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Title: Akasaka: On the Nawate Road, Yajirobei Takes Kitahachi for a Fox and Beats Him/ 赤坂縄手道にて弥次郎北八を狐とおもひててふちゃくする (Akasaka, Nawatemichi ni te Yajirobei Kitahachi o kitsune to omohite chochaku suru)
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. A road lined with tall pine trees cuts through vast rice fields, a crescent moon hangs overhead hidden slightly by the trees. In the foreground, one man beats the other with a stick, the print title tells us their names are Yajirobei and Kitahachi. Yaji and Kita are the main characters of a popular comical novel titled Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige (abbreviated to Hizakurige) written by Jippenshu Ikku. The book recounts the two men’s misadventures along the Tokaido road. In this scene Yaji has mistaken Kita for a fox spirit or Kitsune, which are known in Japanese folklore to be powerful tricksters.
Series: Famous Sites of the Fifty-Three Stations/五十三次名所図会 (Gojusantsugi Meisho Zue)
Subject: Rural roads -- Japan -- Art; Landscapes -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T64_0037
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100650
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Title: Akasaka/ 赤坂
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. Village scene with a road running through the center lined with towering trees and a grassy hill on either side in the foreground. Farther back on the road in the village street with low stone walls marking the beginning of the town. Above the whole scene is the full moon just slightly right of center in the sky.
Series: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road/ 東海道五十三次 (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi)
Subject: Villages -- Japan -- Art; Landscapes -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T67_0037
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100831
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Title: Arai: Ferryboat/ 荒井渡舟ノ図 (Arai, Watashibune no zu)
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. Entering from the left is a ferryboat filled with peasants. Past the ferryboat is the larger Daimyo boat marketed by flags, crests, and a screen indicating the Daimyo’s status and domain. On the other side of the water, coming from the right side of the composition, is a village in the distance surrounded by pines and hilly terrain.
Series: The Sequel to the Scenes of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road/東海道五十三驛風景續畫 (Tokaido gojusantsugi Fukei Tsuzukie)
Subject: Boats and boating -- Japan -- Art; Landscapes -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T65_0044
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100714
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Title: Arai/ 荒井
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. A group of travelers disembarks from a ferry on the right. Out in the water, other ships sail back and forth between the shores. To the left is a teahouse with a few pine trees around the building.
Series: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road/ 東海道五十三次 (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi)
Subject: Shorelines -- Japan -- Art; Landscapes -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T67_0032
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100826
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Title: Asukayama Kawarake-nage/ 飛鳥山投土器
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige II/ 二代目歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画); Utagawa Kunisada/ 歌川国貞 (Signature: kio Toyokuni ga/ 喜翁豊国筆)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. A woman is multi-pattern Kimono and festive hair ornaments stands by the edge of a cliff. Behind her two children stand by the edge as well. The cliff overlooks a vast flat landscape with the silhouette of mountains in the distance. The cliffside is dotted with a few blooming trees. The activity depicted here is called Kawarake-nage. People would throw unglazed earthenware from a high place with prayers to ward off evil and enjoy watching the dishes fly in the air. In this instance the woman and children are playing the game at Asuka hill.
Series: Thirty-six Scenes of the Pride of Edo/ 江戸自慢三十六輿 (Edo jiman sanjūrokkyō)
Subject: Japan -- Social life and customs -- Art; Landscapes -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.U7_E42_0015
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100970
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Title: Behind Nagamachi, a Distant View of the Namba-kura Storehouse/ 長町裏遠見難波蔵 (Nagamachi-ura tômi Namba-kura)
Creator: Utagawa Yoshitaki/ 歌川芳滝 (Signature: Yoshitaki ga/芳瀧画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. An older woman, a younger married woman, and a man struggle against windy weather in the foreground. Umbrellas, clothing, and various other items blow up and away into the sky. Behind them is a flat field of rice leading back to the Nambakura storehouse. The storehouse is identifiable by a temple gate, stone lanterns, and large white compound walls. Yoshitaki uses faded brushes of black ink to visualize the strong, wild wind in the scene.
Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Naniwa/ 浪花百景 (Naniwa Hyakkei)
Subject: Windstorms -- Japan -- Art; Landscapes -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.U61_N3_0027
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100878
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Title: Chausu-yama Hill
Creator: Nansuitei Yoshiyuki/ 南粋亭芳雪 (Signature: Yoshiyuki ga/ 芳雪画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. In the lower half of the image is a body of water surrounding a hill covered in trees. Above the landscape is a large full moon obscured by a translucent cloud and a brown bird flying across the scene.
Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Naniwa/ 浪花百景 (Naniwa Hyakkei)
Subject: Landscapes -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.U61_N3_0094
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100945
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Title: Cherry Blossoms at Honmoku in Musashi Province/ 武蔵本牧のはな (Musashi honmoku no hana)
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. A sheer cliff face topped with pine trees in the foreground creates an immediate and strong composition. This monolith feature creates a doorway to view the bay leading to the shore of Honmoku where cherry blossoms can be seen blooming in a bright patch of pink at the base of Mt. Fuji. Fuji is stark white outlined by a fukibokashi gradient of red. Site located in Honmoku, Naka, Yokohama.
Series: Thirty Six Views of Mt. Fuji/ 富士三十六景 (Fuji Sanjurokkei)
Subject: Landscapes -- Japan -- Art; Fuji, Mount (Japan) -- In art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_F8_0017
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100593
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Title: Chiryu: The Former site of the Irises at Eightbridge Village/ 池鯉鮒八つ橋村杜若の古蹟 (Chiryu, Yatsuhashimura kakitsubata no koseki)
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. Travelers rest by one of the two twisted ancient pine trees that hang over the water. Behind the group of travelers, a small stone pagoda is framed in the curve of one of the trees. The title of the print indicates that this was once the site for the irises at Yatsuhashi which is a reference to The Tales of Ise. In the story the unnamed protagonist encounters an eight plank bridge over a river surrounded by irises and he composes a romantic poem.
Series: Famous Sites of the Fifty-Three Stations/五十三次名所図会 (Gojusantsugi Meisho Zue)
Subject: Rural roads -- Japan -- Art; Landscapes -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T64_0040
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100653
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Title: Chiryu/ 地鯉鮒
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. A procession of six porters carrying luggage for a shrine or festival walks the path under cryptomeria trees that line the path. In the distance, there are miles of rice fields and mountains on the horizon.
Series: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road/ 東海道五十三次 (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi)
Subject: Processions -- Japan -- Art; Landscapes -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T66_0041
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100778
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Title: Ejiri: Distant view of Miho/ 江尻三保遠望 (Ejiri, Miho enbo)
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. Ships dock in groups near the shore in the foreground, alongside a village by the water. Some of the sailing ships have their sails up and are moving out to open water leading the eye back to the various ships sailing in the misty water going all the way back to the horizon. To the left side, there is a grouping of mountains.
Series: The Sequel to the Scenes of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road/東海道五十三驛風景續畫 (Tokaido gojusantsugi Fukei Tsuzukie)
Subject: Sailing ships -- Japan -- Art; Landscapes -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T65_0031
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100701
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Title: Ejiri/ 江尻
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. The white sails of boats fill the waters in the midground of the image. In the foreground at the bottom of the image the small figures of fishermen idle on the green forested shore. Beyond the water are the foothills of Fuji rendered in shades of soft salmon pink. On the horizon at the center is My. Fuji is white and grey against a blue, yellow gradient sky.
Series: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road/ 東海道五十三次 (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi)
Subject: Landscapes -- Japan -- Art; Fuji Mount (Japan) -- In art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T66_0020
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100757
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Title: Ejiri/ 江尻
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. Travelers walk the road in the foreground that is lined with houses and two large trees. To the left of the road are open green fields. The roofs of other buildings can be seen further back in the fields and the base of two green hills lined with pin trees. Fuji rises in the v created by the two hills. Clouds wrap around the base, revealing only its snow capped top.
Series: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road/ 東海道五十三次 (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi)
Subject: Landscapes -- Japan -- Art; Fuji, Mount (Japan) -- In art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T67_0019
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100813
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Title: Evening View of Kakuman-ji Temple
Creator: Nansuitei Yoshiyuki/ 南粋亭芳雪 (Signature: Yoshiyuki ga/ 芳雪画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. Through the stalks of bamboo in the foreground is a view of Kakuman-ji Temple. A woman and monk pass by on the road outside. The roof of the temple and the tops of flowering trees can be seen over the outer wall of the temple.
Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Naniwa/ 浪花百景 (Naniwa Hyakkei)
Subject: Temples -- Japan -- Art; Landscapes -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.U61_N3_0096
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100947
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Title: Flowering Plum Garden
Creator: Utagawa Yoshitaki/ 歌川芳滝 (Signature: Yoshitaki ga/芳瀧画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. Visitors walk through the flower filled landscape among them are men, women, and children. At the front of the image, slightly obscuring the view of the path is a branch of one of the blooming plum trees. In the background at the end of the path are sitting area set up for visitors to enjoy flower viewing.
Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Naniwa/ 浪花百景 (Naniwa Hyakkei)
Subject: Gardens -- Japan -- Art; Landscapes -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.U61_N3_0072
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100923
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Title: Fuji Seen from the Left on the Tōkaidō Road/ 東海堂左り不二 (Tokaido hidari fuji)
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Mutlicolored Print), ink and color on paper. In the foreground the path of the Tokaido road lined with pine trees cuts into the lower right corner. Two figures, a woman and a monk, walk the road. The monk looks out to the left at the figures working in the rice fields as well as Mt. Fuji just beyond them. The tokaido road was one of major roads that lead out of the city of Edo. Tokaido ran between Edo and Kyoto and was a common subject of print series. Site located in Yodabashi, Fuji, Shizuoka.
Series: Thirty Six Views of Mt. Fuji/ 富士三十六景 (Fuji Sanjurokkei)
Subject: Landscapes -- Japan -- Art; Fuji, Mount (Japan) -- In art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_F8_0026
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100602
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Title: Fujieda: Fording the Seto River/ 藤枝せと川かち渡り (Fujieda, Setogawa Kachiwatari)
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. A stream lined with willow trees winds down the center of the print and leads the eye back to the roofs of buildings hiding in the landscape beyond. In the foreground travelers cross the shallows on their own or with the help of porters.
Series: Famous Sites of the Fifty-Three Stations/五十三次名所図会 (Gojusantsugi Meisho Zue)
Subject: Rivers -- Japan -- Art; Landscapes -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T64_0023
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100636
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Title: Fujieda/ 藤枝
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. Porters help travelers cross a ford in the approach to a small village that can be seen in the tree line on the left. To the right of the line of porters and travelers is a small bridge that seems to be blocked on one side with a gate.
Series: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road/ 東海道五十三次 (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi)
Subject: Fords (Stream crossings) -- Japan -- Art; Landscapes -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T67_0023
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100817
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Title: Fujikawa: Scene at Post Outskirts/ 藤川棒鼻ノ図 (Fujikawa, bohana no zu)
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. Villagers kneel along a path as the Daimyo processions pass, the tail end of which can be seen disappearing off the right side of the image. On the opposite side is a walled bank topped with trees. Below the hill in the foreground scene are wide flat fields rendered in a gradient of green and yellow with soft orange clouds overhead.
Series: The Sequel to the Scenes of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road/東海道五十三驛風景續畫 (Tokaido gojusantsugi Fukei Tsuzukie)
Subject: Processions -- Japan -- Art; Landscapes -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T65_0050
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100720
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Title: Fujikawa/ 藤川
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. A wide road runs between a hill and field rendered in a gradient from yellow to deep green. A Daimyo’s procession descends the path into the post town below. The roof of the first building can be seen peeking out just above the edge of the frame at the bottom.
Series: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road/ 東海道五十三次 (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi)
Subject: Processions -- Japan -- Art; Landscapes -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T66_0039
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100776
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