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Abstract Circles; Fukui Ryonosuke

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Title: Abstract Circles
Artist: Fukui Ryonosuke
Physical Description: This print consists of nuetral, muted colors and abstract designs primarily of dots and circles. The print is designed to look as if thin cracks run through the image, and a lady bug is almost imperceptible near the bottom left of the image. The bottom edge of the print has a dark strip running across it.
Artist Life Dates: 1924-1986
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: mid 20th century
Accession Number: 2010/2.33
Medium and Support: color print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2015-02-20 15:35:04

Popolu Night; Tajima Hiroyuki

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Title: Popolu Night
Artist: Tajima Hiroyuki
Artist Life Dates: 1911-1984
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1970
Accession Number: 2008/2.178
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2015-02-20 15:34:39

Interior; Artist Unknown

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Title: Interior
Artist: Artist Unknown
Accession Number: 2008/2.179
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2014-11-11 15:19:58

Girl D; Saitô Kiyoshi

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Title: Girl D
Artist: Saitô Kiyoshi
Artist Life Dates: (active 1907 - 1997)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1967
Accession Number: 2008/2.183
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2014-11-11 15:18:44

Cats; Inagaki Tomoo

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Title: Cats
Artist: Inagaki Tomoo
Artist Life Dates: 1902-1980
Accession Number: 2008/2.184
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2014-11-11 15:18:36

Girl; Saitô Kiyoshi

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Title: Girl
Artist: Saitô Kiyoshi
Artist Life Dates: (active 1907 - 1997)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1966
Accession Number: 2008/2.187
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2014-11-11 15:13:37

Poem 71-73; Maki Haku

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Title: Poem 71-73
Artist: Maki Haku
Artist Life Dates: (Ibaraki Prefecture, 1924 - 2000)
Accession Number: 2008/2.177
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2014-11-11 15:12:29

Springfield; Rikio Takahashi

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Title: Springfield
Artist: Rikio Takahashi
Artist Life Dates: (Tokyo, Japan, 1917 - 1999)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1964
Accession Number: 2008/2.174
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2014-11-11 15:10:25

Five Musicians; Mori Yoshitoshi

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Title: Five Musicians
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi
Artist Life Dates: (Tokyo, 1898 - 1992, Tokyo)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1976
Accession Number: 2008/2.168
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2014-11-11 15:05:58

A Courtesan and a Porter Carrying food, Sheet 2 from the series of "The Main Street of the Yoshiwara in Cherry Blossom Time" (A five-sheet series); Utagawa Toyokuni I

Title: A Courtesan and a Porter Carrying food, Sheet 2 from the series of "The Main Street of the Yoshiwara in Cherry Blossom Time" (A five-sheet series)
Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni I
Physical Description: A color print depicting groups of women in kimono and men gathered under blossoming trees. The woman to the far right wears a dark kimono with an undistiguishable pattern. The next woman to her left wears a dark kimono with white dots. To her left is a woman wearing a kimono of multiple layers and single colors. She is surrounded by two girls with matching kimono. The final woman to the far left wears similarly colored material, though not as many layers. The man is wearing an outfit of geometric squares.; A group of one woman and two men is depicted in the back to the left while another group is entering the scene behind them. In gront of the large group are two men talking. Two men appear to be looking outside the screens of the building, and to the right of them is a group of three women and one man talking.
Artist Life Dates: 1769 - 1825
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: late 18th century - early 19th century
Accession Number: 1948/1.176
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2014-08-15 13:04:19

Two Courtesans with a Companion and Two kamuro, Sheet 3 from the series of "The Main Street of the Yoshiwara in Cherry Blossom Time" (A five-sheet series); Utagawa Toyokuni I

Title: Two Courtesans with a Companion and Two kamuro, Sheet 3 from the series of "The Main Street of the Yoshiwara in Cherry Blossom Time" (A five-sheet series)
Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni I
Artist Life Dates: 1769 - 1825
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: late 18th century - early 19th century
Accession Number: 1948/1.177
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2014-08-15 13:04:19

Rhonda's Thrift Store; Lisa Anne Auerbach

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Title: Rhonda's Thrift Store
Artist: Lisa Anne Auerbach
Physical Description: Color photograph of white building with trees on one side and a fence on the other. The photo seems to have been taken from across the street from the buliding.
Artist Life Dates: b. 1967
Century: 21st century
Accession Number: 2009/2.165
Medium and Support: chromogenic color print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2014-03-13 12:06:27

Untitled; Artist Unknown

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Title: Untitled
Artist: Artist Unknown
Physical Description: A group of school children singing with a conductor. There is a fabric covered backdrop in a floral pattern.
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 2013/2.201
Medium and Support: color print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2014-03-13 12:02:25

Unidentified Actor from "18 Styles of Make-up"; Ueno Tadamasa

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Title: Unidentified Actor from "18 Styles of Make-up"
Artist: Ueno Tadamasa
Artist Life Dates: 1904-1970
Century: 20th century
Accession Number: 2008/2.9
Medium and Support: color print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2014-02-14 00:31:57

The Rooster Protects the House from Suzhou; Artist Unknown, China

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Title: The Rooster Protects the House from Suzhou
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description: Polychrome woodblock print of a rooster holding a praying mantis in its mouth with four characters at top center framed by a floral scrolling border
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 2006/2.47
Medium and Support: color woodblock print mounted on stiff board with silk borders
Date Added/Updated: 2014-02-14 00:13:52

Actor Sawamura Gennosuke IV as Niki Danjô Hiding under the Floor; Natori Shunsen

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Title: Actor Sawamura Gennosuke IV as Niki Danjô Hiding under the Floor
Artist: Natori Shunsen
Artist Life Dates: 1886-1960
Century: 20th century
Accession Number: 2008/2.8
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2014-02-14 00:10:44

Nakamura Shikan IV; Kunichika Toyohara

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Title: Nakamura Shikan IV
Artist: Kunichika Toyohara
Artist Life Dates: 1835-1900
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1873
Accession Number: 2006/2.68
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2014-02-14 00:06:32

Actor Kataoka Ichizô I as Sumo Wrestler Onigatake; Utagawa Hirosada (aka Sadahiro I)

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Title: Actor Kataoka Ichizô I as Sumo Wrestler Onigatake
Artist: Utagawa Hirosada (aka Sadahiro I)
Artist Life Dates: c. 1826-1865
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1848
Accession Number: 2006/2.69
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2014-02-14 00:05:43

Door Picture: Trader and Urban Worker; Artist Unknown, China

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Title: Door Picture: Trader and Urban Worker
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description: In this image a worker and peasant face one another, each with his own horse carrying the fruits of his labor. The text reads "Mutual aid between the cities and the countryside."
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1948
Accession Number: 2006/2.48.1-2
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2014-02-14 00:04:13

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
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:37:29

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
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:37:29

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
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:37:29

36 Views of Mt. Fuji: The Great Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura); Katsushika Hokusai

Title: 36 Views of Mt. Fuji: The Great Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura)
Artist: Katsushika Hokusai
Physical Description: A great, claw-shaped wave which almost swampes the boats dominates the scene, . The Mount Fuji appears in the distance and seems much smaller compared to the waves. In the upper left-hand corner, the artist inscribed the title of the work along with his signature.
Artist Life Dates: 1760-1849
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1829-1833
Accession Number: 1948/1.149
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:37:29

Ichimura Uzaemon [XII] as the wife, Otoki; Utagawa Kunisada

Title: Ichimura Uzaemon [XII] as the wife, Otoki
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada
Artist Life Dates: 1786-1864
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1821-1844
Accession Number: 2003/1.421
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:36:03

Two Beauties; Kikugawa Eizan; Attributed to

Title: Two Beauties
Artist: Kikugawa Eizan
Artist Life Dates: 1787-1867
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1810
Accession Number: 2000/2.287
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:33:40

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

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
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:32:21

Untitled [Owls]; Kawano Kaoru

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Title: Untitled [Owls]
Artist: Kawano Kaoru
Artist Life Dates: 1916 - 1965
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: mid 20th century
Accession Number: 1998/2.28
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:32:20

Untitled [Four cranes and a person]; Kawano Kaoru

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Title: Untitled [Four cranes and a person]
Artist: Kawano Kaoru
Physical Description: This work is an abstrated depiction of four cranes and a person.
Artist Life Dates: 1916 - 1965
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: mid 20th century
Accession Number: 1998/2.27
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:32:20

Untitled [Owls]; Kawano Kaoru

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Title: Untitled [Owls]
Artist: Kawano Kaoru
Physical Description: This print portrays an owl in a more abstract way.
Artist Life Dates: 1916 - 1965
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: mid 20th century
Accession Number: 1998/2.29
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:32:20

Three Eyes (two owls); Kawano Kaoru

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Title: Three Eyes (two owls)
Artist: Kawano Kaoru
Artist Life Dates: 1916 - 1965
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: mid 20th century
Accession Number: 1998/2.24
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:32:19

Untitled [Two cranes]; Kaoru Kawano

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Title: Untitled [Two cranes]
Artist: Kaoru Kawano
Physical Description: This work is an abstrated representation of two cranes.
Artist Life Dates: 1916 - 1965
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: mid 20th century
Accession Number: 1998/2.26
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:32:19

Untitled [Woodpeckers perched on the side of a tree]; Kawano Kaoru

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Title: Untitled [Woodpeckers perched on the side of a tree]
Artist: Kawano Kaoru
Physical Description: This print, as the title indicates, portrays woodpeckers percehed on the side of a tree.
Artist Life Dates: 1916 - 1965
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: mid 20th century
Accession Number: 1998/2.25
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:32:19

Untitled [Zebra] or horse; Nakayama Tadashi

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Title: Untitled [Zebra] or horse
Artist: Nakayama Tadashi
Physical Description: The sweeping stripes of black and white that arch across the body of this galloping creature give the appearance of a zebra, yet the long, flowing mane is characteristic of a horse. A series of circles and crescents over and underlay the horse, and the background uses gold leaf.
Artist Life Dates: born 1927
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1958
Accession Number: 1998/2.22
Medium and Support: color woodblock print with gold on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:32:18

Maiko Kyoto; Saitô Kiyoshi

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Title: Maiko Kyoto
Artist: Saitô Kiyoshi
Artist Life Dates: (active 1907 - 1997)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1959
Accession Number: 1998/2.23
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:32:18

Iwai Hanshirô as (Yaoya) Oshichi (the greengrocer's daughter); Utagawa Kunisada

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Title: Iwai Hanshirô as (Yaoya) Oshichi (the greengrocer's daughter)
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada
Artist Life Dates: 1786-1864
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1820-1844
Accession Number: 1997/2.32
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:31:48

Impression of a Violinist (Portrait of Suwa Nejiko) [Aru baiorinisuto no inshô]; Onchi Kôshirô

Title: Impression of a Violinist (Portrait of Suwa Nejiko) [Aru baiorinisuto no inshô]
Artist: Onchi Kôshirô
Artist Life Dates: 1891 - 1955
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1946
Accession Number: 1997/2.14
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:31:45

Bunraku (puppet); Saitô Kiyoshi

Title: Bunraku (puppet)
Artist: Saitô Kiyoshi
Artist Life Dates: (active 1907 - 1997)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1957
Accession Number: 1996/1.37
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:30:17

Gasshôzukuri Farmhouses in Snow; Saitô Kiyoshi

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
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:29:59

Niagara Falls; Yoshida Hiroshi

Title: Niagara Falls
Artist: Yoshida Hiroshi
Physical Description: This print is a depiction of the Niagara Falls.
Artist Life Dates: 1876 - 1950
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1st half of 20th century
Accession Number: 1993/2.30
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:29:39

Umagome no tsuki (Moon at Umagome), from the series Tôkyô nijûkei (Twenty Views of Tokyo); Kawase Hasui

Title: Umagome no tsuki (Moon at Umagome), from the series Tôkyô nijûkei (Twenty Views of Tokyo)
Artist: Kawase Hasui
Physical Description: A large, dark tree looms over a field with neat rows of crops. A full moon hangs low in the sky, peeking from behind tree branches and thin gray clouds.
Artist Life Dates: 1883-1957
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1930
Accession Number: 1993/2.29
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:29:38

Mother and Child; Kikugawa Eizan

Title: Mother and Child
Artist: Kikugawa Eizan
Artist Life Dates: 1787-1867
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: early 19th century
Accession Number: 1991/2.116
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:28:24

Ceramic Kiln in Seto; Kawase Hasui

Title: Ceramic Kiln in Seto
Artist: Kawase Hasui
Physical Description: A crescent moon hangs in a gray sky above a Seto kiln. A figure with his back to the viewer walks alongside the kiln.
Artist Life Dates: 1883-1957
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1920s - 1940s
Accession Number: 1991/2.115
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper, ôban tate-e size
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:28:23

Evening Scene in Tokyo: Bon Dance; Takahashi Hiroaki

Title: Evening Scene in Tokyo: Bon Dance
Artist: Takahashi Hiroaki
Physical Description: A circle of festival-goers dances under a full moon. They only appear in silhouette, but the shapes of their kimono and fans in hand can be seen.
Artist Life Dates: 1871-1944
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1900-1921
Accession Number: 1991/2.113
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:28:23

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
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:28:23

Crows; Itô Sôzan

Title: Crows
Artist: Itô Sôzan
Artist Life Dates: (1884 - )
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1925-1940
Accession Number: 1991/2.114
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:28:23

Evening Scene in Tokyo: Strolling Musicians; Takahashi Hiroaki

Title: Evening Scene in Tokyo: Strolling Musicians
Artist: Takahashi Hiroaki
Physical Description: A man and a woman amble down the street under a crescent moon. The woman plays a stringed instrument, and a woman on a balcony above leans out to listen. Two small dogs in the street appear to howl up at the moon, perhaps joining in the chorus.
Artist Life Dates: 1871-1944
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1900-1921
Accession Number: 1991/2.111
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:28:22

Evening in Tokyo: Figures in Silhouette behind a Shoji screen; Takahashi Hiroaki

Title: Evening in Tokyo: Figures in Silhouette behind a Shoji screen
Artist: Takahashi Hiroaki
Physical Description: Near dusk, a woman in a kimono walks outside a Japanese style building with a shoji screen for a wall. The silhouettes of merry-makers inside can be seen, revealing the figure of a man and also a woman, probably a geisha, holding an instrument that appears to be a shamisen.
Artist Life Dates: 1871-1944
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1900-1921
Accession Number: 1991/2.110
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:28:22

Stove God and Wife with Calendar; Artist Unknown, China

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
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:26:50

12 Months of Actors in 36 Stages: February (Actor with three women in a garden); Utagawa Toyokuni I

Title: 12 Months of Actors in 36 Stages: February (Actor with three women in a garden)
Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni I
Artist Life Dates: 1769 - 1825
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1790 - circa 1825
Accession Number: 1987/1.369
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:25:43

Ogura-sen Hyakunin Isshu: Murasaki Shikibu (Kano'en Gundaiyu? and Isamu Rokichirô?, two Samurai of Aizu); Andô Hiroshige III

Title: Ogura-sen Hyakunin Isshu: Murasaki Shikibu (Kano'en Gundaiyu? and Isamu Rokichirô?, two Samurai of Aizu)
Artist: Andô Hiroshige III
Physical Description: According to the colophon, the figures depicted in the lower part of the print are two samurai of Aizu; the large figure in the front is Isamu Sôkichirô, who has challenged the figure in the rear, Rokuya Ongun Taiyu, to a vendetta.
Artist Life Dates: 1843-1894
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1843-1846
Accession Number: 1987/1.370
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:25:43

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