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Recently Imported Big Elephant
Ichiryūsai Yoshitoyo
1863 (3rd month)
Blind Men and the Elephant
Japan
19th century
View of the Large Imported Elephant
Taguchi (Utagawa) Yoshimori
1863 (Bunkyo 3, 4th month)
Netsuke of Elephant and Monkey
Japan
19th century
Newly Imported Great Elephant (Shinto hakurai no daizō)
Ichiryūsai Yoshitoyo
1863
Case (Inrō) with Design of Elephant (obverse); Chinese Characters (reverse)
Fangshi Mopu
1721
Picture of an Elephant Born in Maruka in Central India
Ichiryūsai Yoshitoyo
2nd month, 1863
Netsuke of Elephant on a Seal
Japan
18th century
Sword Guard (Tsuba) With Elephant Motif (象図鐔)
Japanese
ca. 1615–1868
Sword Guard (Tsuba) Depicting Shishi Lion and Elephant (獅子象図鐔)
Japanese
19th century
Case (Inrō) with Design of Caparisoned Elephant (obverse); Characters in Panel (reverse)
Fangshi Mopu
18th–19th century
Case (Inrō) with Design of Blind Men Touching and Climbing Over an Elephant
Japan
18th–19th century
Case (Inrō) with Design of Blind Men Climbing all over Elephant Beside Banana Plants
Japan
19th century
Case (Inrō) with Design of Caparisoned Elephant Standing (obverse); Two Karako with Trumpet, Banner (reverse)
Japan
19th century
Shaka (Shakyamuni), the Historical Buddha, with Two Attendant Bodhisattvas and Sixteen Arhats
Japan
14th century
Case (Inrō) with Design of Elephant on Brocade Pattern (obverse); Person with Wide Hat and Hoe (reverse)
Japan
18th–19th century
Case (Inrō) with Design of Caparisoned Elephant Standing beneath Pine Tree (obverse); Three Children with Trumpet, Cymbals and Banner (reverse)
Japan
19th century
Foreign Business Establishment in Yokohama (Yokohama ijin shōkan uriba no zu)
Utagawa (Gountei) Sadahide
9th month, 1861
Scene from the Life of the Buddha
Japan
early 15th century
Figure of Fugen Bosetsu Seated on Elephant
Ogawa Haritsu (Ritsuō)
Shaka (Shakyamuni), the Historical Buddha, with Two Attendant Bodhisattvas and the Ten Great Disciples
Japan
early 14th century
Courtesan of Eguchi
Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章
painting:1770−80; inscription: 1820s–30s
A View of Indian Elephants
Utagawa Yoshitora
6th month, 1863
Big Elephants Being Attacked
Isshinsai Yoshikata
2nd month, 1863
The Tribute Elephants (Zō no mitsugi) 象のみつぎ
Nakamura Heigo 中村平五
1729
Sword-Hilt Collar and Pommel (Fuchigashira)
Japanese
ca. 1615–1868
Pair of Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki)
Japanese
1743–1801
Sword-Hilt Collar (Fuchi)
Japanese
late 18th–early 19th century
Eguchi no Kimi
Katsukawa Shuntei
late 18th–early 19th century
Piece
Japan
18th–19th century
Chiyoda Castle (Album of Men)
Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu
1897
Piece
Japan
Paragons of Filial Piety (from a set of twenty-four)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
mid-19th century
Print
Ichiryūsai Yoshitoyo
ca. 1863
Mandala of the One-Syllable Golden Wheel
Japan
18th century
Chessman
Japanese
19th century
Chessman
Japanese
19th century
Shaka (Shakyamuni), the Historical Buddha, with Two Attendant Bodhisattvas and Sixteen Benevolent Deities
Unidentified artist
late 14th century
Picture of Men and Women from all Nations (Bankoku danjo jinbutsu zue)
Utagawa Yoshiiku
4th month, 1861
Picture of Men and Women from all nations (Bankoku danjo jinbutsu zue)
Utagawa Yoshiiku
4th month, 1861