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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
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Title
Temple
Artist
Roy Lichtenstein
Physical Description
Black and white print using Ben Day dots to depict a part of the facade of a temple.
Artist Life Dates
10/28/1923 - 9/29/1997
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1964
Accession Number
1983/1.136
Medium and Support
two-color offset lithograph on wove paper
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Title
Reading Beneath the Trees (La Lecture sous les Arbres)
Artist
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Physical Description
A sketch of a hillside in the background, seen through the trees. The trees heights are low on the left, leaving the left corner of the image open, and extending taller towards the top of the page as they move right. Between the far right tree and the second to the right is a woman, about 1/5 the size of the tree she stands against. About halfway up the trunk, between the same two trees is a square structure with one darkened window in the middle and a dark scribble to the right of it.
Artist Life Dates
1796-1875
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1874
Accession Number
1962/2.19
Medium and Support
lithograph on manila "bulle" paper
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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
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Title
The Four Times of Day: Noon
Artist
William Hogarth
Physical Description
This print is vertically oriented with gray markings. A cream border surrounds it and it has “NOON” written below it. The lower half of the print has a busy street scene with lots of adults and children in 18th century garb. The upper half shows the top of the buildings that line the street, including a shop, a brick building, and a church steeple in the distance.
Artist Life Dates
1697-1764
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
1738
Accession Number
1971/2.57
Medium and Support
etching and engraving on laid paper
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Title
We Shall Overcome
Artist
Ben Shahn
Physical Description
Black line representation of a human head and face, facing the viewer. The head is oval-shaped with vertical parallel lines. The short hair of the person is represented by thick dots and fine curved lines. The nose is formed by straight, vertical lines. Eyebrows are drawn with thick, black lines. "We shall Overcome" is printed in a brown-orange ink across the top of the sheet.
Artist Life Dates
Lithuania, 1898-1969
Object Creation Date
1965
Accession Number
2011/1.104
Medium and Support
offset photolithograph on paper
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Title
Seated Woman
Artist
Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)
Physical Description
A woman in kimono sits with her sleeve to her mouth. The kimono is decorated with fall leaves, and she sits behind lacquwe tea ware. Above her are crest-like decorations in blue, backgrounding the open pages of a book.
Artist Life Dates
1786-1864
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1852
Accession Number
2010/2.49
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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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
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Title
National Treasure Red Gate (Kokuhô Sekimon), from "Memories of Tokyo" (Tôkyô kaikô zue)
Artist
Maeda Masao
Physical Description
This print depicts the National Treasure Red Gate, from the series "Memories of Tokyo."
Artist Life Dates
1904 - 1974
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1945
Accession Number
2004/1.112
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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Title
Venus and Cupid
Artist
Hendrick Goltzius
Physical Description
This black and white print shows a nude woman and young boy with wings within an oval shape.The woman is lounging on a draped surface and has her arm around the boy. He is facing toward her and pushing an arrow against her left breast. Other smaller scenes surround these figures including, a woman in a chariot drawn by swans; a man and a woman conversing in a forest; two figures in a landscape scene and two birds nestled together. Outside the oval in the corners of the work are hearts, flaming arrows and roses . At the bottom is Latin lettering.
Artist Life Dates
1558 - 1617
Century
16th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1596
Accession Number
1998/2.17
Medium and Support
engraving on laid paper
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Title
Untitled, Vista al Mar
Artist
Emilio Sanchez
Physical Description
A color lithograph print depicting a one point perspective view of a series of door entrances.
Artist Life Dates
b. 1921
Object Creation Date
1987
Accession Number
2011/2.69
Medium and Support
color lithograph on paper
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Title
'Cypripedium Goliath,' from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'
Artist
Ikeda Zuigetsu
Physical Description
Yellow and white flower on a grey background. The bloom is in the upper right hand with a bud situated behind it. The base of the stem and the leaves are located on the bottom portion of the image.
Artist Life Dates
1877-1944
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1958
Accession Number
1983/1.371.40
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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Title
Kintai Bridge, Province of Suô (Suô no kuni, Kintaibashi)
Artist
Katsushika Hokusai
Physical Description
The prints features an arch bridge that crosses over the water, with four figures walking over. In the foreground there are trees by several little houses. There is a mountain in the background, with cloud surrounding. The artist inscribed the title of the work along with his signature on the upper right-hand corner of the print.
Artist Life Dates
1760 - 1849
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1831-1832
Accession Number
1948/1.151
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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Title
Sight in Hangzhou, West Lake
Artist
Wang Chao
Physical Description
Ink on paper print
Artist Life Dates
(1974 - )
Object Creation Date
2009
Accession Number
2010/2.55
Medium and Support
ink on paper
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Title
Portrait of Whistler
Artist
William Nicholson
Physical Description
This image shows a figure set back a bit from the viewer, and standing at an angle facing toward the left of the page. The figure is dressed in a black suit with a white shirt, and is standing on a fairly plain ground with just a few black lines. The figure's hair and outfit blend into the black background.
Artist Life Dates
1872-1949
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1897
Accession Number
1977/2.8
Medium and Support
color lithograph on textured wove paper
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Title
Proverbios
Artist
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1864
Accession Number
2008/1.153.10
Medium and Support
etching and aquatint
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Title
Aquí Vive Lilian (or Una Puerta Naranja)
Artist
Emilio Sanchez
Physical Description
Seeing the inner structure of the house through the door of the orange and blue color house.
Artist Life Dates
b. 1921
Object Creation Date
1968
Accession Number
2011/2.82
Medium and Support
color lithograph on paper
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Title
Edo Meisho: Yushima Shrine in the Snow (Yushima tenmangu, Yukihare no zu)
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
A snow scene of people walking up the stairs leading to the snow-covered shrine and temple complex.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1853
Accession Number
1948/1.144
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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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
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Title
Sandwich and Soda, from "Ten Works + Ten Painters"
Artist
Roy Lichtenstein
Physical Description
This work shows a plate on which is placed a sandwich, a glass and drinking straws. These items are shown as white forms against a band of red in the upper area and a band of blue in the lower portion of the work that serve as a background. The image looks like a comic book page with the items created in outline form against contrasting colors.
Artist Life Dates
10/28/1923 - 9/29/1997
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1964
Accession Number
1986/1.194.7
Medium and Support
screenprint on mylar
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Title
Near Rome (Environs de Rome)
Artist
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Physical Description
The foreground is trees which frame, in the distance, a church-like structure. On the right are two tree trunks with little foliage. The left side from the bottom and halfway up is darkened area. There are 3 distinguishable trees near the center of the image that are full of foliage. Just to the right of those trees is a tree just as big as the church-like structure.
Artist Life Dates
1796-1875
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1866
Accession Number
1930.7
Medium and Support
etching on paper
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Title
Coral
Artist
Saitô Kiyoshi
Physical Description
This work portrays a human profile.
Artist Life Dates
(active 1907 - 1997)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1955
Accession Number
1958/2.17
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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Title
The Four Times of Day: Evening
Artist
William Hogarth
Physical Description
This print is vertically oriented with gray markings. A cream border surrounds it and it has “EVENING” written below it. The lower half of the print has a pastoral scene with several adults and children by a stream at the bottom of the print. Behind them, someone milks a cow. The upper half shows the tops of buildings and rolling hills. A sunset is taking place with dramatic clouds.
Artist Life Dates
1697-1764
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
1738
Accession Number
1971/2.58
Medium and Support
etching and engraving on laid paper
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Title
James Chaney
Artist
Ben Shahn
Physical Description
A portrait of James Chaney. His eyes are enlarged and brows thick. His hair is made up of many thick brush strokes. His gaze is centered at the viewer. Above his head is his name written in brown-orange ink.
Artist Life Dates
1898-1969
Object Creation Date
1965
Accession Number
2011/1.105
Medium and Support
offset photolithograph on paper
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Title
The Milkmaid
Artist
Lucas Van Leyden
Physical Description
This engraving is horizontally oriented. The length of a cow (with its head to the left and its tail to the right) is the focal point, taking up about a third of the image. At the cow’s head on the left, a barefooted man with a hat leans on a pole and rests his arm on a tree trunk. Behind the man is another cow with horns and he is standing in front of a building. The ground is rocky and a fence made of thin tree trunks runs along the background. At the cow’s tail on the right, is a peasant woman with bare feet. Her head is covered with a cloth and she labors to carry a heavy wooden milk bucket. Several trees and another cow are behind her. A small plaque on the ground in the foreground contains an inscription.
Artist Life Dates
1494-1533
Century
16th century
Object Creation Date
1510
Accession Number
1961/1.160
Medium and Support
engraving on laid paper
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Title
Edo Meisho: Gotenyama, Cherry-blossom Viewing
Artist
Andô Hiroshige II
Physical Description
People are appreciating the beauty of the cherry blossoms and some are having picnics under the trees. Below the highland where the cherry trees and the people are, the land leads to the fields and hills in the distance. The sky appears to be red along the edge of the hill, suggesting the time as early evening.
Artist Life Dates
1829-1869
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
mid 19th century
Accession Number
1948/1.147
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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Title
Seat 4
Artist
Maki Haku
Artist Life Dates
(Ibaraki Prefecture, 1924 - 2000)
Century
20th-21st century
Object Creation Date
1960-2000
Accession Number
2005/1.320
Medium and Support
woodblock and cement block print on paper
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Title
Caprichos (book binding and sleeve)
Artist
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Artist Life Dates
1746-1828
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
1799
Accession Number
2008/1.152.81
Medium and Support
book
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Title
The Shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge
Artist
Emilio Sanchez
Physical Description
A street view in New York City with buildings on the side walk and shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Artist Life Dates
b. 1921
Object Creation Date
1987
Accession Number
2011/2.70
Medium and Support
color lithograph on paper
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Title
Cymbidium No. 49, from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'
Artist
Ikeda Zuigetsu
Physical Description
Multiple green flowers with fuschia and yellow accents flank the right side of the image. Dark green leaves mirror the flowers on the left hand side.
Artist Life Dates
1877-1944
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1958
Accession Number
1983/1.371.43
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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Title
Boats in a Tempest in the Trough of the Waves off the Coast of Choshi
Artist
Katsushika Hokusai
Physical Description
The print depicts two boats that are caught in storms, one in the foreground and one in the background. The parallel waves form a strong diagonal in the image and the boats could hardly stay upright.
Artist Life Dates
1760 - 1849
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1817-1859
Accession Number
1948/1.153
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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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
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Title
Hyakunin jorô shinasadame (One Hundred Types of Women), vol. 1 of 3
Artist
Nishikawa Sukenobu
Physical Description
Book containing detailed calligraphic text descriptions of various types of women, accompanied by woodblock prints depicting the types described.
Artist Life Dates
Kyoto, 1671 - 1751
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
1723
Accession Number
2003/1.381.1
Medium and Support
woodblock print picture book
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Title
Proverbios
Artist
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1864
Accession Number
2008/1.153.11
Medium and Support
etching and aquatint
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Title
Loft Windows
Artist
Emilio Sanchez
Physical Description
A color lithograph depicting rows of opened windows.
Artist Life Dates
b. 1921
Object Creation Date
1987
Accession Number
2011/2.84
Medium and Support
color lithograph on paper
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Title
The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Gyôsho Edition): #40 Chiriu
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
Woodcut print. Title in a red rectangle in the upper right hand corner of the print. Colors are primarily greens and blues for the landscape and clothing, while the hats and straw mats are a faded yellow, and the trees are a solid brown.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1841-1842
Accession Number
1949/1.136
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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Title
Hôeidô Tôkaidô Series: Nissaka, Sayo Mountain Pass
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
A mountain path which forms a diagonal of the print. Several travelers are walking along the road with trees on both sides.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1833-1834
Accession Number
1948/1.126
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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Title
Seascape (I), from the portfolio "New York Ten" (C.34)
Artist
Roy Lichtenstein
Physical Description
Colored lithograph using Ben Day dots in blue to depict an abstract seascape.
Artist Life Dates
10/28/1923 - 9/29/1997
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1964; published 1965
Accession Number
1997/1.128
Medium and Support
screenprint on translucent Rowlux
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Title
Ma Petite Me Donne Bien Du Mal
Artist
Honoré Victorin Daumier
Physical Description
Second print on verso; entitled "Les Baigneuses: En Pleine eau." Paper size: lh 26 3/10cm & rh 26 1/5cm x tw 34 7/10cm & bw 34 1/5cm. Image Size: h 18 4/5cm x w 24cm.
Artist Life Dates
1808-1879
Object Creation Date
1834
Accession Number
2008/2.384.1
Medium and Support
lithograph on cream wove paper
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Title
Clay Image (Q) (highly abstracted haniwa female figure and pot)
Artist
Saitô Kiyoshi
Physical Description
This work is a depiction of haniwa, clay figures used as tomb burial objects during the Kôfun Period (250–338 CE) that have come to be emblematic of Japanese art and cultural traditions.
Artist Life Dates
(active 1907 - 1997)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1954
Accession Number
1958/2.25
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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Title
The Four Times of Day: Evening
Artist
William Hogarth
Physical Description
This print is vertically oriented with gray markings. A cream border surrounds it and it has “NIGHT” written below it. The lower half of the print has a busy street scene with lots of people taking parts of several stories (e.g. someone empting a chamber pot on people on the street, a tipped over carriage that is being set on fire, a quack doctor performing an operation in a candlelit room). The upper half of the print shows the tops of the buildings that line the street, iron-wrought shop signs, a statue of a man on horseback in the distance, and a crescent moon in a cloudy sky.
Artist Life Dates
1697-1764
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
1738
Accession Number
1971/2.59
Medium and Support
etching and engraving on laid paper
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Title
Michael Schwerner
Artist
Ben Shahn
Physical Description
A portrait of Michael Schwerner. His head is oval-shaped and facial features off-center. His eyes sit unevenly on his face and his brow slightly furrowed. His hair is made of many thick brush strokes. Above his potrait is his name written in brown-orange ink.
Artist Life Dates
1898-1969
Object Creation Date
1965
Accession Number
2011/1.106
Medium and Support
offset photolithograph on paper
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Title
Marilyn
Artist
Andy Warhol
Physical Description
Portrait of Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe.
Artist Life Dates
1928 - 1987
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1967
Accession Number
1969/1.84
Medium and Support
screenprint on paper
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Title
_sen Edo Meisho: Ryogoku Bridge, Evening Fireworks
Artist
Andô Hiroshige III
Physical Description
People are standing on the huge arch bridge over water, viewing the boats with red lanterns sailing on the water.
Artist Life Dates
(1843 - 1894)
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1865-1875
Accession Number
1948/1.143
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper, ôban yoko-e size
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Title
Seven Aquatints
Artist
Robert Mangold
Physical Description
This work is a dark gold square. Within this color area is a circle outlined in green, that touches all four edges of the square, and a smaller square outlined in white.
Artist Life Dates
born 1937
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1973
Accession Number
1999/1.104.1
Medium and Support
aquatint printed in colors on BFK Rives wove paper
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Title
Proverbios
Artist
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1864
Accession Number
2008/1.153.1
Medium and Support
etching and aquatint
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Title
La Regata
Artist
Emilio Sanchez
Physical Description
A color lithograph depicts four white sailboats sailing on the green colored sea.
Artist Life Dates
b. 1921
Object Creation Date
1981
Accession Number
2011/2.71
Medium and Support
color lithograph on paper
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Title
Cymbidium No. 354, from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'
Artist
Ikeda Zuigetsu
Physical Description
Left; slightly above center are four white and pink/lavendar colored blooms. Behind them dominating the lower right corner are long dark green grass-like leaves.
Artist Life Dates
1877-1944
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1958
Accession Number
1983/1.371.45
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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Title
A Solitary Fisherman at Kajikasawa, Kai Province (Kajikasawa, Kai)
Artist
Katsushika Hokusai
Physical Description
The print depicts a fisherman standing on a seaside cliff perfoming loneline fishing. There are great waves below him striking the cliff and there is a mountain in the background. The print mainly applies the color of white and shades of blue. The artist inscribed the title of the work along with his signature on the upper left-hand corner.
Artist Life Dates
1760 - 1849
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1823-1829
Accession Number
1948/1.150
Medium and Support
woodblock print on paper, ôban yoko-e size
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Title
The Qilin Brings Sons (Pair with 1989/2.159)
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1989/2.160
Medium and Support
woodblock print on paper
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