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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
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rank 14.07998
Creation Place 3
Kanto (region)

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
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rank 14.07998
Creation Place 3
Kanto (region)

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
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rank 14.07998
Creation Place 3
Kanto (region)

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
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rank 14.07998
Creation Place 3
Kanto (region)

Courtesan and client: parody of the Kiritsubo Chapter of the Tale of Genji (Mitate Genji Kiritsubo); Okumura Masanobu

Title
Courtesan and client: parody of the Kiritsubo Chapter of the Tale of Genji (Mitate Genji Kiritsubo)
Artist
Okumura Masanobu
Physical Description
A monochrome print depicting two standing women and a reclining man in a room. The taller woman, a courtesan, wears an elaborate kimono of butterfly design and under-kimono of geometric patterns; her hair is tied on the back, wearing tortoise shell comb and hairpin. She is holding skirts of kimono and under-kimono with her right hand and is hiding her left hand under the kimono. The second woman, an attendant, is standing behind the courtesan, holding a doll of a boy and her face turning away. She wears a plain kimono with pine tree design and obi (sash) with striped patterns. The man is reclining and looking toward the courtesan. They seem to engage in conversation. The man wears kimono with design of coins and short jacket with plaid patterns. His hair is shaved on top and tied on the back. There is a folded screen behind him, depicting a plum tree by river. In front of him, there are a sake pitcher, sake cup and its stand, and a bowl with food accompanied by a tray and chopsticks. There is a title of the print in cartouche at upper right.
Artist Life Dates
1686-1764
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
1711-1716
Accession Number
1948/1.198
Medium and Support
Oban (large-size) sumizurii-e (monochrome woodblock print) on paper
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rank 14.07998
Creation Place 3
Kanto (region)

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
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rank 14.07998
Creation Place 3
Kanto (region)

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
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rank 14.07998
Creation Place 3
Kanto (region)

Evening Scene in Tokyo: Woman with Umbrella on Bridge; Takahashi Hiroaki

Title
Evening Scene in Tokyo: Woman with Umbrella on Bridge
Artist
Takahashi Hiroaki
Physical Description
A woman who just got out of a public bath is crossing a bridge and trying to protect herself with an umbrella from the wind and rain of a sudden yûdachi. She uses one hand to keep her kimono decorated with fishing net and sea anemone patterns from flying open, and carries a soap pouch in her mouth. Three swallows fly above. The title, yu agari ("after the bath") is inscribed in the lower left hand corner of the print, just above a seal with the artist's name, Hiroaki.
Artist Life Dates
1871-1944
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1920-1940
Accession Number
1991/2.112
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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rank 14.07998
Creation Place 3
Kanto (region)

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
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rank 14.07998
Creation Place 3
Kanto (region)

Hanging a Poem on a Cherry Tree; Ishikawa Toyonobu

Title
Hanging a Poem on a Cherry Tree
Artist
Ishikawa Toyonobu
Physical Description
A color woodblock print of a young woman hanging a paper with poem on a cherry tree. The woman is in a kimono with intricate design of cherry blossom, hemp leaves, birds and swirls, pine trees and diamond patterns. She also wears broad obi (sash) in checkerboard patterns, which is bow- tied on her back. There is also a white sash underneath the obi, which supports her long kimono. Her hair is tied on the back and adorn with tortoise-shell comb and pin. The cherry tree is in full bloom; there is a curtain with a family crest behind the woman and the tree; a certain kind of platform with swirling vine pattern is peaking below the curtain. The overall color scheme is in yellow, orange, black and white (the color of the paper). There are artist’s signature and two seals on the right bottom corner, and smaller seal on the left bottom corner.
Artist Life Dates
1711-1785
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1746-1749
Accession Number
1955/1.130
Medium and Support
Urushi-e (color woodblock print) on paper
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rank 14.07998
Creation Place 3
Kanto (region)

Views of Ten Tea Houses: Takanawa; Torii Kiyonaga

Title
Views of Ten Tea Houses: Takanawa
Artist
Torii Kiyonaga
Physical Description
In this print, one of a series of ten views of "tea house" districts, Kiyonaga has depicted two women and a child strolling along the shore by the sea wall at Takanawa. A woman at left shields her eyes from the summer sun with her fan, and has her obi tied in front of her. The younger looking companion holding her hand wears a gaily flowered kimono, which has fallen wide open. A child walks with them, gesturing to the side of the print. The front portion of a boat and wall of a town or temple lie behind them.
This is an especially well-preserved print, where even the indigo blue is still visible.
Artist Life Dates
1752 - 1815
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1783
Accession Number
1960/1.143
Medium and Support
Chûban (medium-size) nishiki-e (full-color woodblock print) on paper
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rank 14.07998
Creation Place 3
Kanto (region)

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
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rank 14.07998
Creation Place 3
Kanto (region)

Courtesan in procession; Kitagawa Utamaro

Title
Courtesan in procession
Artist
Kitagawa Utamaro
Physical Description
This is a portrait of courtesan and her attendant. The courtesan wears a kimono with overall cherry blossom patterns and a darker color cloak with fan, plover and wave design lining with overall cherry blossom design silk; the cloak is slipping from her right shoulder. Her obi is draped in front; it has overall hollyhock pattern. Her face is white; Her hair is sculpted like a balloon on the top and has broad wings to the side. Tortoise-shell comb and multiple hairpins adorn the hair. She is strolling toward the right. Her attendant is walking behind her, her face and body partially hidden by the courtesan. She wears the matching kimono with plover and wave design; her kimono has long sleeves (furisode), whose openings are tied with ribbons. Her obi, with peony and geometric design, is tied at the back. Her hair is in the similar shape as the courtesan but not too exaggerated. But she wears an enormous hair accessory consisting of cherry blossoms and tassels, made of silver. Her face is also in white. The painting is accompanied by poem written by Santô Kyôden with his signature and two seals. On the lower left, there are the artist's signature and seal. The mounting is made of silk brocade with embroidery in the design of clematis and millets.
Artist Life Dates
1754-1806
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1793-1795
Accession Number
1962/1.104
Medium and Support
ink, white pigment, and red color on paper
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rank 14.07998
Creation Place 3
Kanto (region)

Courtesan in an iris-patterned robe: "June" in a series of Twelve Months; Kaigetsudô Dohan

Title
Courtesan in an iris-patterned robe: "June" in a series of Twelve Months
Artist
Kaigetsudô Dohan
Physical Description
This is a large monochrome print of a courtesan wearing kimono with iris design. The courtesan is standing with her right hand in the sleeve that she raises to her chin and left hand gathering up her kimono; Her cloak with bamboo leaf and gentian flower design is slipping off her shoulder and revealing her dark kimono with iris roundels. She has long hair; her hair is tied and draped on the back. She is looking toward the right side. There is the artist’s signature and seal, and publisher’s seal on the right.
Artist Life Dates
active 1710 - 1716
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1714
Accession Number
1955/1.128
Medium and Support
Kakemono-e (oversize) sumizurii-e (monochrome woodblock print) on paper
relevance
rank 14.07998
Creation Place 3
Kanto (region)

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 14.07998
Creation Place 3
Kanto (region)

Tsuba (Sword guard) with design of dragon among clouds; Okada Masatoyo

Title
Tsuba (Sword guard) with design of dragon among clouds
Artist
Okada Masatoyo
Physical Description
The flat iron plate with quatrefoil shape and the design of a dragon in midst of clouds. It has three holes: one for blade (middle) flanked by two deformed oval-shape holes (for kougai and kozuka). Around the blade hole, there is the carver’s signature. The design of a dragon, among stylized clouds, is intricately carved in high relief; the dragon has almost three-dimensional quality. On the back, the dragon tail, some parts of the body, one claw are peeking from clouds. The dragon coils around the center holes. The rims of the three circles are wavy, as if they are the part of the cloud design. The stoppers on the blade hole edges are made of gold. Some silver inlays are applied on the dragon’s eye blow and some nails.
Artist Life Dates
act. 1789
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
1978/2.6
Medium and Support
iron with gold and silver inlays
relevance
rank 14.07998
Creation Place 3
Kanto (region)

Sunrise at Benten Shrine, Suzaki Cape; Katsushika Hokusai

Title
Sunrise at Benten Shrine, Suzaki Cape
Artist
Katsushika Hokusai
Physical Description
Two geisha (itinerant musicians) are shown strolling in the countryside, with the roof of Benten Shintô shrine in the distance. The backdrop is the rising sun—the give-away that this is a New Year’s print—seen over distant mountains and a calm bay. One woman stoops to empty the ashes from her pipe, while the other draws her kimono closely about her. A poem lies just above the rising sun in the top left register of the morning sky.
Artist Life Dates
1760 - 1849
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1800-1820
Accession Number
1954/1.471
Medium and Support
koban surimono (privately published) color woodblock print (nishiki e) on paper
relevance
rank 14.07998
Creation Place 3
Kanto (region)

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 14.07998
Creation Place 3
Kanto (region)

Album of Letters and Sketches, with Poet Portrait as frontispiece (28 pages); Sakai Hôitsu

Title
Album of Letters and Sketches, with Poet Portrait as frontispiece (28 pages)
Artist
Sakai Hôitsu
Physical Description
An album of 28 pages. Cover is brown with a faded image at the center, possibly of leaves on an off-white background. The inside of the album primarily contains hand-written text, though some of the text has faded images in the background, and some of the pages are completely images. The first page depicts a seated man in formal attire. and across from him is a seperate painting of a landscape with green mountains. Other images contained within are of various topics with various colors and styles.
Artist Life Dates
1761-1828
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1800-1828
Accession Number
1968/2.55
Medium and Support
album, ink, color and gold leaf on paper
relevance
rank 14.07998
Creation Place 3
Kanto (region)

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
1948/1.185
Medium and Support
oban (large size) nishiki-e (full-color woodblock print) on paper, triptych
relevance
rank 14.07998
Creation Place 3
Kanto (region)

Autumn Wind, from the Furyu rokkasen (The Six Elegant Poets) series; Suzuki Harunobu

Title
Autumn Wind, from the Furyu rokkasen (The Six Elegant Poets) series
Artist
Suzuki Harunobu
Physical Description
A young woman hurries across a bridge, using one of her sleeves to shield her head from the strong wind. Plants around her bend in the force of the wind, and tree branches lose their leaves. An Uta poem by Bunya-no-Yasuhide graces the top register.
Artist Life Dates
1725-1770
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1768
Accession Number
1948/1.156
Medium and Support
chûban (medium size) nishiki-e (full-color woodblock print) on paper
relevance
rank 14.07998
Creation Place 3
Kanto (region)

Scholar Seated under a Tree; Tani Bunchô

Title
Scholar Seated under a Tree
Artist
Tani Bunchô
Artist Life Dates
1763-1840
Century
18-19th century
Object Creation Date
late 18th century - 1840
Accession Number
1964/1.96
Medium and Support
fan painting matted for framing, ink and color on paper
relevance
rank 14.07998
Creation Place 3
Kanto (region)

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 14.07998
Creation Place 3
Kanto (region)

First Designs of Model Young Leaves: the Courtesan Karauta of the Chôjiya, accompanied by her attendants Matsuno and Takeno; Isoda Koryûsai

Title
First Designs of Model Young Leaves: the Courtesan Karauta of the Chôjiya, accompanied by her attendants Matsuno and Takeno
Artist
Isoda Koryûsai
Physical Description
This is a color woodblock print of a courtesan and her two attendants. They are walking toward the left. The courtesan wears red and brown kimono with geometric designs and a pink cloak with plum tree and cloud design. Her green obi (sash), tied in front, has peacock feather and geometric patterns. Her hair is sculpted in the shape of “lantern” style, with the broad wings to the side of the head. Three large tortoise-shell comb and four pins adorn the hair. The two young attendants wear matching clothes and hair accessories; their kimono design has the same plum and cloud patterns as the courtesan but in brownish colors. Their obi is in green color with wavy stripes, loosely tied on their backs. They also have tortoise shell combs, hairpins, and ornaments in the shape of pine leaves. One attendant is looking at a ground, and other attendant toward the right. All three wear high platform sandals. There are artist’s signature and publisher’s seal on the lower left corner, as well as the title on the upper right corner.
Artist Life Dates
active 1764 - 1788
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1777-1782
Accession Number
1960/1.145
Medium and Support
Oban (large size) nishiki-e (full-color woodblock print) on paper
relevance
rank 14.07998
Creation Place 3
Kanto (region)
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