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Title: Madrugada/Sunrise
Artist: Emilio Sanchez
Physical Description: The shadow from the rising sun is cast over three doors. Each door is painted bright blue and the wall is yellow.
Artist Life Dates: b. 1921
Object Creation Date: 1974
Accession Number: 2011/2.120
Medium and Support: color lithograph on paper
relevance: rank 11.48722
Primary Keywords: color prints; doors; sunrise; wall

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 11.12430
Primary Keywords: calligraphy; geishas; kimonos; poems; river; riverbanks; sunrise; women

Title: Sunrise at Susaki Point (New Year's Print)
Artist: Katsushika Hokusai
Physical Description: A geisha is shown strolling in the countryside, with her right hand over her forehead--as if looking into the distance--and a basket in her left hand. The backdrop is the rising sun-the give-away that this is a New Year’s print—seen over distant mountains. A poem lies on the left-hand side of the print.
Artist Life Dates: 1760 - 1849
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1800-1820
Accession Number: 1954/1.472
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 10.78361
Primary Keywords: basket; bridges (built works); calligraphy; egg; geisha; kimono; sunrise; trees; woman

Title: One of a pair of six-fold screens
Artist: Attributed Kanô Tan'yû
Physical Description: This six-fold screen, a half of a pair, is meant to represent six of the twelve months of the year, with keen attention paid to the birds and flowers associated with each. Although this screen bears Kano Tan’yu’s signature, it was probably created by his studio or by followers working in this famous artist’s style.
Artist Life Dates: (Kyoto, 1604 - 1674, Edo)
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1965/1.178
Medium and Support: one of a pair of 6-fold screens, ink and light color on paper
relevance: rank 9.03753
Primary Keywords: autumn; birds; cranes (birds); ducks; flowers (plants); geese; grass (plant material); japan (nation); landscapes (environments); moon; mountains; rivers; screen prints; seasons; snow; spring; summer; sun; sunrise; trees; winter

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