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Sharing artworks from the Minneapolis Art Institute.'s Japanese and Korean Art department. Not associated with the Minneapolis Art Institute. Automated thanks to @andreitr.bsky.social and @botfrens.bsky.social

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MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 13h

West Lake in Spring collections.artsmia.org/art/123451

landscape in greens and browns; rugged mountain peaks; scattered trees; some small buildings; water at center with two boats with figures, including one boat with a canopy

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 14h

Cape - A collections.artsmia.org/art/135513

seascape in brown, dark red, black, and grey

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 18h

Floating Temple of Katada collections.artsmia.org/art/62384

landscape; small pavillion at the end of a dock in the falling snow; snow-covered foliage at L; grasses in water in foreground

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MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 19h

Puppeteer Holding Puppet on Go Board collections.artsmia.org/art/62808

Meiji-period reproduction

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MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 22h

Purple-ground fragment with double ikat (kasuri) pattern collections.artsmia.org/art/131768

rectangular fragment of purple fabric with geometric patterns; patterning consists of horizontal pairs of shapes: white waves, pink and white checkerboard segment, and pink and purple intersecting lines

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Rooster on a Snowy Hillside collections.artsmia.org/art/22456

This picture of the backside of a rooster on a snowy hillside with snow-covered bamboo is Utagawa Hiroshige’s response to the humorous verse by the poet Hachijintei included at the upper left. The poem describes a couple awakened early by the crow of a rooster after a night of lovemaking. Kinuginu no The morning after— hanashi no imada before any conversations tsumoranu ni have piled up— tokekau to naku crows yuki ni niwatori a rooster in snow.

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Rectangular footed tray collections.artsmia.org/art/122674

rectangular tray with low walls; scalloped short feet; red interior walls, edges, and feet; natural wood inside and outer walls

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MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Autumn Leaves and Pine Needles collections.artsmia.org/art/42425

Autumn Leaves and Pine Needles

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MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Flask collections.artsmia.org/art/31340

rounded with flaring shoulder and narrow spout with flat protruding element below mouth; green glaze; decorated with stamped designs of circles, L-shapes and floral shapes

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Bowl with Reticulated Designs collections.artsmia.org/art/75318

cream/ light tan bowl with high sides; ring foot; sides pierced in floral, organic and geometric designs; has storage box
Ceramics with reticulated (cut-out) designs were first produced in Japan in the early 17th century, probably by émigré potters from Korea where this decorative technique had a long history. The famous Kyoto potter Nonomura Ninsei also used the technique in the mid-17th century, thus popularizing it among artisans within Japan's cultural capital. The floral and vegetable motifs seen here are known as mon-chirashi, or "scattered crests," referring to the stylized family crests that became popular among all levels of society during Japan's Edo period (1615-1868).

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Pair of sparrows and wasp collections.artsmia.org/art/116808

cylindrical shaped roof tile; circle and joined teardrop shapes in relief at end; two small birds perched on top of tile; one bird bends head toward small wasp at edge of tile on one long side; brown patina

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Daybreak collections.artsmia.org/art/118296

low, round, "flying saucer" shaped object with irregular, narrow mouth; crisscrossing incised lines on top; thin metal base

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MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Flowers and Bird collections.artsmia.org/art/122155

bird walking in water in front of dark blue flowers with rich green foliage; reeds extending toward top of image

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Water 74 S-P.U.B. collections.artsmia.org/art/116131

slight ripples on water, printed in maroon, yellow, green and blue on bottom half of sheet; mounted on foam core board

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MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Tanba red-clay flower vase collections.artsmia.org/art/119101

low, bulbous bowl with shallow interior; rim is higher on two sides; rust and red/orange in color

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MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Young Couple Lighting Pipes beside the Sleeping Dragon Plum Tree collections.artsmia.org/art/63512

Young Couple Lighting Pipes beside the Sleeping Dragon Plum Tree

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Landscape Album collections.artsmia.org/art/117386

accordion album with brown silk cover and Japanese label at L; contains images of landscapes and some calligraphy entries

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Water Mirror (B) collections.artsmia.org/art/135814

Water Mirror (B)

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MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Jacket (haori) collections.artsmia.org/art/117935

red flower pattern over mottled brown background with blue, yellow, and green spots

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MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Suruga District in the Eastern Capital collections.artsmia.org/art/60489

Here, Hiroshige depicted a street scene in Suruga-chø, near Nihonbashi. The building at the corner, as identified on the indigo shop curtains and the wooden board, is the famous Echigoya textile shop. A straw rope (shimenawa) festooned with fern fronds hangs from the building's joist-a traditional New Year's decoration. Two men in green robes are manzai dancers who perform a comical dance-and-song routine. Two women holding guitar-like instruments are torioi singers. Entering from the right is a daikagura troupe whose members perform the auspicious "lion dance" and a variety of acrobatic feats. With all these street performers strolling around, the streets in Edo on New Year's Day were undoubtedly very lively.

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Fukagawa Lumberyards collections.artsmia.org/art/61203

Fukagawa Lumberyards

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Welcoming Descent of Amida and Twenty Five Bodhisattvas collections.artsmia.org/art/122281

framed: Buddha seated cross-legged on lotus platform with PL hand open in lap and PR hand giving an O symbol; two halos and a beaded cloud above head; surrounded on two sides by figures playing instruments floating on clouds; two figures on either side, one praying, the other offering an object; dark background with small Bodhisattva figures

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Set of food dishes (mukōzuke) collections.artsmia.org/art/123028

one of four: dish with high walls and deep scalloped cutouts on each edge, creating dramatic, irregular square shape; textured, beige over glaze against dark brown underglaze; beige over glaze on bottom lightly brushed around bowl; subtle blue vine accents on underside at cutouts
現川 Utsutsugawa ware; In a formal tea gathering, a meal precedes the preparation and service of tea. The meal usually consists of soup and rice accompanied by two or three side dishes featuring grilled, simmered, raw, and/or pickled seasonal ingredients. Grilled dishes would be served on large plates and simmered dishes in individual lidded bowls. A third type of side dish, often sashimi (slices of raw fish), was served in small individual dishes placed farthest from the guest. For this reason, this type of side dish and the bowls in which they were served were called mukōzuke, which literally means “placed on the far side.” This set of four mukōzuke dishes were produced at Utsutsugawa, a kiln site in Nagasaki that specialized in dishes, bowls, and incense containers for the tea ceremony.

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Set of leaf-shaped food dishes (mukōzuke) collections.artsmia.org/art/13600

leaf shaped dish; pale green with brown rim; inside of dish dark green starburst bottom center; curved dark green shape left of starburst; curved dark blue shape above starburst
The Chinese porcelain industry began to collapse in the early 1600s. In response, Japanese potters started creating porcelain wares, decorated in the Chinese manner, for the European market. By the 1660s and ’70s, however, Japanese-style shapes and designs, like leaves and folding fans, became popular among both foreign and domestic buyers. Tea masters of the time prized elegant plates such as these for use in kaiseki, meals served in conjunction with a tea gathering.

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Heron Maiden collections.artsmia.org/art/8209

Heron Maiden

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Sake cup (guinomi) collections.artsmia.org/art/116963

high-walled cup with irregular base; pink, white, and green glazes with brown drip designs

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Mariko collections.artsmia.org/art/34707

The Tōkaidō was the main arterial road that connected Edo (present-day Tokyo) with Kyoto. As a result of the increasing travel boom in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, the road and its post stations became a popular motif in literature and art. Hiroshige emerged as the foremost designer of Tōkaidō landscape series, producing over twenty different ones. The novelty of this particular series is that each scenic view is accompanied by a comic poem (kyōka), and the series therefore became known as the Kyōka Tōkaidō. Each print focuses on a famous scenic view or a local specialty; here it is grated yam soup (tororo jiru), served at a popular restaurant that was used as resting stop by porters and travelers. Hiroshige cleverly inserted “product placements” inside the restaurant that would not have been there in reality. They are for the face powder Senjōko, sold by one Mr. Sakamoto in Edo, and for an array of woodblock prints presumably sold by the publisher of this print.

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Tea caddy collections.artsmia.org/art/9789

small irregularly gourd-shaped ceramic vessel; goma splash glaze; concave bottom; brown glaze with rust and gold areas; ivory lid lined with gold leaf; has storage box
Beginning in the 1300s, Japanese potters in and around Imbe village in the old province of Bizen produced a variety of sturdy utilitarian vessels using the local, iron-rich clay. The unglazed, rich reddish brown clay later appealed to tea masters like Sen no Rikyū (1522–1591), who is credited with profoundly shaping the Japanese tea ceremony in the late 1500s and is known to have prized accidental kiln effects. This small, finely crafted tea caddy exhibits the gomayū (sesame seed glaze) effect in which small yellowish beads of natural ash glaze form in the firing process. This caddy was once owned by Sotsutaku-sai (1744–1808), eighth-generation head of the Omotesenke, one of the three schools of the tea ceremony that carry on the tradition of Sen no Rikyū.

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Half-length undergarment (hanjuban) made in Arimatsu, Aichi Prefecture collections.artsmia.org/art/131668

dark blue body with diagonal white lines creating diamond-shaped segments; segments contain various white patterns; black collar; sleeves have pattern of small dark blue organic shapes on lighter blue background

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Cherry Blossoms, Pine Trees, and Mount Fuji collections.artsmia.org/art/102815

lozenge-shaped-flattened on bottom; cork on base; snow-topped gold mountain with blue lakes and river; five trees on front and back, with three trees having elements protruding from sides of mountain form; trees on front covered in pink blossoms; trees on back are green

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Jacket (haori) collections.artsmia.org/art/117926

gray haori with orange, green, pink and orange diamond shapesl clusters of pink, green, yellow, and black vertical marks

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MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Untitled [musicians performing Owara-bushi] collections.artsmia.org/art/135476

black and white image; group of three musicians rendered in geometric style

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Netsuke [Seiobo] collections.artsmia.org/art/30513

woman with gold hair ornament and dressed in elaborately patterned robe of blue, red, gold, green and white holds a large peach wrapped in leaves in the crook of her proper left elbow

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Corsage (T.4) collections.artsmia.org/art/117722

large purple swath at R side; abstract flowerlike pattern of white incised lines, pale organic forms, and yellow details at LRQ; large strip of aqua, purple, plum, and yellow at R side; large body of grey-blue at R side with scribbled incised line at LL and arcing incised line UL; arced yellow and white line at UL; white space down middle with teardrop shaped red shape with curved white line near center

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Famous Products from Mountain and Sea vol. 1 collections.artsmia.org/art/73605

Famous Products from Mountain and Sea vol. 1

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MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

December 'Tsuinan' collections.artsmia.org/art/10344

one of a group of nine hanging scroll paintings

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Lilies with Hydrangea and Hollyhocks collections.artsmia.org/art/122152

two panel screen with two separate images of flowers: blossoming white lilies and hydrangeas highlighted with blue, and two butterflies near top on R screen; three stalks of red and white hollyhocks on L panel
Although not a direct student of Ogata Kōrin, Hōitsu was inspired by and studied extensively Kōrin’s paintings, beginning with those in his own family’s collection. Subsequently, he conducted a wide-ranging survey of Kōrin’s extant paintings, and compiled them in a woodblock-printed book that he titled One Hundred Paintings by Kōrin (Kōrin hyakuzu). Hōitsu is also credited with transmitting Kōrin’s style, the Rinpa style, to the capital Edo (now Tokyo). In this two-panel screen combining summertime flowers, Hōitsu uses a number of painting techniques characteristic of his Rinpa forebears, including the distinctive dripping technique known as tarashikomi.

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Lilies with Hydrangea and Hollyhocks collections.artsmia.org/art/122152

two panel screen with two separate images of flowers: blossoming white lilies and hydrangeas highlighted with blue, and two butterflies near top on R screen; three stalks of red and white hollyhocks on L panel
Although not a direct student of Ogata Kōrin, Hōitsu was inspired by and studied extensively Kōrin’s paintings, beginning with those in his own family’s collection. Subsequently, he conducted a wide-ranging survey of Kōrin’s extant paintings, and compiled them in a woodblock-printed book that he titled One Hundred Paintings by Kōrin (Kōrin hyakuzu). Hōitsu is also credited with transmitting Kōrin’s style, the Rinpa style, to the capital Edo (now Tokyo). In this two-panel screen combining summertime flowers, Hōitsu uses a number of painting techniques characteristic of his Rinpa forebears, including the distinctive dripping technique known as tarashikomi.

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Pupil of the Eye collections.artsmia.org/art/62583

portrait, mica on background and collar; head and shoulders of woman in black coat, wearing brown floral kimono; shiny pink ground
Later edition or maybe a gift by Shinsui because of the second signature that was added above her sleeve. It is unsual that the round Watanabe seal is in the left bottom corner. It usually is where the second signature is here.

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Birds and Chrysanthemums in Snow collections.artsmia.org/art/117476

two birds perched on a branch of a leafless tree with a few dustings of snow; withering, snow-spotted flowers at bottom; rock formation at L side
A pair of small birds have alighted on the branch of an old tree at the water’s edge. A dusting of snow—delicately painted using gofun, a white pigment made of ground oyster shells—has fallen on the tree and a clump of blooming chrysanthemums below. This painting was almost certainly once part of a larger set depicting birds and flowers of various seasons. The season represented here is early winter, when chrysanthemums remain in bloom even as the snow begins to fall. The artist Geiai is a bit of a mystery, but his known body of work reveals fluency in several different styles of Chinese painting introduced to Japan in the 1300s and 1400s. The unique composition (with most motifs clustered at left), heavy contour lines, and distinctive texturing of rocks suggest that Geiai took as his model a painting by a member of the Zhe school, a group of painters that flourished in China’s Zhejiang region during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Festival banner invoking the deity Atago Gongen collections.artsmia.org/art/131674

indigo-dyed cotton banner with inscription in Japanese characters in white; brown table or dais with two vases with fanned, pluming elements coming out of them; white cotton loop attachments

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Crane and Autumn Flowers collections.artsmia.org/art/61381

Crane and Autumn Flowers

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MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

White-ground fragment decorated with flowers, leaves, and pomegranates collections.artsmia.org/art/131743

trapezoid shaped fragment of white fabric with multicolored pattern throughout; pink, red, and purple blossoms, green leaves, blue leaves and vines, yellow and orange fruits; two finished sides

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Descending Geese at Shirahige: Actor Ichikawa Kuzō III as Inga Kozō Rokunosuke collections.artsmia.org/art/121509

figure depicted from back, leaning left in the process of drawing his sword--sheath at left and grip at right; garments in blues, reds, greens, and browns; garment embossed at BR and BL; six black birds fly overhead at TLC; yellow and red blossom with ten petals and number of characters in TRC; at middle right are one yellow and two white cartouches with kanji; circle with characters floats above largest white cartouche; background in variegated grays
Since the 17th century, The Eight Views–originally referring to scenic spots around the Chinese Xiao and Xiang Rivers–has been a well-established theme in Japanese art. Here, the eight locales are taken from famous places in the city of Edo (present-day Tokyo) and are juxtaposed with popular actors in the roles of well-known thieves and robbers. Kabuki plays on the underworld were popular during the mid-19th century, especially during the hot summer months when this series was put on the market, as the storylines were meant to give viewers a chill.

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Album Leaf Poem collections.artsmia.org/art/117299

six full lines of bold, neat characters, evenly spaced; seventh line is half the length; three more lines (middle line is shorter) with smaller characters at L; gold colored outline around text; barrel shaped seal at URC; two seals at LLC

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Raven and old Tree in Snow collections.artsmia.org/art/118407

large black bird facing R, with beak open; perched on gnarled, snow covered branch rising vertically from bottom center; flecks of white paint

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Ichikokubashi Bridge in the Eastern Capital collections.artsmia.org/art/60459

Ichikokubashi Bridge in the Eastern Capital

MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Rooster and Family collections.artsmia.org/art/37184

rooster standing in wide stance, with head down by legs, watching a chick at bottom; hen and two other chicks to the R; flowering pink bush at R extending to top
The numerous extant paintings of chickens and roosters by Itō Jakuchū include a number of heavily pigmented examples such as this work, which focuses on the interactions between the members of a feathered family. As here, Jakuchū draws our eye with the dynamic shape of the rooster’s tail feathers and the birds’ colorful plumage. The depiction of chickens and roosters was a lifelong passion for Itō Jakuchū, a prolific painter and devout Zen Buddhist. An inscription on his tombstone written by a close friend, the Zen monk Daiten, records that Jakuchū kept an assortment of fowl and frequently made sketches of them.

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MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Picture of Masakiyo at Shinshū Castle During the Conquest of Korea collections.artsmia.org/art/127772

three separate sheets; battle scene with four men holding up large rectangular wooden shields; men wear multicolored armor and helmets; man at center walks across fallen soldier wearing blue pants and green leggings and shoes; castle with rounded domes in silhouette in URC, with flying silhouettes of soldier's bodies and flags; red flag with white design at center top; reddish brown smoke/explosions throughout, including a reddish brown burst hitting shield of man at left
Iida Sakubei (C) and Inagami Daikurō (L) 飯田作兵衛, 稲上代九郎

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MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wrapping cloth (uchikui) collections.artsmia.org/art/131579

faded blue cloth with circular design in stylized floral elements in faded oranges, browns, peach and blues; crest in blue and white swirling designs in center

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