Asian Arts

Polk Museum of Art owns collections of Korean Silla period ceramic and metal objects that date from AD 300-900; 19th and 20th Century Chinese and Japanese ceramics, ivories, and textiles; Chinese and Japanese scrolls; Japanese woodblock prints; and Indian decorative arts. Of particular significance in the Asian Art collection are a portfolio of rare 19th-century Japanese woodblock prints by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi depicting the Thirty-two Aspects of Daily Life and a group of 48 ceramic objects by noted 20th-century Japanese artists, a group donated by Reverend Muneharu Kurozumi, Chief Patriarch of Kurozumi-kyo Shintoism.

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	Persian Ink Well and Pen Holder, 19th Century Brass, 9" x 2 1/4" x 1 7/8" Polk Museum of Art Permanent Collection #1971.10 Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Don Harold
	Nishinomiya & Hasegawa, Inc. (Japanese) Pair of Pigeons, 20th Century Woodcut print, 15" x 10 1/2" Polk Museum of Art Permanent Collection #1972.2.1 Gift of Mr. William Kemp
	Nishinomiya & Hasegawa, Inc. (Japanese) Bird on a Willow Branch, 20th Century Woodcut print, 10 1/2" x 15" Polk Museum of Art Permanent Collection #1972.2.2 Gift of Mr. William Kemp
	Nishinomiya & Hasegawa, Inc., (Japanese) Beach Scene in Moonlight, 20th Century Woodcut print, 15" x 10 1/2" Polk Museum of Art Permanent Collection #1972.2.3 Gift of Mr. William Kemp
	Nishinomiya & Hasegawa, Inc., (Japanese) Lake Scene in Moonlight, 20th Century Woodcut print, 15" x 10 1/2" Polk Museum of Art Permanent Collection #1972.2.4 Gift of Mr. William Kemp
	Chinese, Manchu Dynasty Wood Scroll, 1850 Wood, 31 1/4" x 19" Polk Museum of Art Permanent Collection #1981.10 Gift of Mr. and Mrs. L.R.C. Langer
	Osamu Suzuki (Japanese) Clay Image, 1985 Ceramic, 13 3/8" x 30 3/8" x 4" Polk Museum of Art Permanent Collection #1988.5.18 Gift of Reverend Kurozumi Muneharu
	Yuichi Yamamoto (Japanese) Bizen-yaki Saki Cup and Box, 20th Century Ceramic, cup: 2 3/8" h x 2 1/8" dia. Polk Museum of Art Permanent Collection #1992.37 (a&b) Gift of Reverend Kurozumi Muneharu
	Chinese Shoes for Woman's Bound Feet, 19th Century (Qing Period) Embroidered silk, 4 1/2" h x 5 1/2" l each Polk Museum of Art Permanent Collection #1993.40 Gift of Dave and Fran Williams
	Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese) Tasty: The appearance of a prostitute during the Kaei era [1848-1854], 1888 Woodblock print, 14 1/2" x 9 1/2" Polk Museum of Art Permanent Collection #1995.39.17 Gift of G.E. Robert Meyer

	Japanese Vase, Early 20th Century Ceramic; Imari-ware, 8 3/4" h. x 3" dia. Polk Museum of Art Permanent Collection #2001.2.7 Gift of Carolyn & Bill Brigham
	Japanese Hand Painted Under Kimono, 20th Century, Mid Showa Silk, 47" x 48" PMoA # 2006.1.16 Gift of Norma Canelas and William D. Roth in honor of Margaret Wilbanks

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		Folk Art
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	Pre-Columbian Art
	Asian Arts
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	Artists in the Collection
	Gifts of Art & Collection Needs
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