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Tenmoku ware bottle with 'oilspot glaze',egg shaped base and long, narrow, cylinder neck.
Katō Kōbei V
Tall narrow-necked bottle with oil spot glaze
1950 – 1963
Gift of the artist
1963/2.66

Kawai Kanjirô
Ovoid vase
1937 – 1938
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Spurr
2003/2.15
Black silk damask with interwoven paulownia pattern; plum blossoms embroidered in solver, gold, and gunmetal gray metallic threads, and persimmon, brown, and black silk threads.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Black Nagoya-style obi in sateen weave (shusu) with embroidered plum blossom designs
1930 – 1950
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2005/1.331
Black plain-weave satin with appliqued patches in abstract geometric shapes, with woven floral, geometric, and landscape designs.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Black Nagoya-style obi with appliquéd pathces woven in varied designs
1930 – 1950
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2005/1.341
Metal lion with flowing mane and tail. Gold inlaid spits decorate his body and color his eyes. The lion's head is thrown impossibly backwards, allowing a view of the head as if from above. The golden eyes look upwards.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Obidome (obi brooch) in shape of dancing lion
1950 – 1975
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2005/1.368
Silk crepe damask with alternating weaves in checkerboard design
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Silk underkimono with bokashi dye in large squares of aqua and white
1960 – 1980
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2005/1.394
Black silk damask with some interwoved black lacquered threads; pine-needle design embroidery in gold- and copper-colored metallic threads
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Black Nagoya-style obi with embroidered pine needle designs in gold- and copper-colored metallic threads
1960
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2005/1.330
Beige dupioni (tamaito) silk with hand-painted landscape designs depicted streams and bridges in wooded mountains. Ground fabric possible dyed with tea.
Sensh
Beige Nagoya-style obi with landscapes painted by Takizawa Kôyû
1940 – 1960
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2005/1.332
Black plain-weave silk (shusu) with woven designs in turquoise, fuschia, white, apricot, red, pink, and gold- and silver- coated paper (kinran, ginran). Lined with black satin.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Black Nagoya -style obi with woven design of decorative spools (itomaki)
1930 – 1950
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2005/1.343
Cord made of thin woven silver metallic thread.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Obi-jime (obi cord)
1960 – 1980
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2005/1.366
Light pink crinkle design all-over, with red, purple and yellow flowers, some embroidered and also sequins applique.
Minagawa Gekka
Haori
1945 – 1955
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2013/2.416
Standing human figure on a round base with hands at the sides. There is a metal loop around one ankle and a string of black beads around the neck. On each cheek are four horizontal marks topped by three vertical marks. The hair is in a conical shape with a raised central groove surrounded by diagonal lines on each side and coated with blue pigment. 
Yoruba (Yoruba (culture or style))
Twin Figure
1940 – 1950
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art
1987/2.79
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