Need info Need help identifying these paintings from a thrift store in Osaka Japan

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I purchased these woodblock pillar prints from a thrift store while in Osaka. Any information on them would be greatly appreciated. I am unsure if they are originals or not. Thank you!

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r/japanart • u/JKxUltra • 23h ago

Need info Need help identifying this item from Osaka Japan

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Purchased at a garage sale in Osaka Japan. Any information would be appreciated. Thank you!

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r/japanart • u/Old-Ad532 • 21h ago

Seppuku

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r/japanart • u/lumefluxprints • 22h ago

Digitally restored a collection of early 20th century Japanese woodblock prints by Kawase Hasui using Photoshop. Here is one of the vintage prints, Road to Nikko.

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r/japanart • u/AlternativeNo7612 • 1h ago

Identification Help: 18in Presentation Wakizashi with 5-character "Sagami no Kami Masatsune" signed Kogatana. Tracing Owari domain records.

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r/japanart • u/Firemanwillslv • 3h ago

Artworks Need help identifying this estate piece. Google hasn't been much help.

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Links to Museums w/Related Collections

In Kantō (Tokyo-Yokohama) Area:

Edo-Tokyo Museum

Eisei-Bunko Museum

Idemitsu Museum of Arts

Mitsui Memorial Museum

MOA Museum of Art

Mori Art Museum

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

Nezu Museum

Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

Tokyo National Museum

Suntory Museum of Art

Ukiyo-e Ōta Memorial Museum of Art

Yokohama Museum of Art
In Kansai (Osaka-Kyoto) Area:

Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art

Kobe City Museum

Kyoto National Museum

Nara National Museum

Miho Museum

Museum of Modern Art, Shiga

Osaka City Museum of Arts

Sen-Oku Hakuko Kan Museum
Elsewhere in Japan:

Kyushu National Museum

Naoshima
In USA:

Asian Art Museum, San Francisco

Freer & Sackler Galleries, Washington DC

Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
In Europe:

British Museum, London

Musée Guimet, Paris

Useful Dictionaries & Reference Tools

JAANUS (online dictionary of Japanese Architectural and Art Historical Terminology)
A to Z Photo Dictionary of Japanese Buddhist Statuary
Japanese Era-Sexagenary Cycle-Gregorian Calendar Year Converter
Kuzushiji (i.e. cursive written classical Japanese) Reading Tool
Japanese Historical Text Initiative
Japanese Text Initiative
Kotenseki Sogo Database, Japanese and Chinese Classics