The koto was introduced from China to Japan during the Nara period (710-793) as an instrument of court music (Gagaku).
Japanese koto. Instrument for traditional Japanese music.
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Port Bathy and Capital of Ithaca. The Neritos of Homer.
This is the port which is exhibited in the present view, and the lofty mountain beyond its entrance is the Neritos of Homer. Views in Greece by Edward Dodwell. London, 1821.
The Book of Kings. Page from the Shahnameh. Persian art, 15th century.
The Shahnameh is the longest epic poem in the world written by a single poet. It is considered as a literary masterpiece.
Famous papers designed by Walter Crane. Arts and Crafts Movement.
The Arts and Crafts Movement was a British movement in art and especially in product design from the middle of the 19th century to around 1920
Landing in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Historical travelogue.
Landing in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at the beginning of the 19th century. Historical travelogue by Emeric Essex Vidal and Rudolph Ackermann.
Masked Paris Opera Ball 1804, by Jean-Francois Bosio.
Costumed Empire people at a masked ball at the Paris Opera 1804. Illustration by Jean-Francois Bosio. Composition pour le “Journal des Dames”.
Odette de Champdivers called La Petite Reine and Charles VI.
In the days of the Capetian Kings. Odette de Champdivers called La Petite Reine, was mistress of the mad French king Charles VI.
THE story of Catalina de Erauso.
Catalina de Erauso alias Francisco Loyola (* 1592 in Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain; † 1650 in Cuitlaxtla, New Spain, today Mexico) was a Basque noblewoman who lived as a man for… Read More
Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Women pirates, 18th century.
A BRACE OF WOMEN PIRATES. WOMEN WHO POSED AS MEN. THE life of a pirate on the high seas was hardly likely to attract even the most adventurous woman, yet according… Read More
Glimpses of Gotham and city characters.
Glimpses of Gotham and city characters. Chapter: Men and women who deal in fancy costumes. The business of letting out costumes—and that reminds me that the last one I tried… Read More
