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The snowy mass of Mount Hira rises behind a snow-covered village and clumps of bamboo by an inlet of Lake Biwa. The attendant poem in the upper left corner reads: <br /> He who would see the beauty of the evening on the peaks of <br /> Hira must behold it after the snows have fallen and before the <br /> flowers are fully blown.<br />
Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese (culture or style))
Eight Views of Ômi: #1 Evening Snow on Mount Hira
1829 – 1839
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1948/1.134

French (French (culture or style))
Lucerne, The Promenade (Lucerne, la promenade)
19th century
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. W. Howard Bond
1986/1.153

Adolphe Braun (French (culture or style))
Route de Schyn, Pont du Solis
1865 – 1885
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. W. Howard Bond
1981/2.141
Painted on a hanging scroll, containing imagery of mountains, buildings, trails, trees, a lake, and an inscription in the upper right corner. The trees are painted in green ink while the rest is in black ink. The inscription has three red stamps with one on the upper right and two following on the left. The painting has three main sections. The bottom section has trees, rocks, 5 buildings, and a small bridge on the right. Between the first and second sections appears to be a lake. The second section in the middle has trees, rocks, and more buildings. Between the second and third sections appears to be fog. In the third upper section is three mountain peaks topped with trees and a mountain is shown behind them. The inscription above is 6 lines of vertical writing.&nbsp;
Nukina Kaioku
Visualization of the poem, 'Lake, Mountain, Willow Tree and Mist'
1800 – 1866
Museum purchase made possible by a gift from Helmut Stern
1985/2.25
A village by a lake is shown in the snow. Several travelers are walking in the streets. The snow is steadily fallling and covers their hats, the roofs of the houses, the trees and the mountains. The title is in the upper right corner in a red box.
Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese (culture or style))
The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Tate-e Edition): #38 Fujikawa
1855
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1960/2.142
Two fishemen rest on a boat standed in the shallow water, facing the viewer with their backs. They are looking at another group of fishermen in the distance standing on the lakebank. There are more boats on the lake across the land.
Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese (culture or style))
Hôeidô Tôkaidô Series: Mitsuke, Tenryû River
1833 – 1834
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1948/1.128
Shown is a complex of temple building on a lakeside. There is a small grouping of buildings on the opposite side of the lake to the left and there is a long building that runs along the right side of the lake with a passage-way to the docks on which is the end of the building. Surrounding the temple complex are pine trees, cliffs, and mist. On the bottom right of the painting is the Seal of Shūbun which lets&nbsp;us know that this is a Shūbun style ink-painting.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Lakeside Temple (Landscape in Shûbun style)
1467 – 1532
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Province M. Henry
1955/1.264
A medium size plate has blue-and-white underglaze painting of landscape. There are two groups of mountains; one of the left has two large rocks flanked by two smaller mountains with a few trees on the tops. Three smaller rocks peek from the water. On the right side, a range of gently sloped mountains and a rock are drawn. There are two fishing boats with masts can be seen in front of the mountain range. The crescent moon, shadowed by one side, is in the sky. The drawing is executed in thick underglaze and painted in lighter glaze. There are brown speckles on the surface; reddish color stains on the top of the rim. Some chips on the rim and on the back. The foot is unglazed; eye is glazed. There is a single band around the rim.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Blue-and-white plate with landscape design
1615 – 1643
Gift of Mr. Harry Packard for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
1963/2.62
<p>&quot;This&nbsp;landscape&nbsp;is&nbsp;characteristic&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Unkoku school&nbsp;in&nbsp;its&nbsp;sharp&nbsp;tonal&nbsp;contrasts&nbsp;and&nbsp;dramatic composition. The&nbsp;right&nbsp;side&nbsp;is&nbsp;dominated&nbsp;by&nbsp;a&nbsp;jutting&nbsp;sheer&nbsp;cliff&nbsp;face whose magnitude&nbsp;is&nbsp;suggested&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;tall&nbsp;trees&nbsp;emerging&nbsp;from&nbsp;its side.&nbsp;In&nbsp;the&nbsp;far&nbsp;distance&nbsp;are&nbsp;other&nbsp;rugged&nbsp;peaks&nbsp;that&nbsp;tower over&nbsp;unseen&nbsp;valleys.&nbsp;In&nbsp;the&nbsp;foreground&nbsp;stands&nbsp;a&nbsp;scholar with a&nbsp;staff&nbsp;viewing&nbsp;the&nbsp;spectacle&nbsp;before&nbsp;him.&nbsp;His&nbsp;young attendant holds&nbsp;the&nbsp;scholar&#39;s&nbsp;favorite&nbsp;instrument, the&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;<em>ch&#39;in</em>. In the&nbsp;middleground&nbsp;a&nbsp;small&nbsp;open&nbsp;air&nbsp;pavilion&nbsp;under&nbsp;two&nbsp;pine trees&nbsp;punctuates&nbsp;a&nbsp;flat&nbsp;stretch&nbsp;of&nbsp;peninsula,&nbsp;and&nbsp;beyond,
Unknown artist (formerly attributed to Unkoku T
Scholar Strolling in the Mountains
1700 – 1899
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1964/2.63
This lithograph shows a series of figures in various stages of undress in an outdoor scene. In the foreground, there is a small boy with shorts on. Behind him there are two women in skirts and corsets, one seated taking off her stockings, and one standing, facing away. To their right, are two figures lying on the ground. There is a large tree that rises to the right. The overall scene is created in dark, forceful lines and marks.
Max Beckmann (German (culture or style))
Tegeler Freibad
1911
Museum Purchase
1951/2.66
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