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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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Tiger Fording a Stream with Cubs https://collections.artsmia.org/art/78616/
tiger swimming with two cubs, one on back and one in water in front; reeds at left; blue and beige borders, blue is brocade
December 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Title unknown [Ovoid woodgrain design] https://collections.artsmia.org/art/135902/
black ground; ovoid form with brown woodgrain design
December 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Netsuke [Gama Sennin] https://collections.artsmia.org/art/30382/
smiling man with head tilted to proper left wearing an open-chested, leafy cloak; man holds a gnarled branch in his proper left hand and the proper right back leg of the frog on his back in his proper right hand; frog holds onto the branch with its front flippers
December 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Takashi Bay https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127770/
female figure carrying buckets attached to yoke over her shoulders along a beach; other figures in background with similar buckets; rooftops emerge from rocks; figures on grassy outcropping under trees at L
December 9, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Study of a leaping carp https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127979/
jumping fish, in a backwards C shape; sea foliage above and behind tail and at top right edge; a few broad brushstrokes at bottom; face of fish reworked on back of sheet; unsigned
December 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Lobed bowl https://collections.artsmia.org/art/122512/
bowl with lobed, upright walls resembling flower petals
December 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Egrets in Snow https://collections.artsmia.org/art/117388/
two egrets standing close together near center of image; snow covered branch hangs down from UR; snow-covered branches and foliage in foreground LR In Japanese art, herons/egrets are often depicted in pairs, amid willow trees and reeds. In this lyrical scene, the birds’ bright plumage, crisply delineated in opaque white pigment, stands out against the gloomy ink wash of the background. Withering foliage appears to bow beneath the weight of settling snow, cleverly suggested by unpainted space.
December 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Dragon https://collections.artsmia.org/art/122195/
framed; grayscale; image of a multi-headed dragon snaking across image, doubling back over a pile of human figures at LR
December 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Actor Nakamura Fukusuke V as Ohan https://collections.artsmia.org/art/62425/
head of woman wearing headdress, looking up; multicolored floral kimono; purple ground; label glued on back Thirty-first design of a set of 36. Based on Nakamura Fukusuke V as Ohan in the scene Obiya mise saki of the play Katsuragawa renri no shigarami 桂川連理柵　帯屋見世先 (Union by the Weir in the River Katsura), performed at the Azabu Meiji Theater, February 1924.
December 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Untitled (Girl and a Yellow Bird) https://collections.artsmia.org/art/26697/
Untitled (Girl and a Yellow Bird)
December 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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(Court Lady Holding a Fan) https://collections.artsmia.org/art/81984/
(Court Lady Holding a Fan)
December 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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(Sparrows and plum flowers) https://collections.artsmia.org/art/42424/
(Sparrows and plum flowers)
December 7, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Bowl https://collections.artsmia.org/art/15445/
Bowl, on foot heavy gray glaze with character in purple on one side.
December 7, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Li Tieguai (left), Han Xiangzi (right) [center right of the set Daoist Immortals] https://collections.artsmia.org/art/18575/
Set of four sliding door panels with decoration of Chinese Immortals These sliding door panels (fusuma) show a group of Chinese Daoist immortals. The Chinese believed the immortals were historical and legendary personages who, through moral virtue, faith, and discipline, managed to transcend the bounds of the natural world and live forever. They were worshiped as saints. Old Chinese themes like this were admired in Japan by military rulers and Zen priests, who exalted Chinese culture and its heroes. This set of panels formed part of a much larger suite of paintings made for a temple in Kyoto. In the 1640s, Kano Sansetsu and his studio created hundreds of panel paintings for this temple. A devastating fire in the 1800s destroyed all but eight—the four panels you see here and four paintings that decorated their reverse, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
December 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Girl in Summer Clothes https://collections.artsmia.org/art/62549/
standing woman wearing a blue floral kimono and holding an obi with flower and butterfly pattern; hanging lamp, URC; green floor Artwork dated to August 1920 but first posthumously printed in 1952. Goyō’s model, Nakatani Tsuru 中谷つる, is holding a richly decorated obi (sash) that she is going to wrap around her black summer kimono.
December 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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29, Ferry on the Tenryū River, Mitsuke https://collections.artsmia.org/art/60724/
29, Ferry on the Tenryū River, Mitsuke
December 6, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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The Karasu River at Takasaki Station: (Actor Mimasu Daigorō IV as) Tabakoya Genshichi https://collections.artsmia.org/art/89854/
portrait of a frowning man wearing a blue headscarf and kimono with blue ground and diamonds with birds, with brown foliage design over top; river landscape in background with thatch-roofed buildings in URQ and mountain in ULQ; square cartouche with red background with text, with vessel with ladle and tree leaves around edges of cartouche No. 14 in the series.
December 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Rotation of Ellipse Makes Two Transparent Drums https://collections.artsmia.org/art/117831/
delicate drum-shaped form with hollow cylindrical center; thin bamboo strips woven at diagonal create spiral pattern; interior of bamboo pieces painted gold on one half
December 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Akasaka https://collections.artsmia.org/art/34725/
Akasaka
December 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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(Storage Jar) https://collections.artsmia.org/art/8434/
large round grey storage jar, pointed foot, two nipples above shoulders opposite each other, flaired mouth with distinct rim, unadorned; has own stand The small, independent kingdom of Kaya on Korea's southern coast enjoyed a rich material culture before it was absorbed by Silla, its powerful neighbor to the east, in 562. Bulbous jars with smooth, unadorned surfaces were created in great numbers by Kaya potters, who may also have influenced the production of a similar ware in Japan's Yayoi period (300 b.c. - a.d. 300). This astoundingly large example also has a small amount of natural ash glaze on its shoulder.
December 5, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Confederate Rose https://collections.artsmia.org/art/42472/
Matsumura Keibun was one of the leading artists of the Shijø school, which was established by Matsumura Goshun (1752-1811), his older brother and mentor. Keibun's paintings, most of which depict birds and flowers, are marked by soft brushwork and a close attention to naturalistic detail, characteristics common among the Shijø school artists. In his native city of Kyoto, Keibun designed a number of surimono prints for local poetry societies, including this one. The poets submitted fifteen haiku poems on the topic of autumn and Keibun depicted a spray of confederate rose, which blooms in early autumn. A large flower and a small bud are printed in gradated pink tones. Delicately embossed lines, representing the veins of the petals, are the work of a highly skilled carver and printer.
December 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Corner House-Fukuoka https://collections.artsmia.org/art/32023/
plank wall at R with tile roofed facade at L; multicolored hanging cloths inside house visible through central doorway and 2 upper windows
December 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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All Kinds of Butterflies, Vol. 2 https://collections.artsmia.org/art/117811/
accordion album containing multi-colored images of butterflies in various styles; green silk cover with Japanese label
December 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Dark blue felt rug (mōsen) decorated with roundels https://collections.artsmia.org/art/131718/
Fabric made in Mongolia for the Japanese market.
December 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Washing Hands as a Mitare of Gongsun Sheng https://collections.artsmia.org/art/82209/
This print is from the series picturing the heroes of the Chinese epic "Water Margin" as beautiful women. Following the success of Kuniyoshi's musha-e series showing the actual heroes of the novel, a poetry circle called Hisakataya commissioned the artist to design this series as a means of publishing poems by its member. Picturing the warriors of ancient China as contemporary women may have not been easy, but, Kuniyoshi discovered many creative ways to suggest the warriors. Here, he depicts a woman drying her hands by a water basin of the kind commonly placed near the entrance to shrine for ritual purification. Reflected in the water of the basin is the image of the dragon painted on the ceiling over the basin. Thus Kuniyoshi associates her with Gongsun Sheng, a hero in the novel, whose nickname is Dragon in the Clouds.
December 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM