EditorialRaft-like platforms that float on the surface of Ago Bay, above thousands of oysters held in nets to create pearls that are sold around the world, at the Mikimoto Tatoku Pearl Farm in Shima, Japan, April 27, 2023. (Andrew Faulk/The New York Times)
EditorialRaft-like platforms that float on the surface of Ago Bay, above thousands of oysters held in nets to create pearls that are sold around the world, at the Mikimoto Tatoku Pearl Farm in Shima, Japan, April 27, 2023. (Andrew Faulk/The New York Times)
EditorialRaft-like platforms that float on the surface of Ago Bay, above thousands of oysters held in nets to create pearls that are sold around the world, at the Mikimoto Tatoku Pearl Farm in Shima, Japan, April 27, 2023. (Andrew Faulk/The New York Times)
EditorialShima Province: Arashi Rikan III as the Aunt of Fukuoka Mitsugi. Utagawa Kuniyoshi; Japanese, 1797-1861. Date: 1852. Dimensions: 17.3 x 21.5 cm (6 13/16 x 8 7/16 in.). Color woodblock print; section of an oban sheet. Origin: Japan.
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as the monk Shunkan in the play "Shunkan Shima Monogatari," performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the ninth month, 1791. Katsukawa Shun'ei; Japanese, 1762-1819. Date: 1786-1796. Dimensions: 30.8 x 13.9 cm (12 1/8 x 5 1/2 i...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as the monk Shunkan in the play "Shunkan Shima Monogatari," performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the ninth month, 1791. Katsukawa Shun'ei; Japanese, 1762-1819. Date: 1786-1796. Dimensions: 30.8 x 13.9 cm (12 1/8 x 5 1/2 i...
EditorialDragonflies, Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), silk threads (itoire), Motif of dragonflies as a repeated pattern are flying in multiple directions. The insects varies in size; while some have solid wings, ...
EditorialShima Province: Arashi Rikan III as the Aunt of Fukuoka Mitsugi. Utagawa Kuniyoshi; Japanese, 1797-1861. Date: 1852. Dimensions: 17.3 x 21.5 cm (6 13/16 x 8 7/16 in.). Color woodblock print; section of an oban sheet. Origin: Japan.
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as the monk Shunkan in the play "Shunkan Shima Monogatari," performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the ninth month, 1791. Katsukawa Shun'ei; Japanese, 1762-1819. Date: 1786-1796. Dimensions: 30.8 x 13.9 cm (12 1/8 x 5 1/2 i...
EditorialShima Province: Arashi Rikan III as the Aunt of Fukuoka Mitsugi. Utagawa Kuniyoshi; Japanese, 1797-1861. Date: 1852. Dimensions: 17.3 x 21.5 cm (6 13/16 x 8 7/16 in.). Color woodblock print; section of an oban sheet. Origin: Japan.
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as the monk Shunkan in the play "Shunkan Shima Monogatari," performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the ninth month, 1791. Katsukawa Shun'ei; Japanese, 1762-1819. Date: 1786-1796. Dimensions: 30.8 x 13.9 cm (12 1/8 x 5 1/2 i...
EditorialShima Province: Arashi Rikan III as the Aunt of Fukuoka Mitsugi. Utagawa Kuniyoshi; Japanese, 1797-1861. Date: 1852. Dimensions: 17.3 x 21.5 cm (6 13/16 x 8 7/16 in.). Color woodblock print; section of an oban sheet. Origin: Japan.
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as the monk Shunkan in the play "Shunkan Shima Monogatari," performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the ninth month, 1791. Katsukawa Shun'ei; Japanese, 1762-1819. Date: 1786-1796. Dimensions: 30.8 x 13.9 cm (12 1/8 x 5 1/2 i...
EditorialPortrait of Shima Kakoku. Date/Period: 1870. Vintage negative on deposit, Toj? Historical Museum, Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, printed as modern albumen print. Width: 9.1 cm. Height: 10.6 cm (sheet).