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Title

Letter Opener

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1910

Accession Number

1984/2.55

Medium and Support

ivory

relevance

rank 2.69506

Secondary Keywords

bone

bone by form

combination inorganic/organic animal material

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materials

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sculpture

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tooth and tooth components

tooth components

visual works

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Title

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Kichizo Edition): #12 Mishima

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

A view of a village by the river. Two pine trees and several cherry blossom trees are standing by the river. Several travelers are walking across the bridge, carrying parcels and goods. The river meanders and leads to the mountains in the distance.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Object Creation Date

circa 1850

Accession Number

2008/2.328

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 2.69390

Secondary Keywords

scale

buildings and the land

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trees by leaf life

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Gyôsho Edition): #15 Yoshiwara

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

On the right hand side of the print, two figures are standing in front of a market shop, talking to the store owner. In the distance is another figure walking along the path, and beyond him is what appears to be another market stall with other figures. Writing in the upper left corner. Title in the upper right corner in a red box.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1841-1842

Accession Number

1998/2.30

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 2.69182

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn on the head

asia (continent)

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woody plants

Title

Fork, from a two-piece fish server

Artist

Hatton Works (Wilson and Davis)

Physical Description

Five-tined engraved silver fork with ivory handle

Artist Life Dates

active 1870-1883

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1853-1854

Accession Number

1968/1.62

Medium and Support

silver with ivory handle

relevance

rank 2.69080

Secondary Keywords

bone

bone by form

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culinary equipment

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dentin

descriptors

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materials

materials by composition

modern and contemporary art

object genres

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tools and equipment

tooth and tooth components

tooth components

utensils for serving food

Title

Ivory snuff bottle

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1825-1900

Accession Number

1980/2.62

Medium and Support

ivory

relevance

rank 2.68808

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

bone

bone by form

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containers

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dentin

descriptors

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materials

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people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

physical sciences concepts

scientific concepts

tooth and tooth components

tooth components

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

Title

Autumn Moon at Mt. Dongting

Artist

Wu Qingyun (Wu Ch'ing-yun)

Physical Description

Dark, wet ink wash and light accents of color capture the lyrical mood of an autumnal moonlit night at Lake Tai and Mount Dongting. A round moon hangs low in the sky at top right, with a diffuse glow slightly brightening the clouds and sky below. Two islands sit in the water below, the larger (closer) of the two has four boats moored just offshore. Up close the boats appear as freely brushed lines, and yet at a distance, their forms come into focus. A building sits on the closer island, light shining in the windows. The silhouette of a pagoda can be seen on the further island.

Artist Life Dates

died 1916

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1903

Accession Number

1998/2.7

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper

relevance

rank 2.68567

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

atmospheric effects

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descriptors

dwellings

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materials

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moons

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the natural world

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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

relevance

rank 2.68567

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

upward

animals and creatures

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

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mammals

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prints

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relief prints

riverine bodies

settlements and landscapes

transportation vehicles

vehicles

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

watercraft

watercraft by general type

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

relevance

rank 2.68498

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

costume

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scientific concepts

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weather-related phenomena

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Title

Plate with painted design of a covered jar, 'Fragrant Orchid'

Artist

Tomimoto Kenkichi

Physical Description

Porcelain plate with raised brown rim. The inner circle uses blue underglaze painting to illustrate a jar with a lid that reads in kanji "fragrant orchid"

Artist Life Dates

1886-1963

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1900-1963

Accession Number

1978/1.165

Medium and Support

Porcelain with blue underglaze painting and iron glaze

relevance

rank 2.67946

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

ceramics

containers

containers by form

containers by function or context

containers for serving and consuming food

culinary containers

descriptors

dishes

flowers (plants)

herbaceous plants

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pottery (object genre)

processes and techniques

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settlements and landscapes

stoneware

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vessels

vessels for serving and consuming food

woody plants

writing (processes)

Title

Orchids Room

Artist

Unge (Taigan)

Physical Description

Horizontally oriented. Begins with two large characters then a series of folliage imagery proceeded by calligraphy. Ink on paper, hand scroll.

Artist Life Dates

1773-1850

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1823

Accession Number

1968/2.25

Medium and Support

handscroll, ink on paper

relevance

rank 2.67239

Secondary Keywords

animals

asia (continent)

asian

buildings and the land

descriptors

flowers (plants)

forms

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visual works

visual works by medium or technique

woody plants

writing (processes)

Title

Fragment of a gaming piece with male slaying beast, possibly Hercules and the Erymanthian boar, zigzag pattern with incised circles in border

Artist

Samson Carver, Pricked-Ivories Workshop, Cologne, Germany

Physical Description

Fragment of circular gaming piece carved in elephant ivory in high relief. Standing male figure wearing knee-length robe holds sword in right hand and stabs inverted beast in the chest. Forelegs of beast end in hooves; head of beast characterized by large eye and pronounced nostril. Left arm of figure and rear half of the beast missing. Border contains zigzag pattern with bead motif.

Century

12th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1150

Accession Number

1987/1.262

Medium and Support

elephant ivory

relevance

rank 2.67155

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

bone

bone by form

card, table and board game elements

combination inorganic/organic animal material

combination inorganic/organic material

dentin

descriptors

edged weapons

mammals

materials

materials by composition

object-making processes and techniques

objects we use

people and culture

physical activities

physical activities by general context

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

recreational artifacts

recreational artifacts for competitive activities

relief

sculpture techniques

tooth and tooth components

tooth components

weapons

weapons and ammunition

Title

Home in the Hills

Artist

Thomas Doughty

Physical Description

This landscape painting shows rounded green mountains receding into the distance and soft sunlight streaming through billowy white clouds. In the foreground, painted in tones of dark brown and green, there is a rocky formation and a small waterfall formed by a stream passing over the rocks. One tall tree with lush greenery stands on the far left and a smaller tree frames the scene on the right. In the central part of the painting there is a stone house and pond. A few figures are scattered in this grassy area and someone stands in the open doorway of the house. The background shows a wide valley extending into the distance. Spots of sunlight highlight areas of the landscape such as the waterfall, the house, tree formations and the hillside above the house.

Artist Life Dates

1793-1856

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1840

Accession Number

1983/2.241

Medium and Support

oil on panel

relevance

rank 2.67155

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

atmospheric effects

buildings and the land

descriptors

dwellings

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geography

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materials

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trees by leaf life

vegetation and vegetation components

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waterscapes

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

woody plants

Title

Twilight

Artist

Charles Warren Eaton

Physical Description

Landscape painting with green marshy field in foreground, a grouping of trees in the middle ground on right side of canvas, and blue sky with patches of soft clouds above.

Artist Life Dates

1857-1937

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1892

Accession Number

1968/2.67

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 2.67117

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

descriptors

design elements

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evening

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materials

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modern american styles and periods

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people and culture

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scientific concepts

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the americas

the natural world

time

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

waterscapes

wetlands

woody plants

Title

Arita ware shallow dish with landscape scene of fishing boats by a willow tree

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1987/1.304

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze painting

relevance

rank 2.66990

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

ceramics

containers

containers by function or context

containers for serving and consuming food

culinary containers

deciduous trees

descriptors

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

object genres

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people and culture

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plants

pottery (object genre)

settlements and landscapes

stoneware

trees

trees by leaf life

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vessels for serving and consuming food

water activities

woody plants

Title

Rue de la Tonnellerie (Maison dite de Molière)

Artist

Maxime Lalanne

Artist Life Dates

1827-1886

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1863

Accession Number

1973/1.779

Medium and Support

etching and drypoint on paper

relevance

rank 2.66631

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories carried

dwellings

landscapes (environments)

multiple dwellings

natural landscapes

objects we use

open spaces

open spaces and site elements

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plants

residential structures

roads

roads by form

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single built works

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vegetation and vegetation components

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woody plants

Title

St. Jerome in His Study

Artist

Albrecht Dürer

Physical Description

This engraving depicts a comfortable domestic interior. An old bearded man sits poring over a book at table in the back of the room. A lion and dog rest on the floor in the foreground. Various other objects appear around the room, including a skull, books, slippers, a crucifix, and a pair of scissors.

Artist Life Dates

Nüremberg, 1471-1528

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1514

Accession Number

1993/2.1

Medium and Support

engraving on laid paper

relevance

rank 2.66540

Secondary Keywords

image form

transfer method

animal material

animal material by form or function

animals and creatures

bavaria (state)

descriptors

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intaglio prints

mammals

materials

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prints

prints by process

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skeleton and skeleton components

skeleton components

views

views by vantage point or orientation

visual works

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Title

View of the Brooklyn Navy Yard

Artist

William Merritt Chase

Physical Description

Horizontal view of harbor scene with water, dock, and boats. Small figures and trees on pier in middle ground. WMC painted in green in lower right corner.

Artist Life Dates

1849 - 1916

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1886-1890

Accession Number

1961/1.170

Medium and Support

oil on panel

relevance

rank 2.66158

Secondary Keywords

architecture

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descriptors

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watercraft

watercraft by general type

waterfront spaces

waterfronts and waterfront spaces

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woody plants

Title

Sara la Baigneuse

Artist

Henri Fantin-Latour

Physical Description

A dark pen drawing with white highlights on a white colored background. It shows a nude female figure seated on a swing. The setting is a wooded area with vegetation and leaves depicted with multiple short strokes that cover the entire area around the figure. The woman is posed facing the viewer with her legs intertwined and her arms above her head, grasping th ropes of the swing. She is gazing out to the left, beyond the viewer and has a joyful expression on her face.

Artist Life Dates

1836-1904

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1884

Accession Number

1962/1.115

Medium and Support

pen, brush and brown ink, heightened with white on off-white wove paper

relevance

rank 2.65521

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

coverings and hangings

coverings and hangings by location or context

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coverings and hangings for openings

drapery

figures

figures (representations)

furnishings

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Title

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and monk with Lakshmi-Narayana & Ardhanarishvara (fol. No. 42)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Physical Description

This work is painted in tones of red, green, dark blue, and orange/gold, against a light background. At the top is a sun with a many rays and a human face. Below this are two seated figures who are unclothed. They are seated on thrones decorated with colorful designs. One has reddish skin and is shown in profile, looking at the sun with hands raised. The other has orange skin and is seated in a lotus posiiton, facing front. Below them is a scene that shows two figures, a woman and a blue-skinned man, turned toward a half-man, half-woman figure who is seated on a tiger rug. These figures are dressed in colorful clothing and adorned with jewelry and hold various objects in their hands.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.166

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 2.65520

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

earth sciences concepts

herbaceous plants

hindu

hinduism

landscapes (environments)

named gods and goddesses

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by state or condition

physical activities

physical activities by general context

physical sciences concepts

plants

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

scientific concepts

settlements and landscapes

subject matter

suns

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vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by subject type

woody plants

Title

Plum Blossoms in Snow

Artist

Chang Ku-nien, Chen Shu-chen

Physical Description

In this snowy scene a plum tree and rock seem are seen atop a hill. The elegant, contorted trunk and branches of the tree create a visual arch over the image, framing the rock, snow, and block of calligraphic text below.

Artist Life Dates

1906-1987

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

last quarter of 20th century

Accession Number

2006/1.129

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper

relevance

rank 2.65496

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

coating (material)

coating by form

deciduous trees

descriptors

earth sciences concepts

landscapes (environments)

materials

materials by function

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objects we use

paintings

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plants

precipitation

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scroll paintings

settlements and landscapes

trees

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vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

woody plants

Title

A Cottage

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Physical Description

A two-story cottage with two chimneys is in the middle of the page. The view of it is obstructed by the large mound that takes up the right half of the image. There is a green tree on the left side of the cottage.

Artist Life Dates

1775-1851

Century

18th-19th century

Object Creation Date

1775-1851

Accession Number

1985/1.100

Medium and Support

watercolor and graphite on off-white laid paper

relevance

rank 2.62620

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

descriptors

dwellings

grass (plant material)

houses

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materials

materials by origin

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objects we use

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visual works

visual works by medium or technique

woody plants

Title

Stove God and Wife with Calendar

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

This print is typical, depicting the Stove God and his wife with halos and elegant clothing. Before them is a table with common worship instruments, including candles, an incense burner, and flowers. Standing in the bottom corners are two officials, and between them a container of jewels. The jewels are flanked by a dog and rooster; animals thought to be symbols of domesticity with auspicious connotations. Above the scene a calendar for the year 1949 is framed by an auspicious dragon motif.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1948

Accession Number

1989/2.116

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 2.61296

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

animals and creatures

associated concepts

buildings and the land

calendars

containers

containers by function or context

document genres

document genres by form

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

herbaceous plants

information forms

landscapes (environments)

legendary creatures

lighting devices

lighting devices by form

mythology

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by family relationship

people by state or condition

plants

religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

settlements and landscapes

spouses

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Pagoda of Hommon Temple, Ikegami

Artist

Kawase Hasui

Physical Description

Tall color print of Hommon Temple. A bright blue sky characterizes the top portion of the image, getting darker in the lower registers. The spire of the red temple stretches up into the sky.

Artist Life Dates

1883-1957

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1928

Accession Number

1982/1.202

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 2.61066

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

associated concepts

buildings and the land

earth sciences concepts

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

plants

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

relief prints

religious buildings

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scientific concepts

settlements and landscapes

single built works

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vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

woody plants

Title

Devotees of the Buddha (fragment of a frieze from a stupa, from Nagarjunakonda?)

Artist

India, Andhra Pradesh

Century

2nd-3rd century

Object Creation Date

2nd century - 3rd century

Accession Number

1972/2.42

Medium and Support

limestone

relevance

rank 2.60847

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

descriptors

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

object-making processes and techniques

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by activity

plants

processes and techniques

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relief

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious structures

sculpture techniques

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Kichizo Edition): #17 Yui

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

A view of a cliff and four shops on the right and a marine view with sailboats on the left. There is red glow along the ede of the horizon. Writing in various places along the top edge of the print. Title in red box in upper right corner.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Object Creation Date

circa 1850

Accession Number

2008/2.321

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 2.60509

Secondary Keywords

relation to water

buildings and the land

commercial buildings

descriptors

inorganic material

landform components

landforms

landforms and landform components

landforms by position

landforms by shape or position

landscapes (environments)

materials

materials by composition

mercantile buildings

natural landscapes

objects we use

sailing vessels

sailing vessels by size

settlements and landscapes

shores (landforms)

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

transportation vehicles

vehicles

watercraft

watercraft by method of propulsion

watercraft by specific type

Title

Nagoya-style Obi with wax-resist overall pattern of crackled pink-on-white, interrupted by wax-resist and embroidered designs of colorful tropical orchids

Artist

Minagawa Gekka

Physical Description

The obi is made of satin damask silk woven with “flower in tortoise-shell” patterns. “Cracked ice” pattern in red is dyed with wax-resist technique. Orchid flowers, leaves, ginger leaves, and ferns are hand painted in white, yellow, black, red, and green. Silver threads are embroidered in the rim of orchid flowers and other plants; more colored metallic and velvet threads are applied. The “cracked ice” patterns are broader adjacent to plants and red dye outlines them; that suggests that the artist designed flowers and foliage before the wax-resist application. The plant designs are located on two parts of the obi; when wearing, one will appear in front, and other will appear on the back bow.

Artist Life Dates

1892-1987

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

mid 20th century

Accession Number

2005/1.326

Medium and Support

satin damask silk with wax-resist pattern, hand-painted designs, and embroidery

relevance

rank 2.60509

Secondary Keywords

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Title

The Small Cloud Dwelling

Artist

Lu Hui

Physical Description

The piece includes a large title section, landscape image of the garden,

two seals of the artist, and a portion of calligraphic text.

The text reads: "The Small Cloud Dwelling occupies a corner of Mr. Dingfu's Green Surrounded Mountain Villa in Nanxun. His respected wife, Lady Pang, used to meditate and chant sutras there… In the 8th month, fall of 1909, Lu Hui completed this painting …"

Artist Life Dates

1851-1920

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1909

Accession Number

1981/1.308

Medium and Support

Handscroll, ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 2.60422

Secondary Keywords

upward

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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

relevance

rank 2.59827

Secondary Keywords

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Title

California Orange Grove

Artist

David Courlander

Physical Description

Painting of landscape scene with blue sky and green field. Mountains and three houses in background in the upper-left quadrant. Grove with orange trees in center. Two men fishing along the banks of a stream in the lower right foreground.

Artist Life Dates

1866-1961

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1950

Accession Number

1985/2.89

Medium and Support

oil on canvas board

relevance

rank 2.59039

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Untitled (Cactus)

Artist

Steve Keister

Physical Description

Drawing on spiral sketchbook paper in green, blue and orange gouache inscribed with graphite pencil.

Artist Life Dates

(1949 - )

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1998

Accession Number

2008/2.237

Medium and Support

gouache on paper

relevance

rank 2.58937

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Gasshôzukuri Farmhouses in Snow

Artist

Saitô Kiyoshi

Physical Description

A native of Sakamoto in Fukushima Prefecture, the artist here depicts his far northern hometown with the snow-covered imagery to present a view of traditional Japan in a innovative and modern way.

Artist Life Dates

(active 1907 - 1997)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1958

Accession Number

1994/2.4

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 2.58638

Secondary Keywords

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Title

TOP: Fishermen with the Inhauler of the Nets at the Town’s Shore (Fischer beim Einholen der Netze am Ufer vor der Stadt), sheet 4 from the folio 12 Views of Normandy (XII Vues de la Normandie)

BOTTOM: River Landscape with Four Men Encamping on a Rock (Flußlandschaft mit vier auf einem Fels lagernden Männern), sheet 5 from the folio 12 Views of Normandy (XII Vues de la Normandie)

Artist

Franz Edmund Weirotter

Physical Description

5 physical tears on left edge, indicating the original book bindings.

TOP IMAGE. A river appears in lower right corner, traveling from "front" to "back" of image. Along its banks two distant windmills occur, indicating Holland as the location. A distant boat with sails, and a closer group of three row boats on river. The closer group has thee figures bent over their work, which looks like hauling nets. In the center is a nearly barren twisted tree, at whose base is a rough hut of blanks and branches. A path from the bottom right bends up and around the hut and tree, on which a small group of three are poised (two sitting figures appear to listen to a standing third) and a single man travels further into the distance. Houses with thatched roofs, some patched with boards, appear on the right of the image, along the riverbanks into the distance.

BOTTOM IMAGE. A river curves gently back from the bottom right. Boulders surround the bank on the left half of the image, with scraggly trees and vegetation. Several boulders stretch out into the water, and on one of these, on the bottom right, is a group of perhaps three viewers. Two are seated, and appear to be listening to a third, who is standing and pointing to the right. Hills can be seen in the bottom right corner, stretching into the distance along the river.

Artist Life Dates

1730 - 1771

Century

18th century

Accession Number

2007/2.113

Medium and Support

engraving in black ink on laid paper

relevance

rank 2.58046

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Orchids and Rock with Calligraphy

Artist

Ikeno Gyokuran

Physical Description

Hanging scroll with calligraphy and landscape imagery. Three lines of calligraphy adorn the upper left side while opposite is imagery of orchids, grass and a rock.

Artist Life Dates

1728-1884

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1750-1784

Accession Number

2006/2.9

Medium and Support

ink on silk

relevance

rank 2.57020

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Peach Blossom Spring

Artist

Qiu Ying (Ch'iu Ying)

Physical Description

In this fan painting mounted as an album leaf, a fishing boat is moored at shore. Water stretches to the right, and above it calligraphic text recounting the story of Peach Blossom Spring. To the left of the boat, are green riverbanks, blossoming peach trees, and a man in a small cave.

Artist Life Dates

c.1495-1552

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1542

Accession Number

1976/1.212

Medium and Support

ink and color on gold paper

relevance

rank 2.56761

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Untitled [Manassas #25]

Artist

Sally Mann

Physical Description

Antique- and aged-looking photograph of a dreamy, perhaps nocturnal landscape. In the foreground a massive tree rises up into the hazy night, and trees recede into the distance. White pock marks give the whole scene, sky and land, an ethereal starry look.

Artist Life Dates

Born 1951

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

2000

Accession Number

2004/2.129

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 2.56171

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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Title

Floral Still Life

Artist

Hans Zatzka

Physical Description

A wide gladd vase rests upon a table partly covered by a cloth in a blue pattern. The vase contains a tall floral arrangement. Some flowed include pink, white, red and yellow roses, hydrageas, and lillies, among other flowers and greens. Floating around the flowers are three blue and white butterflies. The background behind the flower arrangement transitions from an almost black background from the left to a distant landscape scene, either through a window view or a painting.

Artist Life Dates

1859-1945

Object Creation Date

1877-1977

Accession Number

2009/2.92

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 2.56098

Secondary Keywords

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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 2.55837

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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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

relevance

rank 2.55699

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Kronborg

Artist

Luigi Kasimir

Physical Description

Horizontal format etching of a Kronborg city square settled on the edge of a body of water. In the foreground are the roofs and upper levels of buildings, suggesting that the view is looking down on the square from a high-up window. The buildings are drawn with great detail, all the carvings in the stone of the foreground are pronounced, and the buildings further in the distance have their detailed work and brick patterns clearly visible. In the small area of the street square is a group of figures holding long objects, possibly for the purpose of playing a game of some sort. The sky above the buildings and sea is dark, grey and cloudy, whose color is reflected on the water. In the far distance another hilly shoreline is visible.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1881, act. 1905-1925

Object Creation Date

1919

Accession Number

2009/2.94

Medium and Support

etching on paper

relevance

rank 2.54764

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Dakini

Artist

Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal

Physical Description

A bronze image of a dancing figure, cast in the cire perdue (lost wax) technique in one piece with its lotus-petal base.

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

15th century

Accession Number

2000/2.157

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 2.53809

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Landscape

Artist

Katsushika Hokusai

Physical Description

The print depicts a landscape with water scene on the foreground with buildings, trees, and a bridge on the bank.

Artist Life Dates

1760 - 1849

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1st half of the 19th century

Accession Number

1984/2.39

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 2.53024

Secondary Keywords

additive and joining processes and techniques

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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 2.52810

Secondary Keywords

agricultural structures

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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

relevance

rank 2.52248

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn at the waist or below

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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 2.52106

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Blue-and-white plate with landscape design

Artist

Artist Unknown, Hizen ware, Japan

Physical Description

A medium size plate has blue-and-white underglaze painting of landscape. There are two groups of mountains; one of the left has two large rocks flanked by two smaller mountains with a few trees on the tops. Three smaller rocks peek from the water. On the right side, a range of gently sloped mountains and a rock are drawn. There are two fishing boats with masts can be seen in front of the mountain range. The crescent moon, shadowed by one side, is in the sky. The drawing is executed in thick underglaze and painted in lighter glaze. There are brown speckles on the surface; reddish color stains on the top of the rim. Some chips on the rim and on the back. The foot is unglazed; eye is glazed. There is a single band around the rim.

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1615-1643

Accession Number

1963/2.62

Medium and Support

porcelain, blue underglaze painting

relevance

rank 2.52030

Secondary Keywords

upward

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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

relevance

rank 2.51519

Secondary Keywords

scale

transfer method

associated concepts

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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

relevance

rank 2.51519

Secondary Keywords

scale

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Title

Stones from the River, table base

Artist

Dan Kvitka

Physical Description

On a large, sinuous platform, twenty-two finished wood pieces are nestled within their respective positions; the pieces are comprised of large and small flat cylindrical shapes in shades of red and black.

Artist Life Dates

born 1958

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

2000

Accession Number

2002/2.153A

Medium and Support

Burmese Afzelia burl and Nigerian black ebony on wood table

relevance

rank 2.51141

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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european

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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

relevance

rank 2.50703

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Scholar's Winter Retreat

Artist

Gai Qi (Kai Ch'i)

Physical Description

A scholar sits in a relaxed posture at his desk looking at cut plum blossoms in a white vase; before him is an empty sheet of paper and ink stone, and by his side an attendant is boiling water for tea. A crane tucks her head and leg to keep herself warm in the cold winter air. The scholar seems to be contemplating a subject to be drawn or written, perhaps related to the flowers.

Artist Life Dates

(1774 - 1829)

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1820

Accession Number

1981/2.133

Medium and Support

fan mounted as an album leaf, ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 2.50349

Secondary Keywords

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