22678/
unsigned and without publisher seal
November 30, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Plum Blossoms Under the Winter Moon https://collections.artsmia.org/art/118403/
gnarled branches with blossoms against crescent moon in background; larger branches rising up from lower center; darker branch in foreground entering from R
November 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Yomei Gate https://collections.artsmia.org/art/117518/
tall, heavily decorated, multi-story temple gate at center; human figure descending the stairs in front; temple grounds and tall trees in background
November 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Flare of the Signal Fire: Actor Ichikawa Sadanji I as Sakuma Morimasa https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127863/
portrait of a man with an elaborate "winged" hairstyle with a rounded ponytail; grimacing expression; man looks toward PL, wearing a green vest with white dots in floral design at shoulders, trimmed with blue cord around neck, and purple garment with yellow and red leaves beneath vest; red ground behind man; border around portrait is grey at top with maroon starburst and purple ground with white floral pattern at bottom
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Collection of Humorous Leftovers (Kokkei zansai bukuro 滑稽残菜嚢), vol. https://collections.artsmia.org/art/123983/
comic books depicting changes after foreigners entered Japan; mostly text; bawdy scene of Japanese and Chinese caricatures smoking and carousing; Japanese men getting topknots reluctantly cut off; pensive courtesans; Japanese men eating with Western haircuts; blue cover with impressed floral pattern
November 28, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Rooster https://collections.artsmia.org/art/118426/
profile of rooster in lower center facing L grooming his chest feathers; standing next to crooked tree with small wrinkled foliage and white flowers Combining ink washes and meticulous brushwork in ink and bright colors like red and green, Sō Shiseki created this realistic image of a rooster standing under a flowering tree. The style is typical of the Nagasaki school of painters, of which Sō Shiseki was a leading member. A native of Japan’s capital, Edo (present-day Tokyo), Shiseki traveled to the far western port city of Nagasaki in the 1750s to study with Song Ziyuan (d. 1760), a Chinese painter who taught Qing dynasty Chinese-style bird-and-flower painting to Japanese painters. Sō Shiseki is credited with popularizing this style on his return to Edo, where he trained numerous followers.
November 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Genzanmi Yorimasa and I no Hayata https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127870/
two men; standing man with moustache at left with a drawn bow, wearing wide-legged blue pants, red and black armor and brown and white gloves, looking up; man with moustache at right, kneeling on one knee, wearing a blue and white garment with black and grey sleeves, holding a blue dagger (?), looking up at arrow above his head; yellow sky with building roof in background; orange-red and grey cloud (smoke?) from LLQ diagonally behind man in blue and white across picture plane These two different versions of the same design illustrate how publishers and artists made revisions in order to attract more customers. The version with a plain yellow background is the earlier one of the two. It is unclear at what point after the first release the color changes and addition of the dramatic cloud formations were undertaken or who demanded them. The scene illustrates a popular legend about the Nue monster that had terrorized the building in which the emperor slept until it was killed one night by the noted archer Genzanmi Yorimasa (Minamoto Yorimasa; 1106–1180) and I Hayata (dates unknown). Yoshitoshi portrays the two heroes looking up toward the monster—out of the print’s frame—which is typically depicted with the head of a monkey, body of a tiger, and tail of a snake.
November 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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The Lanting Gathering https://collections.artsmia.org/art/117317/
mountain landscape with thick trees; groups of male figures in robes gathered throughout image: some amid trees, in clearings, in pavilion, and along shoreline; mountains in background; rocks with thick trees and foliage throughout; large inscription URQ
November 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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God of Thunder captured by a crab [right of the pair Gods of Wind and Thunder] https://collections.artsmia.org/art/118222/
pink demon figure wearing tiger skin loin cloth viewed from behind; PR ankle of demon in the claw of a crab emerging from the water at bottom; demon has bar bell shaped object in PR hand; three red cylinders in the air This humorous pair of scrolls shows the gods of wind and thunder being ambushed by worldly creatures. On the left, the Wind God, identifiable by the deflated wind-producing bag at his side, has been captured by a swooping hawk. On the right, the Thunder God has abandoned the drums he uses to produce the sound of thunder while attempting to escape the pincers of a crab. This lively theme was popular with the Kanō painting school during the Edo period, so the fact that Eikai, who studied under literati painter Tani Bunchō, took on this subject is rather exceptional. (2013.30.19.1-.2)
November 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Japanese Yellow Rose https://collections.artsmia.org/art/42445/
Japanese Yellow Rose
November 27, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Muromachi Roofs https://collections.artsmia.org/art/32007/
blue, grey and purple tile roofs with 3 lighted windows at top center; treetop near center at bottom of image
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Sake cup (guinomi) https://collections.artsmia.org/art/117063/
round, bulbous sake cup; black clay with crazed celadon over glaze; deep blue pooling on sides
November 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Carp https://collections.artsmia.org/art/117428/
side view of carp swimming upward, fins forward, tail thrust forward; part of body cut off from view
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Tenryūji Garden https://collections.artsmia.org/art/117592/
planes of color; embossed lines (rock garden) in foreground with grass and bushes beyond; dark blue calm water in middle ground; rocks and foliage at far bank at top of image
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Letter to Murase Heijirō https://collections.artsmia.org/art/117740/
letter in cursive script on gray-green paper; mounted to gold mat; black lacquered frame
November 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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White Mice https://collections.artsmia.org/art/9656/
cluster of five white mice in ULQ, one mouse URC Capitalizing on the delicate ink tonalities of traditional ink painting, Zeshin created this woodblock print composition of white mice. Mice have long been emblematic of fertility in Japan, and white mice were considered especially auspicious. In Japanese folklore, Daikokuten, the god of agriculture, employs white mice as his messengers. In commemoration of the Year of the Rat in the Asian astrological calendar, artists created the images featuring white mice. It is likely that Zeshin was commissioned to produce this image for such an occasion.
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Takatsu https://collections.artsmia.org/art/81954/
Takatsu
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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(Thatched huts on the beach) https://collections.artsmia.org/art/42330/
(Thatched huts on the beach)
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM