East Asian Art

The Society has an important collection of art from East Asia, particularly China and Japan, with many beautiful and fascinating pieces.

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• [RAS 043] Chinese door gods
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  • [RAS 043.001] A Votive door god, offering wealth
  • [RAS 043.002] Randeng Daoren
  • [RAS 043.003] Votive door god
  • [RAS 043.004] Votive door god with bowl
  • [RAS 043.005] Votive door god offering wealth
  • [RAS 043.006] Door god, mounted on a horse
  • [RAS 043.007] Randeng Daoren
  • [RAS 043.008] Zhao Gongming
  • [RAS 043.009] General on a horse
  • [RAS 043.010] A god in theatrical make-up
• [RAS 077] Japanese album of prints, mainly theatrical
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  • [RAS 077.001, 001-003] Ishibashiyama
  • [RAS 077.001, 004-006] Crowds visiting Narita-san for the display of the image
  • [RAS 077.001, 007-009] Crowds attending the image-showing of the god Fudo of Narita-san
  • [RAS 077.001, 010-012] Crowds attending the image-showing of the goddess Benzaiten at Yenoshima
  • [RAS 077.001, 019-021] Women and children engaged in silk-worm cultivation
  • [RAS 077.001, 022-024] Ladies of the household sightseeing in famous places
  • [RAS 077.001, 028-030] Women and children on the beach at sunrise
  • [RAS 077.001, 031-033] Prosperity of the Eastern Capital
  • [RAS 077.001, 034-036] Blossom-viewing at the Sansuido temple, Uyeno
  • [RAS 077.001, 037-039] View of Akabane, Yedo, early evening
  • [RAS 077.001, 040-042] Blossom-viewing at Asukayama
  • [RAS 077.001, 043-045] Twin houses, spring travelling companions
  • [RAS 077.001, 046] Portrait of the wrestler Tsuneyama Goroji
  • [RAS 077.001, 047] Portrait of the wrestler Hiraishi Shichidayu
  • [RAS 077.001, 048] Stories of wise women and faithful wives
  • [RAS 077.001, 049] Shidzuka-gozen, mistress of Minamoto no Yoshitsune
  • [RAS 077.001, 050] Fujinoye, wife of Idzumi Saburo Tadahira
  • [RAS 077.001, 054] Kano
  • [RAS 077.001, 055] Kano Utanosuke
  • [RAS 077.001, 056] Shinnosuke of Marukame
  • [RAS 077.001, 057] The Greengrocer Hambei
  • [RAS 077.001, 058] Nagoya and Kinohei
  • [RAS 077.001, 059] Nagoya and Kinohei
  • [RAS 077.001, 060] Innami Kazuma and Otaka Shuden
  • [RAS 077.001, 061] Yokoyama Daizo and Otaka Shuden
  • [RAS 077.001, 062] Kasugaya Tokijiro and Hamanaya Urasato
  • [RAS 077.001, 063] Drunken dance
  • [RAS 077.001, 064] Kagekoto
  • [RAS 077.001, 065] Kagekiyo and Hito Maru
  • [RAS 077.001, 066] Kakushi and his wife
  • [RAS 077.001, 067] Kobune with the child Nori
  • [RAS 077.001, 068] Magama
  • [RAS 077.001, 069] Kasugaya Tokijiro
  • [RAS 077.001, 070-071] Mirror of ancient and modern wrestling
  • [RAS 077.001, 072-073] Flowers
  • [RAS 077.001, 074] Famous places
  • [RAS 077.001, 075] Courtesan with two maids
  • [RAS 077.001, 076] Hambei and O-Chiyo
  • [RAS 077.001, 077] Yojiro
  • [RAS 077.001, 078] Ishidome Busuke threatens O-Fuchi
  • [RAS 077.001, 079] Ise no saburo drawing his sword
  • [RAS 077.001, 082] Kagura dancer
  • [RAS 077.001, 083] Courtesan
  • [RAS 077.001, 084] Fumiya no Yasuhide in court robes
  • [RAS 077.001, 085] Kisen-hoshi
  • [RAS 077.001, 086-087] Picture of Takanawa
  • [RAS 077.001, 088-090] Plum-tree of the Winter Solstice
  • [RAS 077.001, 091-092] Dancers and courtiers
  • [RAS 077.001, 093] Young man and priest
  • [RAS 077.001, 094] Takashima Beizan in the snow
  • [RAS 077.001, 095] Taira camp
  • [RAS 077.001, 098-100] Scene at a castle moat
  • [RAS 077.001, 101] Fuwa Banzayemon in Nagoya obi
  • [RAS 077.001, 102] Nagoya Sanza
  • [RAS 077.001, 104] Temman-ya O-Hatsu
  • [RAS 077.001, 105] Saito Ichiro Sanemori
  • [RAS 077.001, 106] Girl with a basket of flowers
  • [RAS 077.001, 107] O-Matsuri Sashichi
  • [RAS 077.001, 108] O-Koma of Shiroki-ya
  • [RAS 077.001, 109-110] Arashishi Otokonosuke and Nikki Danjo
  • [RAS 077.001, 111-112] Musha Mitsuhide drawing his sword
  • [RAS 077.001, 116-118] The Wrestlers
  • [RAS 077.001, 119-121] O-Toki in a palanquin with two bearers
  • [RAS 077.001, 122-123] Oyaka Taro Mitsukuni confronts Kisaragi
  • [RAS 077.001, 124] A demonstration of the ‘ken’ game
  • [RAS 077.001, 125-127] Servants with a sake-cup, kettle and a rake
  • [RAS 077.001, 128-132] Five gallant men
  • [RAS 077.001, 133-135] Forging the sword-blade
  • [RAS 077.001, 136-138] Shinagawa scene
  • [RAS 077.001, 139-141] Snow scene
  • [RAS 077.001, 142-144] Issun Tokubei holding out a sandal
  • [RAS 077.001, 145-146] River-bank scene
  • [RAS 077.001, 147-148] New place, Osaka
  • [RAS 077.001, 149] Courtesan by a low screen
  • [RAS 077.001, 150] Girl adjusting her hair-pin
  • [RAS 077.001, 151] Girl with a roll of cloth
  • [RAS 077.001, 152] Girl with an open fan
  • [RAS 077.001, 153] Girl by a palanquin
  • [RAS 077.001, 154] Girl carrying a bundle
  • [RAS 077.001, 155] Girl on bench with baby
  • [RAS 077.001, 156] Fukusuke seated with a fan
  • [RAS 077.001, 157] Ichikawa Kuzo bows to the audience
  • [RAS 077.001, 158-159] Courtesan handing a pipe to a blind man
  • [RAS 077.001, 160-161] Assault on a moonlight shore
  • [RAS 077.001, 162-163] Yasuke and O-Sato
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  • [RAS 077.001, 167-168] O-Sone hands a sword to her husband
  • [RAS 077.001, 169-170] A confrontation at night
  • [RAS 077.001, 171-172] O-Toki clutches the sword-scabbard of Tomoyuki, with a ghost
  • [RAS 077.001, 176-178] River scene
  • [RAS 077.001, 182-183] The warrior-monk and the foxman
  • [RAS 077.001, 199] The brigand woman O-Cho
  • [RAS 077.001, 200] Isami Hidenosuke on the snow-covered bank of a river