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  • In the Afternoon

    Date
    1998
    Period
    Heisei era
  • Wall and base of large vat

    Date
    19th century
    Period
    Edo period
  • Writing box

    Date
    1615-1868
    Period
    Edo period
  • Karatsu ware hanging vase

    Date
    1800-1880
    Period
    Edo period or Meiji era
  • The contemporary artist in Japan / by David Kung

    Date
    1966
    C1966
    20th century
  • Vessel base, fragment

    Date
    1573-1615
    Period
    Momoyama period
  • Tokubetsuten Nihon bijutsu ni miru hashi monogatari : Ama no Hashidate kara Nihonbashi made : Nihonbashi kakyō hyakunen kinen / henshū Mitsui Bunko Mitsui Kinen Bijutsukan

    Date
    2011
    Heisei [2011]
  • Shinsedai e no shiten : 10-garō kara no hatsugen = Focusing on a new generation in Japan : statements from 10 galleries / henshū Tōkyō Gendai Bijutsu Garō Kaigi

    Date
    1995
    20th century
  • Small fragment, body sherd

    Date
    1610-1659
    Period
    Edo period
  • Illustration for Tanizaki Jun'ichirō's "Tattoo" (Shisei) 谷崎潤一郎による「刺青」の挿絵

    Date
    1923
    Period
    Taisho era

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    • Anthropology 4089
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