#meiji period

[jareckiworld]

Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915) Morning Glories on Bamboo Stakes (woodblock, 1879)

[lionofchaeronea]

Crow and Willow Tree, Kawanabe Kyosai, 1887

[the-evil-clergyman]

Two Crows on Plum Branch by Kawanabe Kyosai (1885)

[cinematic-phosphenes]

Left panel of the Parting Spring | 1916 Kawai Gyokudō

[vintagehomecollection]

Japan's craftsmen achieve intricate textile patterns with sturdy paper stencils for katazome (paste-resist dyeing). These hand-cut designs, now collectors' items, had a large influence on European decorative art in the early 1900s.

At Home With Japanese Design: Accents, Structure and Spirit, 1990

[the-cricket-chirps]

Watanabe Shōtei

Seagulls Over the Waves

Meiji era (1868-1912)

[nuveau-deco]

Crane and Tortoise Box. Japanese origin, dated 1894; medium is silver with gold and lacquer; dimensions: 10.5 cm high. From the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum collection, accession number: M18e44.a-b

"This crane and tortoise box was designed and produced to be given to guests at the imperial banquet for the twenty-fifth wedding anniversary of the Meiji Emperor and Empress in 1894. Often referred to by the French term “bonbonnière,” the box is decorated with a crane and two tortoises (minogame), historic motifs that convey messages of auspiciousness and longevity across East Asia. …"

(Source: gardnermuseum.org)

[japonesices]

Era Kayo with a Toy Dog 1870s by Blue Ruin 1

Maiko (apprentice geisha) Era Kayo with a toy Japanese Chin dog.

[myriadne]

Pair of Vases, circa 1883, Japan (Tokyo)

The Khalil Collection

[abstraxia]

An early example of Irezumi tattoos, 1870s

[jareckiworld]

Sakai Dōitsu (1845-1913) — Mount Horai [hanging scroll; ink, colours, gold, on silk, ca. 1889]

[lionofchaeronea]

Crow and Reeds by a Stream, Kawanabe Kyōsai, ca. 1887

[the-evil-clergyman]

Fireflies at Kinu River in Tennoji by Kobayashi Kiyochika (1880)

[teasetsotw]

--- Designer/Manufacturer: Unattributed [X] Region: Japan Time period: 1880-1910

[vraisetzen]

the マガレイト (magareito) hairstyle, popular among school girls and young women during the late meiji to early taisho period

[brimstone-cowboy]

I am once again making ungulate furries