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TWO VIEWS OF A BIRD ON A BRANCH

Artists

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重Artist

Classification

Prints

Culture

Japanese

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

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Illustrated Satirical Poems About Famous Scenic Views in Edo (Kyōka Edo meisho zue), Vol. 11

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Late Edo period, dated 1856 (Ansei 3, 5th month)

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Night Rain at Gankirō (Gankirō yoru no ame), from the series Eight Views of Yokohama, Bushu (Bushu Yokohama hakkei no uchi), published by Yamadaya Shōjirō

Utagawa Yoshitora 歌川芳虎, Late Edo period, first month of 1861

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THIRTY-SIX VIEWS OF YEDO, "TAKINOGAWA KOYO"

Utagawa Hiroshige II, Late Edo period, 1862

Ink on paper

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Winter Forest I

Matsubara Naoko, Shōwa period, circa 1967-1968

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Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Musashibō Benkei in The Subscription List (Kanjinchō)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年, Meiji period, datable to 1890

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Clear Weather after Snow in the Precincts of the Kanda Myōjin Shrine (Kanda Myōjin keidai yukibare no zu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tōto meisho)

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Satta Ridge (Satta mine), from the series Famous Sights of Japan (Nihon meishō zue)

Kobayashi Kiyochika 小林清親, 1896 (Meiji 29)

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

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Beauties from Osaka, Edo and Kyoto by Utamaro, Kunisada and Tsukimaro, with poems by Santō Kyōzan, Tatekawa Danjūrō and Jippensha Ikkusen

Kitagawa Utamaro II, Edo period, datable to 1813

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Kabuki Actors Ichikawa Danjūrō 7th as Soga no Gorō and Iwai Shijaku 1st as Kewaizaka no Shōshō, with poems by Bunkeisha Shiomichi, Bunseisha Harushige, and Bunsaisha Fudemaru

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Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color and metallic pigment on paper

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Momo chidori kyōka awase (Myriad Birds: A Kyōka Competition)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, c. 1790

Woodblock-printed book; ink and color on paper

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Ama no Uzume, No. 3 (Sono san) from the series The Boulder Door of Spring (Haru no iwato)

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓, 1825

Woodblock print (ukiyo-e, surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigments on paper

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