Our deep, bright dreams

Title: Netsuke of Octopus Date: 19th century Culture: Japan Medium: Wood Size: H. 1 ¾ in. (4.4 cm) Source: The MET

Bird WhistleAlternate Title: 鳩笛

Yamaguchi Okatomo (school of) (Japan, late 18th-early 19th century)

Japan, late 18th centuryCostumes; AccessoriesNarwhal tusk with staining, sumi, inlays

Japanese Ukiyo-e Woodblock print, Ando Hiroshige, “ Golden Pheasant in Bracken”

This picture was created more than two centuries ago by Japanese painter Itō Jakuchū.

Nakamura Gakuryo, Painting of Nesting Swallows & Noren

Katsushika Hokusai（葛飾北斎 Japanese, 1760-1849） Willow and birds　 柳に烏図

The Art of Hiroshi Yoshida

Hiroshi Yoshida was a 20th-century Japanese painter and woodblock printmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the shin-hanga style, and is noted especially for his excellent landscape prints. Yoshida travelled widely, and was particularly known for his images of non-Japanese subjects done in traditional Japanese woodblock style.

Takahashi Macoto

Hasui Kawase (1883-1957) Image of Rain and Solitude. Japanese artist.   

Crows and the Moon - Original painting by Korin in Edo period.

Japanese pattern created in the year 1901.  Japan.  Shinbijutsukai1

Paintings on the ceiling of Eiheiji Temple, Fukui pref,, Japan.  Photography by Teruhide Tomori on Flickr

Phoenixes by Paulowina Trees. Edo period, Japan. 1600s.

A 1930s Uchikake wedding kimono

Found here They’re actually for sale by US seller Marla Mallett

Letter Box (lid)

Japan, Edo Period (1615-1868)

lacquer, Overall - l:23.00 cm (l:9 inches).

The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection 1944.219.b

Peace and happiness, courtesy of this colorful phoenix. “Futon Cover,” 19th century, Japan

my love for birds is ponderous.