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Unrecorded makers of Japan

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

18 works · hang 750 ·

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

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Section 1, north wall

  1. A work made of six-panel screen; ink, colors, and gold on paper.
    Baskets with Flowers of the Four SeasonsUnrecorded Japanese maker, 19th centuryCourtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. Ōtsu, from the series The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi, Ōtsu), 1847–52
    Ōtsu, from the series The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi, Ōtsu)Unrecorded Japanese maker, 1847–52Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. Paper Doll Clothing, 1897–98
    Paper Doll ClothingUnrecorded Japanese maker, 1897–98Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section 1, south wall

  1. Horse Stable, early 1500s
    Horse StableUnrecorded Japanese maker, early 1500sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. Iconographic Drawing of the Wisdom King Daiitoku (Daiitoku Myōō), 12th century
    Iconographic Drawing of the Wisdom King Daiitoku (Daiitoku Myōō)Unrecorded Japanese maker, 12th centuryCourtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section 2, south wall

  1. Welcoming Descent of Jizō, 1200s
    Welcoming Descent of JizōUnrecorded Japanese maker, 1200sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. Long painted scroll, green, brown mountains, wooden house, Amida Buddha on cloud.
    Legends of the Yūzū Nembutsu SectUnrecorded Japanese maker, Kamakura period (1185–1333), 14th centuryCourtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. A work made of hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on paper.
    Standing BeautyUnrecorded Japanese maker, 1661/73Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Section 2, north wall

  1. Portrait of Shun'oku Myōha, ca. 1383
    Portrait of Shun'oku MyōhaUnrecorded Japanese maker, ca. 1383Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Hanging scrolls (pair)
    KwannonUnrecorded Japanese maker, 1615-1868Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
  3. The Advent of a Demon; Scene from a Performance in an old Kabuki Theatre
    The Advent of a Demon; Scene from a Performance in an old Kabuki TheatreUnrecorded Japanese makerCourtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  4. Hanging scroll (mounted on panel)
    Girl in an orange vermillion dressUnrecorded Japanese maker, 1661-1673Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution

Section 3, north wall

  1. A work made of hanging scroll; ink, colors, and cut gold on silk.
    The Bodhisattva Seishi, from the triptych Approach of the Amida TrinityUnrecorded Japanese maker, Kamakura Period, mid–13th centuryCourtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. Immortal Riding on a Carp, c. 1600
    Immortal Riding on a CarpUnrecorded Japanese maker, c. 1600Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

Section 3, south wall

  1. A work made of hanging scroll; ink, colors, and gold on silk.
    Nehan: Death of the BuddhaUnrecorded Japanese maker, late 17th/early 18th centuryCourtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. Kongōyasha Myōō, 12th century
    Kongōyasha MyōōUnrecorded Japanese maker, 12th centuryCourtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art