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New Year's Card: Going to Shimonoseki

A man and woman are seen from behind while the man carries many packages. The woman walks in front of him and she wears a black and white striped stole, a red hat and a green coat with fur trim. There is some red Japanese text in the lower left corner of the postcard and in the upper left an inset with blue Japanese text.

Date: 1920/1930~

Creator: S. Riyo

Item Type: Postcard

Tokiwa Gozen

Japanese text in the uppermost portion of the print while below, inside a circle, a woman is surrounded by several red flowers.

Date: 1843~

Creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Item Type: Artwork

Chûjô-hime

A roundel in the center features a woman in a highly patterned kimono holding two pieces of a vegetable. A lotus blossom is featured on the roundel. In the uppermost portion of the piece is a rectangular inset with Japanese text and double row of cloud formations. A large leaf extends below and from underneath the roundel on the lower right side. A narrow band on the right side of the artwork graduates from yellow to blue and also includes Japanese text.

Date: 1843~

Creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Item Type: Artwork

A Little Annoyed: Tango Province

A woman in a striped kimono is in the foreground with a window behind her. Past the window is a landscape and a man. Several insets contain Japanese text. The background is a rich blue.

Date: 1852

Creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Item Type: Artwork

Wanting to Sober Up Quickly: Buzen Province

A woman in a blue striped and flowered kimono is in the foreground. Behind her is a scene of people working yarns. In the upper right corner of the print is some Japanese text.

Date: 1852

Creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi & Utagawa Yoshiiku

Item Type: Artwork

Hanging Scroll: Poem Calligraphy, number 585

The poem written on an insert in the center of the scroll is in muted browns and grays.

Date: 1615/1637

Creator: Hon'ami Koetsu

Item Type: Artwork

Wanting to Try It On Right Away: Fungus from Kumano in Kii Province

A woman in a red kimono and a blue robe dominates the foreground of the print while in a scene behind her is a man climbing a mountain. The woman's hair is in an elaborate style with two long picks with sculpted handles. In an inset in the upper right corner of the print is some Japanese text.

Date: 1852

Creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi & Utagawa Yoshitori-jo

Item Type: Artwork

Wanting to Suckle: Fresh Sea Cucumbers from Mikawa Province

A woman in a kimono holds an infant while behind her is a scene of men in a boat with a mountain in the distance. In the upper right corner of the print is an inset containing Japanese text.

Date: 1852

Creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi & Utagawa Yoshitori-jo

Item Type: Artwork

Sleepy: Salamanders from Izu Province

A woman rests her head on her hand and appears to be sleeping. Her kimono is brown and striped. A scene on the wall behind her is of some men in the landscape who appear to be climbing a mountain. Some Japanese text is also part of the woodblock print.

Date: 1852

Creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi & Utagawa Yoshitori-jo

Item Type: Artwork

Wanting to Have Good Weather: Dried Bonito from Tosa Province

A woman wearing a kimono holds a doll and a cup of tea. Behind her is scene of people doing laundry by the sea. Some Japanese text is in the upper right corner of the print.

Date: 1852

Creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi & Utagawa Yoshitori-jo

Item Type: Artwork

Wanting to Be Independent: Cloth from Echigo Province

Woman looking into a hand-held mirror and dabbing at her forehead is the main portion of the composition. Her kimono consists of two colors and patterns, one pale purple and the collar red. A landscape scene is behind the woman with people toting bushels of straw and others working in the water.

Date: 1852

Creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi & Utagawa Yoshitori-jo

Item Type: Artwork

Wanting to Eat Something Good: Giant Butterbur from Akita in Dewa Province

A woman wearing a purple kimono rests her head on both hands and behind her is a scene of people walking underneath huge green leaves. Insets includes Japanese text.

Date: 1852

Creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi & Utagawa Yoshitori-jo

Item Type: Artwork

Cherry Blossoms at the Kiyomizu-do in Ueno

The vertically oriented postcard depicts a tree in the foreground and a red pagoda style building in the background. Some Japanese text in black ink is in the lower portion of the postcard.

Date: unknown

Creator: Nakamura Fusetsu

Item Type: Postcard

Haiku Poem by Issa (1763-1827)

The top half of the postcard contains a depiction of a person on their knees with a wide-eyed expression and shoes on their hands. The poem is written along the bottom edge of the picture and the right edge of the postcard. The bottom half is empty.

Date: 1900~

Creator: Saitô Shôshû

Item Type: Postcard

Haiku Poem by Buson (1716-1783)

The poem is written in white text on the top and left edges of the postcard. The top two-thirds of the vertically oriented postcard contains a depiction of a standing rat wearing a robe and holding a sword under his arm.

Date: 1900~

Creator: Saitô Shôshû

Item Type: Postcard

Haiku Poem by Onitsura (1660-1738)

The postcard depicts a woman raising her veil to look at the flower blossoms on the trees. The sky is a dark blue and the bottom half of the postcard is blank.

Date: 1900~

Creator: Saitô Shôshû

Item Type: Postcard

Commemoration of the Victory of the Japanese Troops

The vertically oriented postcard features a soldier on horseback carrying a flag in the foreground and the background insert includes a line of soldiers in outline and a portrait of a man and a woman in oval monochromatic insets.

Date: 1906

Creator: Sugiura Hisui

Item Type: Postcard

Commemorating the Launching Ceremony of the Japanese Battleship Kurama

A stylized sun rises in the background to shine upon flowers, doves, and a hammer.

Date: 1907

Creator: Wada Eisaku

Item Type: Postcard

Illuminated Sign "Bayer Aspirin" in Central Osaka

The vertically oriented postcard depicts a neon Bayer Aspirin sign above a building with a silhouette of people below. The sky is dark and the only illumination is the sign and the interior of the building. A few stars twinkle in the sky and some Japanese text runs along the bottom.

Date: 1920/1930~

Item Type: Postcard

Accounting

An grounded airplane is depicted in the monochromatic postcard.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Postcard

Accounting

The monochromatic postcard includes a depiction of an airplane in the air. There is some Japanese text along the bottom edge.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Postcard

A Person Overhearing Secret Songs

A figure playing a stringed instrument is in the background while a person hiding in the foreground listens. The style is angular with flat areas of color.

Date: 1907

Creator: Bokuchitei Kuronbo

Item Type: Postcard

A Peaceful Small Heaven

On a green ground and behind a lattice a rooster and a black hen sit.

Date: 1909

Creator: Bokuchitei Kuronbo

Item Type: Postcard

The Moon at Sodegaura in Shinagawa

Six people canoe in the foreground with another boat in the middle ground and the background some landscape. A half-moon is visible in the sky. There is some Japanese text in the lower right hand corner of the postcard.

Date: 1905~

Creator: Nakamura Fusetsu

Item Type: Postcard

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