Decorative motives of oriental art by Katherine M. Ball. The dragon in Asian art and culture.
Category: Asia
Costume and fashion history of Asia. Manners and Customs. Collected from rare sources.
History of Kutani ceramic. Kaga, Japan.
All pottery made in Kaga is known in Japan as Kutani ware.
Japan. Porcelain figurines. Kyoto ceramics.
Figure of lady, in robes of ceremony. Court lady. Figure of lady, in full theatrical dress
Coloured terracotta figures. Artistic specimen of Japan.
Specimen of Japan. Group of figures of a traveller with a child. Coloured terracotta.
The Japanese Sword and Its Decoration
The sword of Japan may be called a key to the study of the history, folklore, and customs of the country.
Scenery of Ishiyama, Lake Biwa. Japan.
Japanese gardening finds its prototype and model in natural scenery.
Bowls from Ao Kutani & Ko Kutani. Kaga, Japan.
Kaga decor of two bowls from different periods. Ao Kutani & Ko Kutani. Japan ceramics.
Yomei-mon at Nikko, Japan.
This exquisitely beautiful structure called Yomei-mon is accounted the finest of its kind in all Japan.
Scenery of Matsushima, Japan.
Matsushima, or the Pine Islands, are classed among the three most beautiful sights in Japan.
Japan. Kakiyemon porcelain. Usugumo
Statue of the courtesan Usugumo of Yoshiwara (Tamaya uchi Usugumo) by Kakiyemon