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⟡ Asian art

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THE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO YOKAI MONSTERS by Japanese artist, Shigeru Mizuki (1922-2015)

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 Takabatake Kashou / 高畠華宵, 1888 - 1966

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~Takabatake Kashou 高畠華宵 (Japanese illustrator, 1888-1966)

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~Takabatake Kashou 高畠華宵 (Ilustrador japonés, 1888-1966)

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Takabatake Kashou 高畠華宵 (1888-1966)

Umi no gensou 海の幻想 (Illusion of the sea) - Japan - 1920s

Source ameblo.jp/blue-seamade

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Luohan, Attendant, and Tiger. ca. 1798. Ink and color on silk. China. A luohan, or arhat, is someone who has attained liberation in Buddhist terms. 

Freer / Sackler

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Kishin Shinoyama, “Mishima as St. Sebastian” (1968).

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Fuyuko Matsui

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Blind Beast (1969), directed by Yasuzo Masumura

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Eternal Almighty Medicine for Perfect Happiness (2006) by Fuyuko Matsui

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Decomposition of a female corpse by Kobayashi Eitaku, 1870s

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A netsuke showing three rats eating a fish head. Made in the 18th / 19th century during the Edo / Meiji period. Believed to be carved from a sperm whale tooth.

A netsuke is a Japanese miniature sculpture that originated in the 17th century.

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The House of Mystery, photography by Kishin Shinoyama.

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Superficial lymphatic system of the human body. Medical education poster, detail. 1956.

Wellcome Collection.

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Hiroshi Yoshida - "Kumoi Cherry Trees" (1926)

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Fujishima Takeji (1867-1943, Japanese ) ~ Butterflies, 1904

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Fujishima Takeji (Japanese,1867-1943)

From the Notebooks “Mourning for Butterflies”,c. 1900-1906

watercolor on paper

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Raven by an unknown Japanese artist, from the collection of Sir Charles Jenkinson.