Sengoku

Himeji castle, Himeji

Sengoku

Interiors – Himeji castle

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

Sengoku

Southern Barbarian style lacquer - western

Sengoku

Dutch-style gin bottles Armor coat with Persian carpet design

Screen with images of Tale of Genji

Sengoku

Kano school screen - landscapes

Sengoku

Kano school screen - geese

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Sengoku

Tea bowl and whisk Sen Rikyu Founder of Modern tea

Sengoku

Sen Sotatsu 14 th – Hounsai Direct descendant of Rikyu Sen Sotatsu 15 th Current head of O-ura

Sengoku

Flower vase by Sen Rikyu

Sengoku

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

Tea scoop Camellia – tea flowers

Sengoku

Tea house interior

Sengoku

Ido style tea bowl - Hagi Bronze tea kettle

Tea sweets

Sengoku

Kaiseki Tea meal

Sengoku

Lacquer bowls

Armor and battle formation – Sekigahara October 1608

Edo

Edo period fashionistas, screen fragment

Edo

Travelling shrine with seven gods of fortune surrounding Benten

Kutani plate – foxes wedding

Edo

Lacquer ashtray and Dowry chest

Edo

Lacquer box - tebako Plates by Ogata Kenzan

Rimpa school screen of cherry blossoms and river, seashore

Edo

Screens of Thunder and Wind By Sotatsu – Rimpa school

Edo

Fan screen Peacocks by Ito Jakuchu

Edo

Edo

Dragon rising up waterfall - scroll

Edo

Warrior scene woodblock prints

Edo

Advertisement of Kabuki actors – woodblock print

Edo

Kabuki Shibaraku Fuji Musume Bunraku puppets

Edo

Actor print by Sharaku

Edo

Embroidered and brocaded kimono Woodblock print of courtesans

Shinto shrine before consrtuction Gate in the sea before Ise Jingu

Shinto

Shinto

Nachi waterfall and the shrine to the Nachi god Fuji – one of the premier kami of Japan

Shinto procession to a small shrine

Shinto

Shinto

Predominance of red and white in Shinto – garments and architecture

Shinto

Red and white in food NB similarity to Japanese flag

Shinto

Later shinto image of a kami – Buddhist iconographic influence