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Title

Satsuma Ware Jar

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japanese

Physical Description

Medium-sized Satsuma ware jar. The body of the jar is brown while the upper portion around the mouth is a rich blue glaze.

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1650

Accession Number

2013/2.1

Medium and Support

ceramic

relevance

rank 16.92430

Secondary Keywords

asian

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vessels

Title

Large Jar

Artist

Kôyama Kiyoko

Physical Description

This large jar is wider in the top portion, narrowing towards the base. It has a short neck that flares outwards. The natural glaze creates a range of browns and grays.

Artist Life Dates

born 1936

Century

21st century

Object Creation Date

circa 2000

Accession Number

2010/1.213

Medium and Support

stoneware with natural ash glaze

relevance

rank 16.88608

Secondary Keywords

asia (continent)

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vessels

Title

Camel

Artist

Utagawa Kuniyasu

Physical Description

This double-leaf print depicts two camels and accompanying foreign trainers or performers in fringed clothing, with ballooning pants and dark boots. Some of the performers play instruments, while others tend to the camels. Above both pages is writing by calligrapher Santô Kyôden describing the camels and their tour of Japan around 1821.

Artist Life Dates

1794-1832

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1824

Accession Number

1969/2.90

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 16.82724

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

asian

east asian

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Title

Camel

Artist

Utagawa Kuniyasu

Physical Description

This double-leaf print depicts two camels and accompanying foreign trainers or performers in fringed clothing, with ballooning pants and dark boots. Some of the performers play instruments, while others tend to the camels. Above both pages is writing by calligrapher Santô Kyôden describing the camels and their tour of Japan around 1821.

Artist Life Dates

1794-1832

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1824?

Accession Number

1969/2.91

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 16.82724

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

asian

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Title

Blue-and-white plate with floral motif painting, Imari ware

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

1965/2.65

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze painting

relevance

rank 15.69577

Secondary Keywords

arita

asian

ceramics

containers

containers by function or context

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descriptors

dishes

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stoneware

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vessels for serving and consuming food

Title

Platinum Kairagi Shino Bowl

Artist

Takuro Kuwata

Physical Description

A contemporary tea drinking bowl.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1981

Century

21st century

Object Creation Date

2011

Accession Number

2012/2.7

Medium and Support

porcelain, platinum slip and paint

relevance

rank 15.60082

Secondary Keywords

asian

containers

containers by function or context

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drinking vessels

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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

relevance

rank 14.90505

Secondary Keywords

arts

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Title

Saga brocade zôri (shoes) woven in sayagata

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Multicolored silk with gold and silver threads, woven in T-paper (sayagata) pattern

Century

mid-20th century

Object Creation Date

mid 20th century

Accession Number

2005/1.371A&B

Medium and Support

multicolored silk with gold- and silver-coated paper threads, woven in sayagata

relevance

rank 14.72721

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn on the legs or feet

asian

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Title

Edo Meisho no Uchi: Bentenyama and Kinryuzan temple in Asakusa

Artist

Andô Hiroshige III

Physical Description

Spring scene with houses, a temple complex and a pagoda on the riverbank. There are also trees and cherry blossoms. Some people are walking by the river.

Artist Life Dates

(1843 - 1894)

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1870

Accession Number

1930.63

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 14.65686

Secondary Keywords

agricultural structures

asian

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descriptors

east asian

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materials

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Title

Iwai Hanshirô IV in a Female Role

Artist

Katsukawa Shunshô

Physical Description

Kabuki Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in a role as a woman with a sword. The stage appears to be dark aside from a lantern on the ground behind her, which emanates a triangular stream of yellow light directly upwards. The woman looks alertly to her left, with her right hand within her long kimono sleeve, hovering just above the sword handle.

Artist Life Dates

1726-1792

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

2nd half of 18th century

Accession Number

1960/1.156

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 14.47400

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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Title

Woman on a Balcony, Watching a Young Man Play Kemari: Parody of the Wakana no jô Chapter of The Tale of Genji

Artist

Torii Kiyonaga

Physical Description

A color print depicting a woman on a balcony behind a fence looking down at a man on the other side of the fence. The woman is wearing a kimono of dark color with a flower pattern on the bottom. She appears to be hiding a smile behind her sleave. The man is wearing a green yukata with black underneath. He is lifting the bottom of his yukata up, revealing most of his right leg, as he kicks a ball that is depicted at the top level of the fence.

Artist Life Dates

1752 - 1815

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

mid 1780

Accession Number

1960/1.144

Medium and Support

pillar-format full-color woodblock print (nishiki e) on paper, pillar-format (ha

relevance

rank 14.45350

Secondary Keywords

asian

building divisions

buildings and the land

components

components and systems

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east asian

japanese

japanese printmaking styles

japanese styles

landscaped-site elements

open spaces and site elements

people and culture

rooms and spaces

rooms and spaces by form

site elements

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

Elegant Fresh Foods (Three Courtesans at a Drinking Party)

Artist

Kikugawa Eizan

Physical Description

Three courtesans engaged in a drinking game sit in an open veranda in early spring, with cherry blossoms in full bloom behind them. The women appear tipsy, and the one at the right clings to her companion in the middle for support, as she stretches out her left hand to have her cup refilled with saké (rice wine). They have a tray of delicacies shamisen at their feet.

Artist Life Dates

1787-1867

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

mid 1800s - circa 1810

Accession Number

1960/1.138

Medium and Support

oban (large size) nishiki-e (full-color woodblock print) on paper

relevance

rank 14.16102

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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Title

Tematsu no ike (Tematsu Pond)

Artist

Takahashi Hiroaki

Physical Description

In the lower left corner of this tall and narrow print two silohettes appear near a small dock. The surface of a pond stretches out behind them, filling much of the pictorial space. The dark form of a house with a traingular, mountain shapped roof rests in the upper register of the print. The lit windows from the house reflect in the calm yet slightly wavy pond.

Artist Life Dates

1871-1944

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1907-1922

Accession Number

2005/1.421.1

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 14.03300

Secondary Keywords

asian

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styles and periods

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Title

Complete Illustrations of Yoshiwara Parodies of Kabuki: Courtesans of the Matsubaya (Seirô kabuki yatsushiga tsukushi: Matsubaya no uchi)

Artist

Kitagawa Utamaro

Physical Description

This triptych shows courtesans in a garden of Yoshiwara under flowering trees. The inscribed names allow us to identify the women as courtesans of the Matsubaya House, centered on the grand courtesan Yoso’oi (in the central triptych, with the dragon-design obi). Flanking her on either side are two shinzô apprentices, and at the right, two kamuro or child attendants.

The courtesans at left interact with a puppet of the actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VI in his role as Sukeroku. The bearded older man in the center is the villain Hige no Ikyû, Sukeroku’s rival for the affections of the courtesan Agemaki.

Artist Life Dates

1754-1806

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1798

Accession Number

1948/1.185

Medium and Support

oban (large size) nishiki-e (full-color woodblock print) on paper, triptych

relevance

rank 13.97724

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

asian

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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

relevance

rank 13.70407

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

asian

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Title

Complete Illustrations of Yoshiwara Parodies of Kabuki: Courtesans of the Matsubaya (Seirô kabuki yatsushiga tsukushi: Matsubaya no uchi)

Artist

Kitagawa Utamaro

Physical Description

This triptych shows courtesans in a garden of Yoshiwara under flowering trees. The inscribed names allow us to identify the women as courtesans of the Matsubaya House, centered on the grand courtesan Yoso’oi (in the central triptych, with the dragon-design obi). Flanking her on either side are two shinzô apprentices, and at the right, two kamuro or child attendants.

The courtesans at left interact with a puppet of the actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VI in his role as Sukeroku. The bearded older man in the center is the villain Hige no Ikyû, Sukeroku’s rival for the affections of the courtesan Agemaki.

Artist Life Dates

1754-1806

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1798

Accession Number

1948/1.187

Medium and Support

oban (large size) nishiki-e (full-color woodblock print) on paper, triptych

relevance

rank 13.70407

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

asian

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Title

Scenes from a Play

Artist

Utagawa Kunisada

Artist Life Dates

1786-1864

Accession Number

2008/2.424.1

Medium and Support

color woodcut on paper

relevance

rank 13.58334

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

asia (continent)

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Title

Courtesans of the Chôjiya: Hinatsuru and Her Attendant

Artist

Kitagawa Utamaro

Physical Description

The kneeling figure in the foreground is grand courtesan Hinatsuru. Her kamuro (attendant) is arranging a vase of chrysanthemums beside her. The circular inset contains a poet and his poem addressed to the two of them:

In its wake

The autumn grasses wither.

Indeed, the mountain wind

Has now become a gale.

Artist Life Dates

(Edo, 1754 - 1806, Edo)

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1790

Accession Number

1948/1.184

Medium and Support

Ôban (large size) nishiki-e (full-color woodblock print) on paper

relevance

rank 13.37322

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

asian

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Title

Eight Views of Edo Suburbs: Fishing Boats Returning to Gyôtoku

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

The pyramid shaped hills in the background of this print are those of the boiling houses and salt piles of Gyôtoku’s salt industry. A ferry boat, or watashi-bune, carries passengers in the foreground of this picture. In this print a shipman steers using the large rudder located in the back of the boat.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1835-1842

Accession Number

1948/1.138

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 13.29030

Secondary Keywords

relation to water

transfer method

asian

bodies of water

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early modern japanese periods

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edo (japanese period)

hunting and commercial fishing vessels

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transportation vehicles

vehicles

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

water activities

watercraft

watercraft by function

watercraft by method of propulsion

watercraft by specific type

Title

Unkown Kabuki Actor

Artist

Utagawa Hirosada (aka Sadahiro I)

Physical Description

A kabuki actor in ornate dress, with his lips pulled down in a frown and eyes glaring upward. His left hand grasps the end of a sword and cartouches hover above his head.

Artist Life Dates

c. 1826-1865

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1873

Accession Number

2009/2.20

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 13.26264

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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Title

Actor Ichikawa Ebizo as Moritsuna

Artist

Masamitsu Ota

Physical Description

Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo IX tucks his head and pulls his lips back in a grimace. He wears an ornate kimono and carries a sword.

Artist Life Dates

(1892 - 1975)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1949

Accession Number

2009/2.22

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 13.26264

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

asian

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Title

Formal mauve crested kimono with painted palace scene

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Mauve (adzuki iro) silk damask in woven T-diaper pattern (sayagata) with yûzen painted and stenciled gold designs. Upper lining is double-layered white silk; below is self-lined (mauve-kimono silk).

Century

mid-20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1975

Accession Number

2005/1.381

Medium and Support

mauve silk damask with woven diaper pattern and gold designs

relevance

rank 13.22377

Secondary Keywords

asian

associated concepts

buildings and the land

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weather-related phenomena

Title

Portrait of Princess Soto'ori

Artist

Tosa Mitsuoki

Physical Description

Hanging scroll. A female figure is sitting against a blank background. She wears multiple layers of kimono, her hair is black and long, and her face white. She is watching a spider, descending from ceiling; her arms are extending in front as if she is trying to catch it. A screen of white and brown fabric is on her right, and an oil ramp with flame is on the other side. Three rolls of paper are placed in front of her. There are the artist's signature and seal on the left lower corner.

The painting is mounted on light blue brocade with designs of auspicious characters and objects, including character “longevity,” treasures, and double gourds. The sides are made of golden brocade, but the gold foil is almost worn out.

Warm holes on the upper right side, some small stains and dark lines on the top and near the face of the figure. Two repaired damages on the lower right corner. Some warm holes on the mounting as well. The wooden scroll bar is black lacquered.

Artist Life Dates

1617-1691

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

2nd half of 17th century

Accession Number

1955/1.262

Medium and Support

Hanging scroll: ink and color on silk

relevance

rank 13.09274

Secondary Keywords

aristocracy

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Title

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tôkaidô (Hôeidô edition): #16 Night Snow at Kambara

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

In this print, sophisticated use of soft lines, rounded forms, dark sky, and subtle tones convey the utter silence and weariness of the figures as they trudge through the night-time snow near Kambara. Writing is centered at the top of the image, as well as aloong the bottom left wide with a seal. Three figures walk through the snow.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1833-1834

Accession Number

1948/1.122

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 13.09147

Secondary Keywords

scale

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Title

Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as a Samurai

Artist

Kunichika Toyohara

Physical Description

This kabuki actor is in intricate and colorful costume, wearing a helmet with a strap that comes across the front of his chin. His eyes face two different directions, and he holds a metal weapon or staff.

Artist Life Dates

1835-1900

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1873

Accession Number

2009/2.21

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 13.05895

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

aristocrats

asian

east asian

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events

japanese

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japanese styles

nobles (aristocrats)

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visual works

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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

relevance

rank 12.73101

Secondary Keywords

additive and joining processes and techniques

asia (continent)

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east asian

furnishings

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kanto (region)

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styles and periods

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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 12.40621

Secondary Keywords

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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 12.37164

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Motome

Artist

Kunichika Toyohara

Physical Description

Kabuki actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Motome wears his hair in a top know with ornament. His eyes look upwards and his thin, red-lipped mouth lies open to reveal his teeth. He wears a blueish purple kimono with floral designs. Cartouches of text lie in the upper to corners and far left.

Artist Life Dates

(1835 - 1900)

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1883

Accession Number

2009/2.19

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 12.04471

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Eight Views of Ômi: #2 Night Rain at Karasaki

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

Vertical lines stream downward across the print indicate torrents of rain. The dark color pallette and black strip across the top indicate that the image is set at night. A giant tree on an island looms over the image, surrounded by water. A poem in the upper left corner reads:

"Elsewhere will they talk of the music of the evening breeze

that has made the pine of Karasaki famous; the voice of the

wind is not heard through the sound of the rain in the night."

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1834

Accession Number

1948/1.135

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 12.00443

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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Title

One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: #107 Fukagawa, Susaki and the Jumantsubo Plain

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

This vertical print frames a view of a landscape with an up close view of a bird in the upper right corner that takes up about thirty percent of the image.

The viewer is positioned alongside the bird, circling the sky above the twin peaks of a mountain. A crate floats in the water below while smaller birds flocking around it. Snow covers the ground.

The signature and title markings are in the upper right corner, and in the middle along the left side above the landscape.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1856-1857

Accession Number

1960/2.143

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 11.90489

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Unidentified Kabuki Actor as Sword-face

Artist

Ueno Tadamasa

Physical Description

Color woodblock print of a kabuki actor on gray mica ground. Actor appears to be playing the role of a samurai, with his hair in a top-knot, a family crest on the arm of his kimono, and a sword complete with scabbard ornament. His head tilts downward seriously as his hand reaches to unsheath his sword.

Artist Life Dates

1904-1970

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1940

Accession Number

2009/2.18

Medium and Support

ink and gray mica on paper

relevance

rank 11.87692

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

asian

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Title

Snow Scene in Ueno Park

Artist

Takahashi Hiroaki

Physical Description

Snow falls during a night scene in Ueno Park, located in the Tokyo area. Weary, snow-heavy travelers trek through the scene. One may be heading into a shop to have something warm to eat, while the other heads towards a small bridge and a red torii gate topped with snow. A pine tree arches in from the left corner and arches over the scene, framing the park against the gray, snow-dotted sky.

Artist Life Dates

1871-1944

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1920s

Accession Number

1982/2.23

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 11.35067

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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Title

Famous Views of the 60-odd Provinces: #9 The Tennô Festival at Tsushima in Owari Province

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

This piece depicts boats decorated with lanterns, the evening sky and festivities. The shore is lined with teahouses set up for the event. The title for the print is located in the upper right corner in a red box.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1853-1856

Accession Number

1960/2.144

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 11.17545

Secondary Keywords

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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

relevance

rank 11.03848

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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Title

One of a pair of six-fold screens

Artist

Attributed Kanô Tan'yû

Physical Description

These panels represent six of the twelve months. The panels each have calligraphy and a red seal in one corner. In each panel there is a bird and a type of plant, which are suggestive of particular months. On the top left panel there is bamboo, the bow of the boat with a small lamp attached to it, and a type of water fowl. In the bottom middle panel is a blooming sakura tree and a pheasant. In the bottom left panel is blue and white wisteria ans small sparrows. In the bottom right panel there is a willow slowly coming back to life after winter over a thatched building.

Artist Life Dates

(Kyoto, 1604 - 1674, Edo)

Century

19th century?

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1965/1.179

Medium and Support

ink and light color on paper, one of pair of Six fold screens

relevance

rank 8.69356

Secondary Keywords

upward

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