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[Reproduction]: Six Famous Poets: Figures Grouped about a Charcoal Brazier; Suzuki Harunobu

Title
[Reproduction]: Six Famous Poets: Figures Grouped about a Charcoal Brazier
Artist
Suzuki Harunobu
Artist Life Dates
1725-1770
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1940
Accession Number
1948/1.157
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
relevance
rank 8.26761
Primary Keywords
interiors
ukiyo e

Meisho koshikake hakkei: Waitress with a teacup; Kitagawa Utamaro

Title
Meisho koshikake hakkei: Waitress with a teacup
Artist
Kitagawa Utamaro
Artist Life Dates
(Edo, 1754 - 1806, Edo)
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
mid 1790s
Accession Number
1972/2.115
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
relevance
rank 8.26761
Primary Keywords
teacup
ukiyo e

[Reproduction] A Woman and a Child; Suzuki Harunobu

Title
[Reproduction] A Woman and a Child
Artist
Suzuki Harunobu
Artist Life Dates
1725-1770
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1940
Accession Number
1948/1.154
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
relevance
rank 8.26761
Primary Keywords
interiors
ukiyo e

Camel; Utagawa Kuniyasu

Title
Camel
Artist
Utagawa Kuniyasu
Physical Description
This double-leaf print depicts two camels and accompanying foreign trainers or performers in fringed clothing, with ballooning pants and dark boots. Some of the performers play instruments, while others tend to the camels. Above both pages is writing by calligrapher Santô Kyôden describing the camels and their tour of Japan around 1821.
Artist Life Dates
1794-1832
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1824?
Accession Number
1969/2.91
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
relevance
rank 8.26761
Primary Keywords
camels
ukiyo-e

12 Months of Actors in 36 Stages: February (Actor with three women in a garden); Utagawa Toyokuni I

Title
12 Months of Actors in 36 Stages: February (Actor with three women in a garden)
Artist
Utagawa Toyokuni I
Artist Life Dates
1769 - 1825
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1790 - circa 1825
Accession Number
1987/1.369
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
relevance
rank 8.26761
Primary Keywords
seated
ukiyo e

Meisho koshikake hakkei: Young woman with a glass goblet; Kitagawa Utamaro

Title
Meisho koshikake hakkei: Young woman with a glass goblet
Artist
Kitagawa Utamaro
Artist Life Dates
(Edo, 1754 - 1806, Edo)
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
mid 1790s
Accession Number
1972/2.116
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper with mica ground
relevance
rank 8.17570
Primary Keywords
calligraphy
goblets
ukiyo e

Woman on a Balcony, Watching a Young Man Play Kemari: Parody of the Wakana no jô Chapter of The Tale of Genji; Torii Kiyonaga

Title
Woman on a Balcony, Watching a Young Man Play Kemari: Parody of the Wakana no jô Chapter of The Tale of Genji
Artist
Torii Kiyonaga
Physical Description
A color print depicting a woman on a balcony behind a fence looking down at a man on the other side of the fence. The woman is wearing a kimono of dark color with a flower pattern on the bottom. She appears to be hiding a smile behind her sleave. The man is wearing a green yukata with black underneath. He is lifting the bottom of his yukata up, revealing most of his right leg, as he kicks a ball that is depicted at the top level of the fence.
Artist Life Dates
1752 - 1815
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
mid 1780
Accession Number
1960/1.144
Medium and Support
pillar-format full-color woodblock print (nishiki e) on paper, pillar-format (ha
relevance
rank 8.17570
Primary Keywords
balconies
terraces
ukiyo-e

Courtesan Tasting a Morning-glory Bud; Isoda Koryûsai

Title
Courtesan Tasting a Morning-glory Bud
Artist
Isoda Koryûsai
Artist Life Dates
active 1764 - 1788
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
early 1770
Accession Number
1948/1.166
Medium and Support
Pillar-format full-color woodblock print (hashira e nishiki e)
relevance
rank 8.17570
Primary Keywords
courtesans
flowers
ukiyo e

An Outing near Mimeguri Shrine; Torii Kiyonaga

Title
An Outing near Mimeguri Shrine
Artist
Torii Kiyonaga
Artist Life Dates
1752 - 1815
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
1787
Accession Number
1948/1.160
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
relevance
rank 8.17570
Primary Keywords
mother
ukiyo e
umbrella

[Reproduction] Chûshingura: Lady Receiving a Love Letter; Kitagawa Utamaro

Title
[Reproduction] Chûshingura: Lady Receiving a Love Letter
Artist
Kitagawa Utamaro
Artist Life Dates
(Edo, 1754 - 1806, Edo)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1880-1930
Accession Number
1948/1.183
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
relevance
rank 8.17570
Primary Keywords
figures
ukiyo e
women

Nishiki Hyakunin Isshu Azuma Ori [Eastern Brocade Collection of 100 Poems by 100 Poets]: Murasaki Shikibu (classical author and poet, fl. ca. 1000); Katsukawa Shunshô

Title
Nishiki Hyakunin Isshu Azuma Ori [Eastern Brocade Collection of 100 Poems by 100 Poets]: Murasaki Shikibu (classical author and poet, fl. ca. 1000)
Artist
Katsukawa Shunshô
Artist Life Dates
1726 - 1792
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
1774
Accession Number
1978/2.54
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper, page of book
relevance
rank 8.08581
Primary Keywords
calligraphy
figures
ukiyo e
walking

Iwai Hanshirô IV in a Female Role; Katsukawa Shunshô

Title
Iwai Hanshirô IV in a Female Role
Artist
Katsukawa Shunshô
Physical Description
Kabuki Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in a role as a woman with a sword. The stage appears to be dark aside from a lantern on the ground behind her, which emanates a triangular stream of yellow light directly upwards. The woman looks alertly to her left, with her right hand within her long kimono sleeve, hovering just above the sword handle.
Artist Life Dates
1726-1792
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
2nd half of 18th century
Accession Number
1960/1.156
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
relevance
rank 8.08581
Primary Keywords
kabuki
ukiyo-e
woodblock prints

Women's Occupations: Sericulture (1 of a series of 12 prints): weaving; Kitagawa Utamaro (1754–1806)

Title
Women's Occupations: Sericulture (1 of a series of 12 prints): weaving
Artist
Kitagawa Utamaro (1754–1806)
Artist Life Dates
(Edo, 1754 - 1806, Edo)
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1802
Accession Number
1950/1.207
Medium and Support
full color woodblock print (nishiki e), reprodution
relevance
rank 8.08581
Primary Keywords
kneeling
seated
standing
ukiyo e

Tematsu no ike (Tematsu Pond); Takahashi Hiroaki

Title
Tematsu no ike (Tematsu Pond)
Artist
Takahashi Hiroaki
Physical Description
In the lower left corner of this tall and narrow print two silohettes appear near a small dock. The surface of a pond stretches out behind them, filling much of the pictorial space. The dark form of a house with a traingular, mountain shapped roof rests in the upper register of the print. The lit windows from the house reflect in the calm yet slightly wavy pond.
Artist Life Dates
1871-1944
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1907-1922
Accession Number
2005/1.421.1
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
relevance
rank 8.08581
Primary Keywords
night
people
pond
ukiyo-e

Elegant Fresh Foods (Three Courtesans at a Drinking Party); Kikugawa Eizan

Title
Elegant Fresh Foods (Three Courtesans at a Drinking Party)
Artist
Kikugawa Eizan
Physical Description
Three courtesans engaged in a drinking game sit in an open veranda in early spring, with cherry blossoms in full bloom behind them. The women appear tipsy, and the one at the right clings to her companion in the middle for support, as she stretches out her left hand to have her cup refilled with saké (rice wine). They have a tray of delicacies shamisen at their feet.
Artist Life Dates
1787-1867
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
mid 1800s - circa 1810
Accession Number
1960/1.138
Medium and Support
oban (large size) nishiki-e (full-color woodblock print) on paper
relevance
rank 8.08581
Primary Keywords
courtesans
ukiyo-e
woodblock prints

Courtesans of the Chôjiya: Hinatsuru and Her Attendant; Kitagawa Utamaro

Title
Courtesans of the Chôjiya: Hinatsuru and Her Attendant
Artist
Kitagawa Utamaro
Physical Description
The kneeling figure in the foreground is grand courtesan Hinatsuru. Her kamuro (attendant) is arranging a vase of chrysanthemums beside her. The circular inset contains a poet and his poem addressed to the two of them:
In its wake
The autumn grasses wither.
Indeed, the mountain wind
Has now become a gale.
Artist Life Dates
(Edo, 1754 - 1806, Edo)
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1790
Accession Number
1948/1.184
Medium and Support
Ôban (large size) nishiki-e (full-color woodblock print) on paper
relevance
rank 7.99788
Primary Keywords
courtesan
poem
ukiyo-e
woodblock prints

Unkown Kabuki Actor; Utagawa Hirosada (aka Sadahiro I)

Title
Unkown Kabuki Actor
Artist
Utagawa Hirosada (aka Sadahiro I)
Physical Description
A kabuki actor in ornate dress, with his lips pulled down in a frown and eyes glaring upward. His left hand grasps the end of a sword and cartouches hover above his head.
Artist Life Dates
c. 1826-1865
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1873
Accession Number
2009/2.20
Medium and Support
woodblock print on paper
relevance
rank 7.99788
Primary Keywords
actor
kabuki
ukiyo-e
woodblock prints

Actor Ichikawa Ebizo as Moritsuna; Masamitsu Ota

Title
Actor Ichikawa Ebizo as Moritsuna
Artist
Masamitsu Ota
Physical Description
Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo IX tucks his head and pulls his lips back in a grimace. He wears an ornate kimono and carries a sword.
Artist Life Dates
(1892 - 1975)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1949
Accession Number
2009/2.22
Medium and Support
woodblock print on paper
relevance
rank 7.99788
Primary Keywords
actor
kabuki
ukiyo-e
woodblock prints

Nishiki Hyakunin Isshu Azuma Ori [Eastern Brocade Collection of 100 Poems by 100 Poets]: Seated Poetess; Katsukawa Shunshô

Title
Nishiki Hyakunin Isshu Azuma Ori [Eastern Brocade Collection of 100 Poems by 100 Poets]: Seated Poetess
Artist
Katsukawa Shunshô
Artist Life Dates
1726 - 1792
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
1774
Accession Number
1978/2.56
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper, page of book
relevance
rank 7.99788
Primary Keywords
calligraphy
figures
poem
seated
ukiyo e

Gathering Wood at Arashiyama; Kikugawa Eizan

Title
Gathering Wood at Arashiyama
Artist
Kikugawa Eizan
Artist Life Dates
1787-1867
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1810-1825
Accession Number
1972/2.114
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
relevance
rank 7.99788
Primary Keywords
child
figures
hills
ukiyo e
women

Evening Scene in Tokyo: Bon Dance; Takahashi Hiroaki

Title
Evening Scene in Tokyo: Bon Dance
Artist
Takahashi Hiroaki
Physical Description
A circle of festival-goers dances under a full moon. They only appear in silhouette, but the shapes of their kimono and fans in hand can be seen.
Artist Life Dates
1871-1944
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1900-1921
Accession Number
1991/2.113
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
relevance
rank 7.99788
Primary Keywords
dance
festival
moon
night
ukiyo-e

Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as a Samurai; Kunichika Toyohara

Title
Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as a Samurai
Artist
Kunichika Toyohara
Physical Description
This kabuki actor is in intricate and colorful costume, wearing a helmet with a strap that comes across the front of his chin. His eyes face two different directions, and he holds a metal weapon or staff.
Artist Life Dates
1835-1900
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1873
Accession Number
2009/2.21
Medium and Support
woodblock print on paper
relevance
rank 7.91184
Primary Keywords
actor
kabuki
lords
ukiyo-e
woodblock prints

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Kichizo Edition): #31 Maisaka; Andô Hiroshige

Title
The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Kichizo Edition): #31 Maisaka
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
Boats with white and yellow bowed square sails on a coastal inlet.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Object Creation Date
circa 1850
Accession Number
2008/2.329
Medium and Support
woodblock print on paper
relevance
rank 7.91184
Primary Keywords
sailboats
shores (landforms)
trees
ukiyo e
water

Complete Illustrations of Yoshiwara Parodies of Kabuki: Courtesans of the Matsubaya (Seirô kabuki yatsushiga tsukushi: Matsubaya no uchi); Kitagawa Utamaro

Title
Complete Illustrations of Yoshiwara Parodies of Kabuki: Courtesans of the Matsubaya (Seirô kabuki yatsushiga tsukushi: Matsubaya no uchi)
Artist
Kitagawa Utamaro
Physical Description
This triptych shows courtesans in a garden of Yoshiwara under flowering trees. The inscribed names allow us to identify the women as courtesans of the Matsubaya House, centered on the grand courtesan Yoso’oi (in the central triptych, with the dragon-design obi). Flanking her on either side are two shinzô apprentices, and at the right, two kamuro or child attendants.
The courtesans at left interact with a puppet of the actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VI in his role as Sukeroku. The bearded older man in the center is the villain Hige no Ikyû, Sukeroku’s rival for the affections of the courtesan Agemaki.
Artist Life Dates
1754-1806
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
1798
Accession Number
1948/1.186
Medium and Support
oban (large size) nishiki-e (full-color woodblock print) on paper, triptych
relevance
rank 7.91184
Primary Keywords
courtesans
kabuki
triptych
ukiyo-e
woodblock prints

Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Motome; Kunichika Toyohara

Title
Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Motome
Artist
Kunichika Toyohara
Physical Description
Kabuki actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Motome wears his hair in a top know with ornament. His eyes look upwards and his thin, red-lipped mouth lies open to reveal his teeth. He wears a blueish purple kimono with floral designs. Cartouches of text lie in the upper to corners and far left.
Artist Life Dates
(1835 - 1900)
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1883
Accession Number
2009/2.19
Medium and Support
woodblock print on paper
relevance
rank 7.91184
Primary Keywords
actor
kabuki
theater
ukiyo-e
woodblock prints

Two Women Playing with Chrysanthemums: a page from a book of poetry; Katsukawa Shunshô

Title
Two Women Playing with Chrysanthemums: a page from a book of poetry
Artist
Katsukawa Shunshô
Artist Life Dates
1726 - 1792
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
late 1760 - early 1770
Accession Number
1978/2.53
Medium and Support
full color woodblock print (nishiki e) on paper, from an illustrated book (ehon)
relevance
rank 7.91184
Primary Keywords
figures
flowers
interiors
seated
ukiyo e
women

Complete Illustrations of Yoshiwara Parodies of Kabuki: Courtesans of the Matsubaya (Seirô kabuki yatsushiga tsukushi: Matsubaya no uchi); Kitagawa Utamaro

Title
Complete Illustrations of Yoshiwara Parodies of Kabuki: Courtesans of the Matsubaya (Seirô kabuki yatsushiga tsukushi: Matsubaya no uchi)
Artist
Kitagawa Utamaro
Physical Description
This triptych shows courtesans in a garden of Yoshiwara under flowering trees. The inscribed names allow us to identify the women as courtesans of the Matsubaya House, centered on the grand courtesan Yoso’oi (in the central triptych, with the dragon-design obi). Flanking her on either side are two shinzô apprentices, and at the right, two kamuro or child attendants.
The courtesans at left interact with a puppet of the actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VI in his role as Sukeroku. The bearded older man in the center is the villain Hige no Ikyû, Sukeroku’s rival for the affections of the courtesan Agemaki.
Artist Life Dates
1754-1806
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
1798
Accession Number
1948/1.187
Medium and Support
oban (large size) nishiki-e (full-color woodblock print) on paper, triptych
relevance
rank 7.91184
Primary Keywords
courtesans
kabuki
triptych
ukiyo-e
woodblock prints

[Reproduction] Serving Sake in Snow, part of a triptych; Torii Kiyonaga

Title
[Reproduction] Serving Sake in Snow, part of a triptych
Artist
Torii Kiyonaga
Artist Life Dates
1752 - 1815
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
mid 20th century
Accession Number
1983/1.370
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
relevance
rank 7.82764
Primary Keywords
buildings
fences
figures
snow
standing
trees
ukiyo e

Courtesan Reading a Letter; Ishikawa Toyonobu

Title
Courtesan Reading a Letter
Artist
Ishikawa Toyonobu
Artist Life Dates
1711-1785
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1744-1746
Accession Number
1955/1.129
Medium and Support
long-and-large size hand-colored woodblock print (urushi e) on paper (chôôban)
relevance
rank 7.82764
Primary Keywords
figures
interiors
plants
reading
standing
ukiyo e
window

Young Girl Crossing a Bridge on a Windy Day; Calendar Print: Parody of "Crossing at the Sano Ford" (Hashi wo wataru musume: Egoyomi, Mitate Sano no watari); Suzuki Harunobu

Title
Young Girl Crossing a Bridge on a Windy Day; Calendar Print: Parody of "Crossing at the Sano Ford" (Hashi wo wataru musume: Egoyomi, Mitate Sano no watari)
Artist
Suzuki Harunobu
Artist Life Dates
1725-1770
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
1765
Accession Number
1948/1.155
Medium and Support
color woodblock print (nishiki e) on paper, medium-size (chûban)
relevance
rank 7.82764
Primary Keywords
children
figures
girl
standing
storms
ukiyo e
women

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
relevance
rank 7.82764
Primary Keywords
landscape
night
snow
ukiyo-e
village
woodblock prints

River-Opening Ceremony at Ryôgoku in Bunka Era Edo; Kitagawa Utamaro; After

Title
River-Opening Ceremony at Ryôgoku in Bunka Era Edo
Artist
Kitagawa Utamaro
Artist Life Dates
(Edo, 1754 - 1806, Edo)
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
reprint 1889
Accession Number
1985/1.181C
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper, one of triptych
relevance
rank 7.82764
Primary Keywords
boats
bridges
crowds
figures
rivers
ukiyo e
water

Snow Scene in Ueno Park; Takahashi Hiroaki

Title
Snow Scene in Ueno Park
Artist
Takahashi Hiroaki
Physical Description
Snow falls during a night scene in Ueno Park, located in the Tokyo area. Weary, snow-heavy travelers trek through the scene. One may be heading into a shop to have something warm to eat, while the other heads towards a small bridge and a red torii gate topped with snow. A pine tree arches in from the left corner and arches over the scene, framing the park against the gray, snow-dotted sky.
Artist Life Dates
1871-1944
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1920s
Accession Number
1982/2.23
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
relevance
rank 7.82764
Primary Keywords
gate
park (grounds)
snow
ukiyo-e
woodblock prints

River-Opening Ceremony at Ryôgoku in Bunka Era Edo; Kitagawa Utamaro; After

Title
River-Opening Ceremony at Ryôgoku in Bunka Era Edo
Artist
Kitagawa Utamaro
Artist Life Dates
(Edo, 1754 - 1806, Edo)
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
reprint 1889
Accession Number
1985/1.181B
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper, one of triptych
relevance
rank 7.82764
Primary Keywords
boat
bridges
figures
rivers
seated
ukiyo e
water

Komuso (Strolling Flute Player); Suzuki Harunobu

Title
Komuso (Strolling Flute Player)
Artist
Suzuki Harunobu
Artist Life Dates
1725-1770
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1745-1770
Accession Number
1960/1.139
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper, hashira-e size
relevance
rank 7.74520
Primary Keywords
figures
flutes
full-length
musical instruments
portraits
ukiyo e

River-Opening Ceremony at Ryôgoku in Bunka Era Edo; Kitagawa Utamaro; After

Title
River-Opening Ceremony at Ryôgoku in Bunka Era Edo
Artist
Kitagawa Utamaro
Artist Life Dates
(Edo, 1754 - 1806, Edo)
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
reprint 1889
Accession Number
1985/1.181A
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper, one of triptych
relevance
rank 7.74520
Primary Keywords
buildings
figures
lamp
reclining
rivers
seated
ukiyo e
water

Monkey in a persimmon tree; Ohara Shôson (Koson)

Title
Monkey in a persimmon tree
Artist
Ohara Shôson (Koson)
Physical Description
Boldly colored monkey in a persimmon tree. A wasp hovers near its nest hanging from a branch.
Artist Life Dates
1877-1945
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1935
Accession Number
1982/1.204
Medium and Support
Color woodblock print on paper
relevance
rank 7.74520
Primary Keywords
bee hives
fruit
gold (metal)
monkey
tree
ukiyo-e

Nishiki Hyakunin Isshu Azuma Ori [Eastern Brocade Collection of 100 Poems by 100 Poets]: Harumichi no Tsuraki; Katsukawa Shunshô

Title
Nishiki Hyakunin Isshu Azuma Ori [Eastern Brocade Collection of 100 Poems by 100 Poets]: Harumichi no Tsuraki
Artist
Katsukawa Shunshô
Artist Life Dates
1726 - 1792
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
1774
Accession Number
1978/2.55
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper, page of book
relevance
rank 7.74520
Primary Keywords
calligraphy
fans (costume accessories)
figures
males
ukiyo e
walking

Evening in Tokyo: Figures in Silhouette behind a Shoji screen; Takahashi Hiroaki

Title
Evening in Tokyo: Figures in Silhouette behind a Shoji screen
Artist
Takahashi Hiroaki
Physical Description
Near dusk, a woman in a kimono walks outside a Japanese style building with a shoji screen for a wall. The silhouettes of merry-makers inside can be seen, revealing the figure of a man and also a woman, probably a geisha, holding an instrument that appears to be a shamisen.
Artist Life Dates
1871-1944
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1900-1921
Accession Number
1991/2.110
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
relevance
rank 7.58544
Primary Keywords
building
instruments, musical
kimono
night
screen (furniture)
tokyo (metropolis)
ukiyo-e

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
relevance
rank 7.58544
Primary Keywords
mountains
piers (marine landings)
sailboats
ukiyo-e
water
woodblock prints
workers

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
relevance
rank 7.58544
Primary Keywords
abstraction
landscapes (environments)
pine (tree)
rain and rainfall
ukiyo-e
woodblock prints

Yoshiwara District; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title
Yoshiwara District
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
early 18th century
Accession Number
1980/2.209
Medium and Support
handscroll fragment, ink and color on paper
relevance
rank 7.58544
Primary Keywords
courtesans
handscroll
house
japan
kimono
musical instruments
samurai
swords
ukiyo e

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
relevance
rank 7.50800
Primary Keywords
boats
entertainment
rivers
teahouses
temples
trees
ukiyo-e
villages
water
woodblock prints

Japanese Beauty in a Red Maple Leaf Robe; Yamaguchi Soken (Sojun)

Title
Japanese Beauty in a Red Maple Leaf Robe
Artist
Yamaguchi Soken (Sojun)
Physical Description
This image is of a lone female figure centrally located on the scroll. The dominate color of the image is red. The figure's outer kimono is decorated with red and gold maple leaves.
Artist Life Dates
1759-1818
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
early 19th century
Accession Number
1985/2.7
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
relevance
rank 7.43213
Primary Keywords
beauty
courtesans
hanging scrolls
japan (nation)
kimonos
maple trees
robes
ukiyo-e
women

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
relevance
rank 7.43213
Primary Keywords
bird's-eye view
birds
crate
kite
mountain
plain
snow
ukiyo-e
water

Twenty-four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety: Chûjôhime; Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Title
Twenty-four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety: Chûjôhime
Artist
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Artist Life Dates
1797 - 1861
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1843
Accession Number
1974/1.101
Medium and Support
Medium-size full-color woodblock print (chûban nishiki e)
relevance
rank 7.28489
Primary Keywords
boy
calligraphy
child
clouds
farm
farmers
farmhouse
figures
kimono
shoes
standing
ukiyo e
wind
woman

Unidentified Kabuki Actor as Sword-face; Ueno Tadamasa

Title
Unidentified Kabuki Actor as Sword-face
Artist
Ueno Tadamasa
Physical Description
Color woodblock print of a kabuki actor on gray mica ground. Actor appears to be playing the role of a samurai, with his hair in a top-knot, a family crest on the arm of his kimono, and a sword complete with scabbard ornament. His head tilts downward seriously as his hand reaches to unsheath his sword.
Artist Life Dates
1904-1970
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1940
Accession Number
2009/2.18
Medium and Support
ink and gray mica on paper
relevance
rank 7.12237
Primary Keywords
actor
kabuki
prints
sword
theater
ukiyo-e
woodblock prints

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
relevance
rank 7.06294
Primary Keywords
edo, late
fishing
fishing vessels
sailboats
shores (landforms)
streams
ukiyo-e
woodblock prints

Scenes from a Play; Utagawa Kunisada

Title
Scenes from a Play
Artist
Utagawa Kunisada
Artist Life Dates
1786-1864
Accession Number
2008/2.424.1
Medium and Support
color woodcut on paper
relevance
rank 6.98532
Primary Keywords
color woodcuts
edo (japanese period)
japan (nation)
japanese
plays (document genre)
ukiyo-e
wood blocks

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
relevance
rank 6.76578
Primary Keywords
buildings, agricultural
pagodas (buildings)
religious buildings
temples
ukiyo-e
water
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