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Incense burner with peacock and peony

Unrecorded maker

15th–16th century · Iron damascened with silver

Phoenix and Peacock in a Landscape

Follower of Kano Motonobu (d. 1559)

mid- to-late 16th century · Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and brushed gold on paper

Vase with Immortals Offering the Peaches of Longevity

Unrecorded maker

1722 · Porcelain painted with overglaze enamels

Plate

Bow Porcelain Factory (d. 1776)

ca. 1755 · Soft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels

Pleasure Boat on the Sumida River

Torii Kiyonaga (d. 1815)

ca. 1788–90 · Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Seven Gods of Good Fortune and Chinese Children

Kano Chikanobu (d. 1728)

17th–18th century · Six-panel folding screen; ink, color, and gilt on paper; Reverse side: ink, color, and gold on paper

Peacock on Pine Tree and Peonies, from the series Three Sheets (Mihira no uchi)

Totoya Hokkei (d. 1850)

mid- 1810s · Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper

A Mirror of Japan’s Nobility

Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu (d. 1912)

August 8th, 1887 · Triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Birds and Flowers

Unidentified artist

19th century · Eight-panel screen mounted as two sets of four panels; ink and color on paper

Case (Inrō) with Design of Pine and Cherry Tree (obverse); Rooster and Hen on a Drum (reverse)

Unrecorded maker

19th century · Black lacquer inlaid with gold foil and mother-of-pearl

Peacocks, Pine Tree, and Peonies

Lü Ji 呂紀 (d. 1504)

probably 19th century · Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Bingata Panel with Tree Peonies and Peacocks

Teruyo Shinohara

20th century · Cotton tabby