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Scholten offers a variety of Japanese works of art, including: netsuke, inro, lacquer, screens, paintings, and woodblock prints. Please scroll through our selection of recent acquisitions.
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Images of the pleasure districts that housed entertainment such as theater and
brothels were popular subjects amongst print artists of the Edo period (1603-1868).
However, by the mid 19th century the subject of meisho, famous places, also enjoyed
enormous popularity.
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Our collection of paintings include hanging scrolls, album leaves, watercolors and
folding screens, ranging from the 17th to the 20th century.
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Lacquer was used to embellish boxes and accessories of all sizes and functions.
Painstakingly decorated containers were created for a variety of uses such as
cosmetic and incense containers, writing boxes to hold an ink stone and utensils,
and inro - the elegant gentleman's accessory of stacked boxes which was worn
suspended from the waist sash.
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Netsuke, or toggles, were used to anchor objects suspended from an individual's
waist sash. Some served more than one function, such as a seal-form, or an ashtray.
Not only utilitarian, netsuke of the 18th and 19th centuries became objects of art
themselves, as the subject and style would reflect the good tastes and interests
of the owner.
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