floating world

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Artist: HASUI, KAWASE (1883-1957) Title: ROAD TO NIKKO Dated: 1930 (Later Edition) Publisher: Watanabe Seals: Red Sui & Heisei

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Ueno Park

Series: Tokyo Views

Tsuchiya Kōitsu (Japan, 1870-1949)

Japan, November 1935

Prints; woodcuts

Color woodblock print

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Spring Moon at Osaka Castle

Tsuchiya Kōitsu (Japan, 1870-1949)

Japan, 1932

Prints; woodcuts

Color woodblock print

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Artist: Inoue Yasuji Title: [Toshagu Shrine, Ueno] Date: 1882–1886

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Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu I Title: Snow Scene at the Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Kinkaku-ji sekkei), from the series Famous Places in the Capital (Miyako meisho no uchi) Date: 1870-71

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Artist: Inoue Yasuji Title: Yujima Temple Date: Not set

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Artist: Asano Takeji Title: Pagoda and Mt. Fuji Date: Ca. 1940s

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Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu I Title:Bonfire in the Shape of the Letter "Great" on Nyoigatake Mountain (Nyoigatake Daimonji), from the series Famous Places in the Capital (Miyako meisho no uchi) Date:1870-71

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Artist: Asano Takeji Title: Spring in Daigoji Temple Date: 1951

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Artist: Asano Takeji Title: Night Scene of Kitano Shrine - 北野神社夜 Date: 1952

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Artist: Yoshida Hiroshi Title: Evening in a Hot Spring Date: 1939

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Artist: Yoshida Hiroshi Title: Sarusawa Pond Date: 1933

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Night on the Sumida River

Alternate Title: Sumidagawa yoru

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japan, 1847-1915)

Japan, 1881

Prints; woodcuts

Color woodblock print

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Spring Moon at Osaka Castle

Tsuchiya Kōitsu (Japan, 1870-1949)

Japan, 1932

Prints; woodcuts

Color woodblock print

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Ueno Park

Series: Tokyo Views

Tsuchiya Kōitsu (Japan, 1870-1949)

Japan, November 1935

Prints; woodcuts

Color woodblock print

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May Evening on Kudanzaka

Alternate Title: Kudanzaka gogatsu yoru

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japan, 1847-1915)

Japan, 1880

Prints; woodcuts

Color woodblock print

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so I went to this exhibition when it was on, which was pretty great