# Unrecorded makers of Japan

Artist galleries · hang 749 · 18 works

Works whose makers the museums don't name, made in Japan.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## Section 1, north wall

1. [The Advent of a Demon; Scene from a Performance in an old Kabuki Theatre](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-advent-of-a-demon-scene-from-a-performance-in-an-old-kab-met-55240), Unrecorded Japanese maker. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/unrecorded-japan/the-advent-of-a-demon-scene-from-a-performance-in-an-old-kab-met-55240?hang=749)
2. [Nehan: Death of the Buddha](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/nehan-death-of-the-buddha-aic-80547), Unrecorded Japanese maker, late 17th/early 18th century. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/unrecorded-japan/nehan-death-of-the-buddha-aic-80547?hang=749)
3. [The Bodhisattva Seishi, from the triptych Approach of the Amida Trinity](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-bodhisattva-seishi-from-the-triptych-approach-of-the-ami-aic-86374), Unrecorded Japanese maker, Kamakura Period, mid–13th century. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/unrecorded-japan/the-bodhisattva-seishi-from-the-triptych-approach-of-the-ami-aic-86374?hang=749)

## Section 1, south wall

4. [Taima Mandala](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/taima-mandala-met-39669), Unrecorded Japanese maker, 14th century. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/unrecorded-japan/taima-mandala-met-39669?hang=749)
5. [Iconographic Drawing of the Wisdom King Daiitoku (Daiitoku Myōō)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/iconographic-drawing-of-the-wisdom-king-daiitoku-daiitoku-my-met-45621), Unrecorded Japanese maker, 12th century. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/unrecorded-japan/iconographic-drawing-of-the-wisdom-king-daiitoku-daiitoku-my-met-45621?hang=749)
6. [Welcoming Descent of Jizō](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/welcoming-descent-of-jizo-cma-151529), Unrecorded Japanese maker, 1200s. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/unrecorded-japan/welcoming-descent-of-jizo-cma-151529?hang=749)

## Section 2, south wall

7. [Portrait of Shun'oku Myōha](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-shun-oku-myoha-met-59669), Unrecorded Japanese maker, ca. 1383. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/unrecorded-japan/portrait-of-shun-oku-myoha-met-59669?hang=749)
8. [Kwannon](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/kwannon-si-fsg-f1907-539a-b), Unrecorded Japanese maker, 1615-1868. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/unrecorded-japan/kwannon-si-fsg-f1907-539a-b?hang=749)
9. [Ōtsu, from the series The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi, Ōtsu)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/otsu-from-the-series-the-fifty-three-stations-of-the-tokaido-met-37248), Unrecorded Japanese maker, 1847–52. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/unrecorded-japan/otsu-from-the-series-the-fifty-three-stations-of-the-tokaido-met-37248?hang=749)
10. [Paper Doll Clothing](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/paper-doll-clothing-met-55548), Unrecorded Japanese maker, 1897–98. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/unrecorded-japan/paper-doll-clothing-met-55548?hang=749)

## Section 2, north wall

11. [Girl in an orange vermillion dress](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/girl-in-an-orange-vermillion-dress-si-fsg-f1903-68), Unrecorded Japanese maker, 1661-1673. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/unrecorded-japan/girl-in-an-orange-vermillion-dress-si-fsg-f1903-68?hang=749)
12. [Kongōyasha Myōō](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/kongoyasha-myoo-met-45620), Unrecorded Japanese maker, 12th century. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/unrecorded-japan/kongoyasha-myoo-met-45620?hang=749)
13. [Baskets with Flowers of the Four Seasons](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/baskets-with-flowers-of-the-four-seasons-aic-140604), Unrecorded Japanese maker, 19th century. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/unrecorded-japan/baskets-with-flowers-of-the-four-seasons-aic-140604?hang=749)

## Section 3, north wall

14. [Horse Stable](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/horse-stable-cma-114776), Unrecorded Japanese maker, early 1500s. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/unrecorded-japan/horse-stable-cma-114776?hang=749)
15. [Mandala of the Three Shrines at Kumano](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/mandala-of-the-three-shrines-at-kumano-cma-130396), Unrecorded Japanese maker, 1300s. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/unrecorded-japan/mandala-of-the-three-shrines-at-kumano-cma-130396?hang=749)
16. [Standing Beauty](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/standing-beauty-aic-74242), Unrecorded Japanese maker, 1661/73. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/unrecorded-japan/standing-beauty-aic-74242?hang=749)

## Doors

- [More Japanese painting](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/japanese-painting?hang=749&via=continue) (76 works)
- [17th-century Japan](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-japan?hang=749&via=continue) (20 works)
- [Unrecorded makers of Japan, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/unrecorded-japan?hang=749&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzQ5LCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoib01FaklVSGwifQ)