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Workers entering a factory. Colour woodblock print; Japan, 19th century.
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Workers entering a factory. Colour woodblock print; Japan, 19th century.

Rice planting during a summer shower. Sheet from the series "60 Famous Places in Japan" (Rokujyuyosho Meisho Zue) Woodblock Print, in Colour Japan, 1857
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Rice planting during a summer shower. Sheet from the series "60 Famous Places i...

The Namamugi Incident was a samurai attack on foreign nationals in Japan on September 14, 1862, which resulted in the bombardment of Kagoshima in 1863. Charles Lennox Richardson (a British merchant) is at the centre of the scene. Woodblock print; Japan, 19th century.
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The Namamugi Incident was a samurai attack on foreign nationals in Japan on Sept...

Ashikaga Takauji presiding at a council in the 14th century. Ashikaga Takauji (1305-1358) was the founder and first shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate. Woodblock print; Japan, 19th century.
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Ashikaga Takauji presiding at a council in the 14th century. Ashikaga Takauji (...

Archer firing at a target watched by the Daimyo and his attendants. Woodblock print; Japan, 19th century.
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Archer firing at a target watched by the Daimyo and his attendants. Woodblock pr...

The Spider Monster Creating Monsters in the Mansion of Minamoto no Yorimitsu. Colour woodblock print; Japan, 1843. Height: 34.6 cm, Width: 72.7 cm. Kuniyoshi (1798-1861) was a master of the triptych format and a highly accomplished exponent of the musha-e or 'warrior print' genre. In this triptych he deals with a legend about Minamoto no Yorimitsu that was adopted by the Noh theatre. Yorimitsu is attacked by a spider monster when he is ill in bed, but slays it with the help of his four senior retainers. When the print was published, a rumour circulated that it was meant to satirize the backward-looking Tempo Reforms promoted by the government at the time. Neither the artist nor the publisher were punished, however.
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The Spider Monster Creating Monsters in the Mansion of Minamoto no Yorimitsu. Co...

Japanese Tea Ceremony - Selecting and arranging "dogu" (utensils for tea ceremony).
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Japanese Tea Ceremony - Selecting and arranging "dogu" (utensils for tea ceremo...

Japanese Tea Ceremony - "Koicha Demae" the "thick" tea ceremony of the most formal style.
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Japanese Tea Ceremony - "Koicha Demae" the "thick" tea ceremony of the most for...

Japanese Tea Ceremony - "Usucha Temae" presentation of thin tea usucha, a weak infusion of powdered tea, or standard tea ceremony.
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Japanese Tea Ceremony - "Usucha Temae" presentation of thin tea usucha, a weak i...

Emperor Taizong (599-649) of Tang China. He was the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty of China from 626 to 649.
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Emperor Taizong (599-649) of Tang China. He was the second emperor of the Tang D...

Emperor Tang Xuanzong (685-762) watching his fafourite concubine Yang Guifei mount a horse. She was one of the Four Beauties of ancient China. Tang dynasty; 8th century CE.
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Emperor Tang Xuanzong (685-762) watching his fafourite concubine Yang Guifei mou...

Harvesting of rice. Watercolour. China; Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century CE.
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Harvesting of rice. Watercolour. China; Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century CE.