Phoenix Hall at the Byodo-in, from Famous Views of Kyoto

Shokei Koyama

Meiji period (1868-1912), 1894

See More of the Collection

A scene of the port of Canton with the flags of six countries flying above their hongs along the Pearl River: The Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Russia, and two unidentified. In original frame. Figures in Red Coats on warf as well as nurses wearing white. Most of the boats are Chinese models.
Landscape, Japan, ink on silk
Decorated with incised wave designs. Cover has four triangular perforations. Body of tripod has two applied monkey masks. No trace of glaze.
Three women with men descending staircase