The Collection – Page 56 – University of Michigan Museum of Art

Netsuke of merchant with a birdcage, accompanied by a young boy

1st half of 20th century

Japanese

ivory

Pipe holder in the form of Ashinaga and crab-shaped tobacco pouch

circa 1810-1849

Japanese

bone and stag antler

Yamabushi (mountain ascetic) (okimono)

20th century

Japanese

ivory

Kesa (monk’s surplice) Fragment

17th century

Japanese

kinran (gold-covered paper) peony designs againt a floating floss silk ground

Crown for Vairocana Buddha (J. Dainichi Nyorai)

17th century

Japanese

openwork metal and semi-precious stones

Vairocana Buddha (J. Dainichi Nyorai)

17th century

Japanese

cypress wood with gesso, lacquer, polychrome, and gilding

Vairocana Buddha (J. Dainichi Nyorai)

17th century

Japanese

cypress wood with gesso, lacquer, polychrome, and gilding

Vairocana Buddha (J. Dainichi Nyorai)

17th century

Japanese

cypress wood with gesso, lacquer, polychrome, and gilding

Mauve-and-gold brocade obi with woven chrysanthemum scroll pattern

circa 1975

Japanese

silk brocade woven in lozenge pattern with gold-wrapped threads

Obi

circa 1975

Japanese

silk with large woven designs in gold-leafed paper

Black jacquard woven haori with woven design of bird-and-flower motifs

1960s-1970s

Japanese

heavy black silk with woven designs in rust, silver and gold mettalic threads

Black kimono with overall shibori design of alternating diagonal columns of rectangular blocks of patterns against black ground

1950s-1970s

Japanese

white silk with black tie-dye design

Saga brocade obijime (obi cord) in green, red, white and gold

circa 1960-1980

Japanese

saga nishiki brocade silk with green, red and white silk & gold-coated threads

Obi-jime (obi cord)

1960s-1980s

Japanese

woven silver mettalic thread

Obidome (obi brooch) with iris design in inlaid stone

circa 1925-1940

Japanese

gold-toned metal with stone inlay (pietra dura)

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