# 17th-century Japan

Time and place · hang 749 · 20 works

Works made in Japan in the 17th century.

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

## First room, north wall

1. [Beauty Turning Her Head](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/beauty-turning-her-head-aic-249461), Hishikawa Moronobu, c. 1685-94. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-japan/beauty-turning-her-head-aic-249461?hang=749)
2. [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/era/17-japan/the-advent-of-a-demon-scene-from-a-performance-in-an-old-kab-met-55240?hang=749)
3. [Xu You and Chao Fu](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/xu-you-and-chao-fu-met-55754), Okumura Masanobu, 18th century. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-japan/xu-you-and-chao-fu-met-55754?hang=749)
4. [Tiger lilies and grass](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/tiger-lilies-and-grass-si-fsg-f1904-33), Style of Ogata Kenzan, 1663-1868. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-japan/tiger-lilies-and-grass-si-fsg-f1904-33?hang=749)

## First room, south wall

5. [The Priest Kobo Daishi at the Tama River in Kii Province from the series The Six Tama Rivers](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-priest-kobo-daishi-at-the-tama-river-in-kii-province-fro-aic-133147), Torii Kiyomasu, c. 1725-1735. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-japan/the-priest-kobo-daishi-at-the-tama-river-in-kii-province-fro-aic-133147?hang=749)
6. [Blossoming Plum and Camellia in a Garden Landscape](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/blossoming-plum-and-camellia-in-a-garden-landscape-si-fsg-f1902-21), Kano Koi, 1615-1868. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-japan/blossoming-plum-and-camellia-in-a-garden-landscape-si-fsg-f1902-21?hang=749)
7. [Chrysanthemums](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/chrysanthemums-si-fsg-f1909-368), Hon'ami Kōetsu, 1615-1868. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-japan/chrysanthemums-si-fsg-f1909-368?hang=749)

## Second room, south wall

8. [Flowering Cherry and Autumn Maples with Poem Slips](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/flowering-cherry-and-autumn-maples-with-poem-slips-aic-127643), Tosa Mitsuoki, 1654/81. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-japan/flowering-cherry-and-autumn-maples-with-poem-slips-aic-127643?hang=749)
9. [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/era/17-japan/kwannon-si-fsg-f1907-539a-b?hang=749)
10. [Books and Cards](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/books-and-cards-met-55103), Reisai, 18th–19th century. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-japan/books-and-cards-met-55103?hang=749)

## Second room, north wall

11. [Yukihira and Two Brinemaidens at Suma](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/yukihira-and-two-brinemaidens-at-suma-met-44863), Okumura Masanobu, 18th century. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-japan/yukihira-and-two-brinemaidens-at-suma-met-44863?hang=749)
12. [“Trees Encoiled in Vines of Ivy” (Yadorigi)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/trees-encoiled-in-vines-of-ivy-yadorigi-met-65586), Tawaraya Sotatsu, early 17th century. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-japan/trees-encoiled-in-vines-of-ivy-yadorigi-met-65586?hang=749)
13. [Autumn Maples with Poem Slips](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/autumn-maples-with-poem-slips-aic-127644), Tosa Mitsuoki, c. 1675. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-japan/autumn-maples-with-poem-slips-aic-127644?hang=749)

## Third room, north wall

14. [Herons and Old WIllow](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/herons-and-old-willow-si-fsg-f1902-20), Kano Sadanobu, 1615-1868. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-japan/herons-and-old-willow-si-fsg-f1902-20?hang=749)
15. [Owl](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/owl-cma-154217), Tsuda Bensaku, 1630s. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-japan/owl-cma-154217?hang=749)
16. [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/era/17-japan/girl-in-an-orange-vermillion-dress-si-fsg-f1903-68?hang=749)

## Doors

- [More by unrecorded makers of Japan](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/unrecorded-japan?hang=749&via=continue) (18 works)
- [More Japanese painting](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/japanese-painting?hang=749&via=continue) (76 works)
- [17th-century Japan, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-japan?hang=749&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzQ5LCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoiVHgzRk5VYzYifQ)