名作 · Masterpieces
Japan’s most celebrated works of art, from Jōmon clay figures and the Buddhas of Nara to Hokusai’s Great Wave and the painters of the Meiji era: temple statues, picture scrolls, golden screens, woodblock prints, swords and tea bowls. Each card gives the Japanese title, who made it, when, and where to see it, with notes from Japanese Wikipedia and Japanese museum records.
Works designated National Treasures of Japan, the country’s highest rank of protection.
Highlights of Japan’s oldest and largest museum, in Ueno Park.
Great Buddhas and temple statues from Asuka to Kamakura.
Kōetsu, Sōtatsu and Kōrin: the decorative school of gold and colour.
Pictures of the floating world, from Moronobu to Hokusai and Hiroshige.