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Title: Ga no Tokyo: Shiroi kura [Pictures of Tokyo: Kikuzaka Street, White Storehouse]
Artist: Yoshida Toshi
Physical Description: This print depicts a street scene in Tokyo, in which women, a child and a dog are portrayed.
Artist Life Dates: 1911-1995
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1939
Accession Number: 2005/1.420
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Title: Animals of the Zodiac (pair with 2003/1.383.2)
Artist: Yoshikawa Kôkei
Physical Description: The animals are presented in zodiac sequence, from right to left: mouse, ox, tiger, hare, dragon, serpent, horse, goat, monkey, chicken, dog, and boar. The eight-fold screen allows the animals to seem to walk across the space. Negative space plays a significant role in the screen, creating a place for the animals to exist and at the same time extending into the room.
Artist Life Dates: active 1920's
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1924
Accession Number: 2003/1.383.1
Medium and Support: one of a pair of six-fold screens, ink and color on silk
Artist Nationality: Japanese

Title: Animals of the Zodiac (pair with 2003/1.282.1)
Artist: Yoshikawa Kôkei
Physical Description: The animals are presented in zodiac sequence, from right to left: mouse, ox, tiger, hare, dragon, serpent, horse, goat, monkey, chicken, dog, and boar. The eight-fold screen allows the animals to seem to walk across the space. Negative space plays a significant role in the screen, creating a place for the animals to exist and at the same time extending into the room.
Artist Life Dates: active 1920's
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1924
Accession Number: 2003/1.383.2
Medium and Support: one of a pair of six-fold screens, ink and color on silk
Artist Nationality: Japanese

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