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Temmoku Ware

Title
Temmoku Ware
Century
10th-13th century
Object Creation Date
960-1279
Accession Number
1983/1.346
Medium and Support
stoneware with "hare's fur" pattern tenmoku glaze
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

Temmoku Ware

Title
Temmoku Ware
Century
10th-13th century
Object Creation Date
960-1279
Accession Number
1983/1.347
Medium and Support
earthenware and stoneware with tenmoku glaze
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

Rug (Kazak type); Artist Unknown, Afghanistan or Caucasus Region

Title
Rug (Kazak type)
Artist
Artist Unknown, Afghanistan or Caucasus Region
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1982/2.36
Medium and Support
wool
Artist
Afghanistan or Caucasus Region, Artist Unknown
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

Hôeido Tôkaidô Series: Sakanoshita, Fudesute-mine (Toss-away-the-brush Mountain); Andô Hiroshige

Title
Hôeido Tôkaidô Series: Sakanoshita, Fudesute-mine (Toss-away-the-brush Mountain)
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
A print of tavelers in the mountains. Some are walking, some resting in the tent, some looking into the distance at the mountains across the canyon.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1833-1834
Accession Number
1983/2.94
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

Comparisons between Mountains and Seas: Mt. Rokuso in Kazusa Province, Kazusa Kanozan; Andô Hiroshige

Title
Comparisons between Mountains and Seas: Mt. Rokuso in Kazusa Province, Kazusa Kanozan
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
The dark color pallette and black strip across the top indicate that the image is set at night. A mountain with pine trees and steps leading to the top loom over the image. The sea appears behind the mountain in the distance.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1858
Accession Number
1948/1.136
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

Tôto Meisho Series: White Rain on Nihon Bridge (Nihonbashi no shirazame); Andô Hiroshige

Title
Tôto Meisho Series: White Rain on Nihon Bridge (Nihonbashi no shirazame)
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
Rainy scene in a village. There is a bridge in the foreground, with several figures walking across with umbrellas. Houses and mountains appear in the distance.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1840-1841
Accession Number
1948/1.139
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

Edo Meisho: Ochanomizu; Andô Hiroshige

Title
Edo Meisho: Ochanomizu
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
A snow scene of the canal. Snow covers the house roofs, the boat shelters, and the trees. Three travelers in blue robes are walking in the snow, two of them are carrying umbrellas.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1853
Accession Number
1948/1.142
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

Eight Views of Edo Suburbs: Fishing Boats Returning to Gyôtoku; Andô Hiroshige

Title
Eight Views of Edo Suburbs: Fishing Boats Returning to Gyôtoku
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
The pyramid shaped hills in the background of this print are those of the boiling houses and salt piles of Gyôtoku’s salt industry. A ferry boat, or watashi-bune, carries passengers in the foreground of this picture. In this print a shipman steers using the large rudder located in the back of the boat.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1835-1842
Accession Number
1948/1.138
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

Edo Meisho: Yushima Shrine in the Snow (Yushima tenmangu, Yukihare no zu); Andô Hiroshige

Title
Edo Meisho: Yushima Shrine in the Snow (Yushima tenmangu, Yukihare no zu)
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
A snow scene of people walking up the stairs leading to the snow-covered shrine and temple complex.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1853
Accession Number
1948/1.144
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Gyôsho Edition): #40 Chiriu; Andô Hiroshige

Title
The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Gyôsho Edition): #40 Chiriu
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
Woodcut print. Title in a red rectangle in the upper right hand corner of the print. Colors are primarily greens and blues for the landscape and clothing, while the hats and straw mats are a faded yellow, and the trees are a solid brown.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1841-1842
Accession Number
1949/1.136
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

Tôto Meisho Series: Flower-viewing at Asukayama; Andô Hiroshige

Title
Tôto Meisho Series: Flower-viewing at Asukayama
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
Landscape with water and mount Fuji in the background. People are wandering on the green grassland, having picnics, and enjoying the pleasant weather and the beauty of cherry blossoms.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1833-1843
Accession Number
1948/1.141
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Kichizo Edition): #39 Okazaki, Yahagi Bridge over the Toyokawa River; Andô Hiroshige

Title
The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Kichizo Edition): #39 Okazaki, Yahagi Bridge over the Toyokawa River
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
The print depicts an arch bridge over water, with travelers walking across the bridge. Several boats are sailing on the water, while two fishermen are standing on the shallow area by the waterbank.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1850
Accession Number
1948/1.132
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

Famous Views of the 60-odd Provinces: #9 The Tennô Festival at Tsushima in Owari Province; Andô Hiroshige

Title
Famous Views of the 60-odd Provinces: #9 The Tennô Festival at Tsushima in Owari Province
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
This piece depicts boats decorated with lanterns, the evening sky and festivities. The shore is lined with teahouses set up for the event. The title for the print is located in the upper right corner in a red box.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1853-1856
Accession Number
1960/2.144
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

Edo Meisho: View of the Kameido Temple in Snow, Tokyo; Andô Hiroshige

Title
Edo Meisho: View of the Kameido Temple in Snow, Tokyo
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
Night scene of bridges over the lake leading to the temple complex. The snow falls down from the sky and covers the bridges, roofs, and trees. There are several travelers walking with parasols.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1853
Accession Number
1969/2.17
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

Kokon Jôruri zukushi series: 'Ishidômaru' (Kûkai as a child); Andô Hiroshige

Title
Kokon Jôruri zukushi series: 'Ishidômaru' (Kûkai as a child)
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
This print illustrates a scene in a jôruri play based on history. Ishidômaru is the childhood name of a figure better known to history as Kûkai, the early 9th-century founder of the Shingon sect of Buddhism in Japan. In this scene, the child Ishidômaru has come to the remote mountain of Mt. Kôya in search of his father, a warrior who had taken the tonsure. When the two finally met, the father refused to recognize his son. The rejection of family ties was one of the basic tenets of monastic life in Buddhism.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa late 1840s
Accession Number
1985/1.180
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: #107 Fukagawa, Susaki and the Jumantsubo Plain; Andô Hiroshige

Title
One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: #107 Fukagawa, Susaki and the Jumantsubo Plain
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
This vertical print frames a view of a landscape with an up close view of a bird in the upper right corner that takes up about thirty percent of the image.
The viewer is positioned alongside the bird, circling the sky above the twin peaks of a mountain. A crate floats in the water below while smaller birds flocking around it. Snow covers the ground.
The signature and title markings are in the upper right corner, and in the middle along the left side above the landscape.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1856-1857
Accession Number
1960/2.143
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

Hôeidô Tôkaidô Series: Dusk at Numazu; Andô Hiroshige

Title
Hôeidô Tôkaidô Series: Dusk at Numazu
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
Several travellers are walking along the river. There are trees on both sides of the road. A big round moon is above the village houses in the distance. One the other side of the river is a lush forest.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1833-1834
Accession Number
1948/1.121
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

Gazing at Snow on Matsuchi Hill (center sheet from triptych, Fûryû Genji Awase); Andô Hiroshige

Title
Gazing at Snow on Matsuchi Hill (center sheet from triptych, Fûryû Genji Awase)
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
The snow scene of a village under the mountain. The house roofs, the bridge over the river, the mountain and trees are all covered by the snow. Three birds fly above the riverbank, lingering around the snow-covered pine branches.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1853
Accession Number
1948/1.145
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Tate-e Edition): #38 Fujikawa; Andô Hiroshige

Title
The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Tate-e Edition): #38 Fujikawa
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
A village by a lake is shown in the snow. Several travelers are walking in the streets. The snow is steadily fallling and covers their hats, the roofs of the houses, the trees and the mountains. The title is in the upper right corner in a red box.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1855
Accession Number
1960/2.142
Medium and Support
full color woodblock print (nishiki e)
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

Hôeidô Tôkaidô Series: Goyû: Women Soliciting Travelers; Andô Hiroshige

Title
Hôeidô Tôkaidô Series: Goyû: Women Soliciting Travelers
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
In the main street of Goyu village at nightfall, female touts aggressively solicit travelers by dragging them into the tea-house on the right, where one is already resting. The large circle on the wall bears the sign of the publisher of the series, Take-no-Uchi, which was omitted in later issues. On the sign-boards inside are given the names of the engraver, Firobei; the printer, Heibei; and the artist, Ichiryusai.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1833-1834
Accession Number
1960/2.141
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper, ôban yoko-e size
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

Oiso Station, tora-ga-ame (Tora's Rain), Plate 9 from Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi (Fifty-three Stations of the Eastern Road); Andô Hiroshige

Title
Oiso Station, tora-ga-ame (Tora's Rain), Plate 9 from Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi (Fifty-three Stations of the Eastern Road)
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
A landscape of the bank by the river with mountains in the distance. There are trees, huts, and several tombstones in the foreground. Two figures are walking toward a hut.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1855
Accession Number
1974/1.102
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper, ôban yoko-e size
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

Famous Views of Snow, Moon and Flowers: Trout Fishing by Moonlight on the Tamagawa River; Andô Hiroshige

Title
Famous Views of Snow, Moon and Flowers: Trout Fishing by Moonlight on the Tamagawa River
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
The dark color pallette and the moon indicate that the image is set at night. There are people standing in the water, bending over in search of fish. Others stand on the bank, helping with the fishing process. Also shown are the silhouettes of a bridge over the water and the mountains in the distance.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1846
Accession Number
1948/1.137
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tôkaidô (Hôeidô edition): #16 Night Snow at Kambara; Andô Hiroshige

Title
The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tôkaidô (Hôeidô edition): #16 Night Snow at Kambara
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
In this print, sophisticated use of soft lines, rounded forms, dark sky, and subtle tones convey the utter silence and weariness of the figures as they trudge through the night-time snow near Kambara. Writing is centered at the top of the image, as well as aloong the bottom left wide with a seal. Three figures walk through the snow.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1833-1834
Accession Number
1948/1.122
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

Hôeido Tôkaidô Series: Night Snow at Kambara (Second state); Andô Hiroshige; Attributed to

Title
Hôeido Tôkaidô Series: Night Snow at Kambara (Second state)
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
In this print, sophisticated use of soft lines, rounded forms, dark sky, and subtle tones convey the utter silence and weariness of the figures as they trudge through the night-time snow near Kambara.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1833-1834
Accession Number
1948/1.123
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

Hôeido Tôkaidô Series: Night Snow at Kambara (Second state); Andô Hiroshige; Attributed to

Title
Hôeido Tôkaidô Series: Night Snow at Kambara (Second state)
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
In this print, sophisticated use of soft lines, rounded forms, dark sky, and subtle tones convey the utter silence and weariness of the figures as they trudge through the night-time snow near Kambara.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1833-1834
Accession Number
1948/1.124
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

Hôeidô Tôkaidô Series: Nissaka, Sayo Mountain Pass; Andô Hiroshige

Title
Hôeidô Tôkaidô Series: Nissaka, Sayo Mountain Pass
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
A mountain path which forms a diagonal of the print. Several travelers are walking along the road with trees on both sides.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1833-1834
Accession Number
1948/1.126
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

Hôeidô Tôkaidô Series: Mitsuke, Tenryû River; Andô Hiroshige

Title
Hôeidô Tôkaidô Series: Mitsuke, Tenryû River
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
Two fishemen rest on a boat standed in the shallow water, facing the viewer with their backs. They are looking at another group of fishermen in the distance standing on the lakebank. There are more boats on the lake across the land.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1833-1834
Accession Number
1948/1.128
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

Hôeidô Tôkaidô Series: Sudden Shower at Shôno; Andô Hiroshige

Title
Hôeidô Tôkaidô Series: Sudden Shower at Shôno
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
Here, caught in a sudden downpour, people rush along the steep hillside. Bamboo bends under the force of wind and rain, and the people in the foreground mimic this downward motion in order to shield their eyes from the water streaming upon them in torrents. Masterfully depicted, the viewer can almost feel the bullets of rain, and sense of sympathy for these unfortunate travelers.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1833-1834
Accession Number
1948/1.130
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

Hôeidô Tôkaidô Series: Ishibe, Megawa Village; Andô Hiroshige

Title
Hôeidô Tôkaidô Series: Ishibe, Megawa Village
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
The snow scene of a village. Several groups of tavellers are walking toward a house located on the side of the road. Two figures carrying heavy stuff are walking away along the path.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1833-1834
Accession Number
1948/1.131
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tôkaidô (Tate-e Edition): #11 Hakone, Crossing the Pass at Night; Andô Hiroshige

Title
The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tôkaidô (Tate-e Edition): #11 Hakone, Crossing the Pass at Night
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
Several travelers are walking up along the mountain path. Some carry heavy goods, and some hold touches. There are trees on the edge of the road. A river flows below cut a steep-sided canyon between the two mountains. The title is written in the red box on the right side of the print, and there is also a yellow box next to it and a red box on the lower left side.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1855
Accession Number
1948/1.133
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

Eight Views of Ômi: #1 Evening Snow on Mount Hira; Andô Hiroshige; Attributed to

Title
Eight Views of Ômi: #1 Evening Snow on Mount Hira
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
The snowy mass of Mount Hira rises behind a snow-covered village and clumps of bamboo by an inlet of Lake Biwa. The attendant poem in the upper left corner reads:
He who would see the beauty of the evening on the peaks of
Hira must behold it after the snows have fallen and before the
flowers are fully blown.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1834
Accession Number
1948/1.134
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

Eight Views of Ômi: #2 Night Rain at Karasaki; Andô Hiroshige

Title
Eight Views of Ômi: #2 Night Rain at Karasaki
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
Vertical lines stream downward across the print indicate torrents of rain. The dark color pallette and black strip across the top indicate that the image is set at night. A giant tree on an island looms over the image, surrounded by water. A poem in the upper left corner reads:
"Elsewhere will they talk of the music of the evening breeze
that has made the pine of Karasaki famous; the voice of the
wind is not heard through the sound of the rain in the night."
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1834
Accession Number
1948/1.135
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

Hôeidô Tôkaidô Series: Kakegawa, Distant View of Mount Akiba; Andô Hiroshige

Title
Hôeidô Tôkaidô Series: Kakegawa, Distant View of Mount Akiba
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
A bridge forms a diagonal on the print. Three travellers are passing the bridge, while two monks are walking down toward them. Landscape of water and mountains is shown in the background.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1833-1834
Accession Number
1948/1.127
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

Hôeidô Tôkaidô Series: Yoshida, Toyokawa Bridge; Andô Hiroshige

Title
Hôeidô Tôkaidô Series: Yoshida, Toyokawa Bridge
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
Several workers are building a castle by the waterscape. Across the water is a bridge that leads to a village in the distance.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1833-1834
Accession Number
1948/1.129
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION: Tôto Meisho Series: White Rain on Nihon Bridge (Nihonbashi no shirazame); Andô Hiroshige; After

Title
FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION: Tôto Meisho Series: White Rain on Nihon Bridge (Nihonbashi no shirazame)
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
Vertical lines stream downward across the print indicate torrents of rain. Several travelers with umbrallas and straw hats are walking across the bridge over the river. A village alongside the river and mountains are shown in the background.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
20th century?
Object Creation Date
circa 1920 - circa 1940
Accession Number
1948/1.140
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Kyoka Edition): #30 Hamamatsu; Andô Hiroshige

Title
The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Kyoka Edition): #30 Hamamatsu
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
A procession on horseback travels through the village of Homatsu with castles in the background. Red tones in the sky indicate a setting sun, and a distant mountain is visible. It is accompanied by text.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Object Creation Date
late 1830s
Accession Number
2008/2.323
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tôkaidô (Kichizo Edition): #54 Otsu; Andô Hiroshige

Title
The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tôkaidô (Kichizo Edition): #54 Otsu
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
A view of bearers and attendants and four sailboats moored at a stone pier. A small lighthouse is located near the pier, and in the distance is a mountain range. The sky is tinged red, and writing is located in the upper right corner and lower left side. Title in red box in upper right corner.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1850
Accession Number
2008/2.326
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Gyosho Edition): #11 Hakone; Andô Hiroshige

Title
The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Gyosho Edition): #11 Hakone
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
A woodblock print of men traveling on a brown-grey path through blue-green mountains. In the center, traveling to the viewer's left, two men carry a covered chair that contains another man in a blue robe, followed by a man wearing a blue robe and white oval hat who carries a pack balanced on a stick on his sholder. Two other men approach on the path from the distance (viewer's left).
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Object Creation Date
circa 1841-1842
Accession Number
2011/2.195
Medium and Support
woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Gyosho Edition): #8 Hiratsuka; Andô Hiroshige

Title
The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Gyosho Edition): #8 Hiratsuka
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
A woodblock print of three men and a horse ladened with packages in the foreground. They are beside a river and two grey mountain peaks and one central white mountain peak are set in the background. A small boat with men wearing large white hats is to the viewer's left.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Object Creation Date
circa 1841-1842
Accession Number
2011/2.196
Medium and Support
woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Hoeido Edition): #48 Seki; Andô Hiroshige

Title
The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Hoeido Edition): #48 Seki
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
A woodblock print depicting a post town in the Edo period of Japan. There is a wooden structure to the left. It looks like a store, with a list of products hanging on the frame of the door. White flags with a blue circular design hang from the roof to the left and to right near a grouping of trees. Two groups of five men are in front of the structure, five to the left, five towards the center of the image. A thin vertical stick structure is right of center in the foreground.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Object Creation Date
1831-1834
Accession Number
2011/2.197
Medium and Support
woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia

Views of Edo: Tenmangu Shrine in Kameido; Andô Hiroshige

Title
Views of Edo: Tenmangu Shrine in Kameido
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
A woodblock print depicting men and women in traditional japanese clothing crossing three red bridges in the central foreground that lead to a red temple in the central background. An island with trees is in the center of the scene. There are white clouds covering the horizon and surrounding the temple.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Object Creation Date
circa 1851-1853
Accession Number
2011/2.198
Medium and Support
woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige
Creation Place 1
Asia

Edo Meisho: Gotenyama, Cherry-blossom Viewing; Andô Hiroshige II

Title
Edo Meisho: Gotenyama, Cherry-blossom Viewing
Artist
Andô Hiroshige II
Physical Description
People are appreciating the beauty of the cherry blossoms and some are having picnics under the trees. Below the highland where the cherry trees and the people are, the land leads to the fields and hills in the distance. The sky appears to be red along the edge of the hill, suggesting the time as early evening.
Artist Life Dates
1829-1869
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
mid 19th century
Accession Number
1948/1.147
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige II
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

_sen Edo Meisho: Ryogoku Bridge, Evening Fireworks; Andô Hiroshige III

Title
_sen Edo Meisho: Ryogoku Bridge, Evening Fireworks
Artist
Andô Hiroshige III
Physical Description
People are standing on the huge arch bridge over water, viewing the boats with red lanterns sailing on the water.
Artist Life Dates
(1843 - 1894)
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1865-1875
Accession Number
1948/1.143
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper, ôban yoko-e size
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige III
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

Edo Meisho no Uchi: Bentenyama and Kinryuzan temple in Asakusa; Andô Hiroshige III

Title
Edo Meisho no Uchi: Bentenyama and Kinryuzan temple in Asakusa
Artist
Andô Hiroshige III
Physical Description
Spring scene with houses, a temple complex and a pagoda on the riverbank. There are also trees and cherry blossoms. Some people are walking by the river.
Artist Life Dates
(1843 - 1894)
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1870
Accession Number
1930.63
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Artist
Andô, Hiroshige III
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

Landscape; Aoki Shukuya; Attributed to

Title
Landscape
Artist
Aoki Shukuya
Artist Life Dates
1737-1802
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1760-1802
Accession Number
1967/2.3
Medium and Support
ink on paper
Artist
Aoki, Shukuya
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

Plate with white plum blossom design; Arakawa Toyozô

Title
Plate with white plum blossom design
Artist
Arakawa Toyozô
Physical Description
It is a round, stoneware plate. Clay is red covered with mottled grayish glaze and painted with underglaze iron and white slip. Imperfection of clay was resulted in occasional bumps on surface. Six spur marks are visible on the bottom. Slab is roughly cut (deliberately); the plate is in slightly convex shape. Artist’s seal with underglaze iron appears on the bottom.
Artist Life Dates
1894 - 1985
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1960
Accession Number
1963/2.64
Medium and Support
Stoneware with iron and white slip painting
Artist
Arakawa, Toyozô
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

MS Leaf: Bible Lessons; Artist Unknown, Armenia

Title
MS Leaf: Bible Lessons
Artist
Artist Unknown, Armenia
Century
15th century
Object Creation Date
early 15th century
Accession Number
1959/1.149
Medium and Support
ink on glazed paper
Artist
Armenia, Artist Unknown
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

Leaf from a Bible with decorated initial and vegetal ornament; Artist Unknown, Armenia

Title
Leaf from a Bible with decorated initial and vegetal ornament
Artist
Artist Unknown, Armenia
Physical Description
This page from a manuscript features two columns of text written in Armenian. An animal-shaped initial, composed of two stylized birds pecking one another, appears in the lower right column. The lower left margin is decorated with a sidebar that elegantly combines geometric and plant motifs. The decorative elements are painted in pink and blue with touches of reddish orange.
Century
15th century
Object Creation Date
early 15th century
Accession Number
1958/1.162
Medium and Support
ink on glazed paper
Artist
Armenia, Artist Unknown
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

Satin Brocade; Artist Unknown

Title
Satin Brocade
Artist
Artist Unknown
Object Creation Date
n.d.
Accession Number
1955/1.212
Medium and Support
black, gold, and silver satin brocade
Artist
Artist Unknown
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)

Bodhisattva Amoghapasa (Avalokitesvara of the never-empty noose); Artist Unknown

Title
Bodhisattva Amoghapasa (Avalokitesvara of the never-empty noose)
Artist
Artist Unknown
Physical Description
A small bronze figure of Amoghapasa, a Buddhist deity, made by the cire perdue (lost wax) casting method. The challenge to the caster is this case is the top-heaviness of the piece caused by the iconographical requirement for the image to have eight arms; in at attempt to provide some support, he arranging floating scarves to drape all the way to the lotus pedestal.
Object Creation Date
n.d.
Accession Number
1978/2.97
Medium and Support
bronze
Artist
Artist Unknown
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
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