Floor plan

Time and place19th-century Japan

19th-century Japan

A work made of hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk.
A View of the Large New Room at Sakurai, by Utagawa Kunisada, early or mid 1830s
A work made of hanging scroll; ink and color on paper.
Portrait of Ōzora Buzaemon, by Watanabe Kazan, 1827
Shimosuwa, from Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaidō, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1835–38

The works in this room are listed below.

Works in this room

Works made in Japan in the 19th century.

Section 1, north wall

  1. A work made of hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk.
    Frost fills the air and the autumn air is still/lines of returning geese cross the moon in the third hour-Kenshin, from the series Twelve Aspects of the MoonTsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1885/92Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. A View of the Large New Room at Sakurai, by Utagawa Kunisada, early or mid 1830s
    A View of the Large New Room at SakuraiUtagawa Kunisada, early or mid 1830sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  3. A work made of hanging scroll; ink and color on paper.
    Hibiscus and MagpiesBaiitsu Yamamoto, 1847Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Section 1, south wall

  1. Portrait of Ōzora Buzaemon, by Watanabe Kazan, 1827
    Portrait of Ōzora BuzaemonWatanabe Kazan, 1827Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. Shimosuwa, from Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaidō, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1835–38
    Shimosuwa, from Sixty-Nine Stations of the KisokaidōUtagawa Hiroshige, 1835–38Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

Section 2, south wall

  1. A work made of color woodblock print; ōban.
    Plum Garden at Kameido (Kameido Umeyashiki), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. Foreign Family with Wife Making Clothes (Gaikokujin ifuku shitate no zu), by Utagawa Yoshikazu, 1860
    Foreign Family with Wife Making Clothes (Gaikokujin ifuku shitate no zu)Utagawa Yoshikazu, 1860Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. A color woodblock print of a large crashing wave, looms over two narrow boats full of people. Mt Fuji in the background. There is a faint peach colored sky.
    Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"Katsushika Hokusai, 1830/33Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Section 2, north wall

  1. Vehicles on the Streets of Tokyo, by Utagawa Yoshitora, 1870
    Vehicles on the Streets of TokyoUtagawa Yoshitora, 1870Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. A View of the Large New Room at Sakurai, by Utagawa Kunisada, early or mid 1830s
    A View of the Large New Room at SakuraiUtagawa Kunisada, early or mid 1830sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

Section 3, north wall

  1. Painting Nine from Album of Paintings by Haizan, by Yoshitsugu Haizan, late 1800s–early 1900s
    Painting Nine from Album of Paintings by HaizanYoshitsugu Haizan, late 1800s–early 1900sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. A work made of color woodblock print; oban.
    Lake Suwa in Shinano Province (Shinshu Suwako), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1830/33Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Section 3, south wall

  1. Paper Doll Clothing, 1897–98
    Paper Doll ClothingUnrecorded Japanese maker, 1897–98Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Children Playing in the Snow under Plum Trees in Bloom (Secchū baisō gunji yūgi zu), by Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu, November 1887
    Children Playing in the Snow under Plum Trees in Bloom (Secchū baisō gunji yūgi zu)Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu, November 1887Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section 4, south wall

  1. Kinryūsan Temple at Asakusa, from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo", by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856
    Kinryūsan Temple at Asakusa, from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo"Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. France (furansukoku), by Utagawa Yoshitora, 2nd month, 1865
    France (furansukoku)Utagawa Yoshitora, 2nd month, 1865Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art