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Title: Aji River bridge/ 安治川ばし (Ajikawa-bashi)
Creator: Utagawa Kunikazu/ 歌川国員 (Signature: Kunikazu ga/ 国員画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. Towering in the foreground is the back of a large junk ship in the harbor, in the lower right-hand corner to women on a small boat can be seen giving the Junk ship and even more monumental feeling. Behind the foreground ship are several other Junks leading to the bridge mention in the title. The silhouettes of various people can be scene crossing it.
Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Naniwa/ 浪花百景 (Naniwa Hyakkei)
Subject: Ships -- Japan -- Art; Harbors -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.U61_N3_0016
Type: woodcuts (prints)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100867

Title: Ajihara Pond at the Ubuyu Shrine
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 foreground is a young woman festively dressed in a pink and red kimono with flower hairpiece on her head. Behind her is a view of Ajihara pond surrounded by a viewing pavilion decorated with lanterns and multiple flowering trees. In the distance is the castle and the mountains peeking through a layer of yellow mist.
Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Naniwa/ 浪花百景 (Naniwa Hyakkei)
Subject: Young women -- Japan -- Art; Ponds -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.U61_N3_0103
Type: woodcuts (prints)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100954

Title: Akasaka: Inn with serving maids/ 赤坂旅舎招婦ノ図 (Akasaka, ryosha shofu 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. The interior of an inn shows an inner courtyard and the rooms adjoining it. In the courtyard are a stone lantern and a tree growing to the height of the roof. In the room to the right, three geisha get ready in their toilette to entertain guests. On the left side, a guest reclines while the inn staff serves food. Further to the left, another guest is walking on the outer walkway, likely coming from a bath.
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: Taverns (Inns) -- Japan -- Art; Japan -- Social life and customs -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T65_0049
Type: woodcuts (prints)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100719

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)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100650

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. A bird's eye view of a nighttime street scene. Various travelers pass on the road in front of a story Inn. Female inn attendants try to bring guests inside. On the second floor of the inn, the various rooms have their doors open revealing small vignette scenes of the guests and staff inside.
Series: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road/ 東海道五十三次 (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi)
Subject: Taverns (Inns) -- Japan -- Art; Japan -- Social life and customs -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T66_0038
Type: woodcuts (prints)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100775

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)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100831

Title: Alternate view of a garden at a temple or shrine complex, Japan
Date: [date of publication not identified]
Creator: Striner, Herbert E.
Publisher: American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
Subject: Gardens -- Japan; Religious architecture -- Japan
Local Identifier: v4p09-13
Type: Slides (photographs)
Physical Location: American University Library
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-96777
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: Alternate view of a hotel dining room, Japan
Date: [date of publication not identified]
Creator: Striner, Herbert E.
Publisher: American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
Subject: Hotels -- Japan
Local Identifier: v4p04-08
Type: Slides (photographs)
Physical Location: American University Library
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-96681
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: Alternate view of a Japanese dining table in an interior, Japan
Date: [date of publication not identified]
Creator: Striner, Herbert E.
Publisher: American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
Subject: Architecture, Domestic -- Japan
Local Identifier: v4p04-18
Type: Slides (photographs)
Physical Location: American University Library
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-96691
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: Alternate view of Daibutsu of Tōdai-ji, Tōdai-ji Temple, Nara, Japan
Date: [date of publication not identified]
Creator: Striner, Herbert E.
Publisher: American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
Subject: Buddhist sculpture -- Japan -- Nara; Daibutsuden (Tōdaiji, Nara-shi, Japan)
Local Identifier: v4p10-14
Type: Slides (photographs)
Physical Location: American University Library
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-96796
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: Alternate view of pine trees in Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, Tokyo, Japan
Date: [date of publication not identified]
Creator: Striner, Herbert E.
Publisher: American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
Subject: Gardens -- Japan -- Tokyo; Parks -- Japan -- Tokyo; Trees -- Japan -- Tokyo
Local Identifier: v4p05-08
Type: Slides (photographs)
Physical Location: American University Library
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-96699
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: Approaching a shrine, Japan
Date: [date of publication not identified]
Creator: Striner, Herbert E.
Publisher: American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
Subject: Religious architecture -- Japan
Local Identifier: v4p13-18
Type: Slides (photographs)
Physical Location: American University Library
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-96850
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

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)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100714

Title: Arai: Ferryboats Arriving at the Checkpoint/ あら井渡舟着岸御関所 (Arai, Wataribune chakugan gosekisho)
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. Looking down from the hill a village and temple entrance can be seen by the water. A line of ships leads the eye all the way to the opposite shore where the white silhouette of Fuji rises above the hills.
Series: Famous Sites of the Fifty-Three Stations/五十三次名所図会 (Gojusantsugi Meisho Zue)
Subject: Boats and boating -- 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_T64_0032
Type: woodcuts (prints)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100645

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 view from on top of a hill overlooking the water and Mt. Fuji in white on the distant shore. The equally white sails of the ferry boats lead the eye back to Fuji. Right below the hill on the immediate shore travelers wait for the boats crossing the water toward them.
Series: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road/ 東海道五十三次 (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi)
Subject: Coasts -- 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_0033
Type: woodcuts (prints)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100770

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)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100826

Title: Arched Bridge at the Sumiyoshi Shrine/ 住吉反橋 (Sumiyoshi soribashi)
Creator: Utagawa Yoshitaki/ 歌川芳滝 (Signature: Yoshitaki ga/芳瀧画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. Two women walk along the edge of the water in the foreground to their left are a series of stone lanterns in various sizes. Further back in the image is the high-arched bridge mentioned in the print's title, multiple people can be seen crossing the bridge coming and going from the entrance of Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine that is on the far left, mostly off the frame.
Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Naniwa/ 浪花百景 (Naniwa Hyakkei)
Subject: Bridges -- Japan -- Art; Waterfronts -- Japan-_Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.U61_N3_0042
Type: woodcuts (prints)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100893

Title: Asuka hill in the Eastern Capital/ 東都あすか山 (Toto Asukayama)
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored print), ink and color on paper. Residents of Edo mingle on the open lawn surrounded by pines and cherry blossoms on Asuka hill. Just past the park is the shops of Edo and Mt. Fuji framed by the trees in the foreground. The compsoition is divided by the gradient blue sky and the vibrant green grass. The smooth contour of the hill seperates the two sections. Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune planted cherry blossoms and opened the hill for the citizen of Edo. Later in 1873 Asuka would become one of the first public parks established in Meiji Japan. Site located in Oji, Kita, Tokyo.
Series: Thirty Six Views of Mt. Fuji/ 富士三十六景 (Fuji Sanjurokkei)
Subject: Japanese flowering cherry -- 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_0009
Type: woodcuts (prints)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100585

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)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100970

Title: Atagoyama Bishamon's Servent/ 愛宕山毘沙門ノ使
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 group of three, including a young boy, a young woman dressed in colorful furisode (Long sleeved Kimono), and an older woman who is possibly their mother stand at the base of one of the two famous stairways leading up to Atago Shrine. The one depicted is the Otokozaka (Man's stairs) which were at a steep incline, the other not shown are the Onnazaka (Woman's stairs) which were a more gradual slope. A procession is coming down the steps indicating the occasion is Gohanshiki, a unique festival at the shrine that was famous in Edo. The figure dressed in the clothing of a low-level samurai with fern frond on his head is the stand in for the titular servant of the god Bishamon, who a central character in the festivities.
Series: Thirty-six Scenes of the Pride of Edo/ 江戸自慢三十六輿 (Edo jiman sanjūrokkyō)
Subject: Shrines -- Japan -- Art; Japan -- Social life and customs -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.U7_E42_0012
Type: woodcuts (prints)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100967

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