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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