Ukiyo-e Woodblock prints | Nippon Kayaku Commemorating 110 Years of Sukima Ideas

Collection was started in the late thirties with a donation from a returning American missionary in Yokohama. It now consists of woodblock prints, original drawings, India ink paintings and prized examples of calligraphy. His ukiyo-e woodblock prints include works both by Hokusai and Hiroshige, the two most renowned Japanese artists in this field. It therefore mostly comprised landscape prints and Mr Hara thought it important to try to obtain complete series, which he diligently set out to do throughout his lifetime.

We plan to display some of the Ukiyo-e woodblock prints collected by Yasusaburo Hara.
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Pair of Deer

Pair of Peafowl on Pine Branch

Bush Warbler on Plum Branch

Three Pigeons

Swallows on Weeping Cherry Branch

Bee and Irises

Snipe at Waterside

Japanese Wagtail in Front of Waterfall

Bee and Hollyhock

Goose and Moon

Pair of Mandarin Ducks and Wild Chrysanthemum

Bull-Headed Shrike and Autumn Grasses

Crow on Snowy Willow Branch

Izumo Province Taisha,Depiction of Hotohoto,shimane from the series Famous Views from Sixty-Odd Provinces

Kozuke Province Mount Haruna Under Snow,Gunma from the series Famous Views from Sixty-Odd Provinces

Echigo Province Oyashirazu,Niigata from the series Famous Views from Sixty-Odd Provinces

Mimasaka Province Yamabushi Vally,Okayama from the series Famous Views from Sixty-Odd Provinces

Nagato Province Shimonoseki,yamaguchi from the series Famous Views from Sixty-Odd Provinces

Harima Province Maiko Beach,Hyogo from the series Famous Views from Sixty-Odd Provinces

Hitachi Province Daijingu Shrine in Kashima,Ibaraki from the series Famous Views from Sixty-Odd Provinces

Bingo Province Abuto,Kannon Temple,Hiroshima from the series Famous Views from Sixty-Odd Provinces

Iki Province Shisa,Nagasaki from the series Famous Views from Sixty-Odd Provinces

Edo Province Asakusa Fair,Tokyo from the series Famous Views from Sixty-Odd Provinces

Kanbara Night Snow from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road

Yui Satta Peak from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road

Shono Driving Rain from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road

Karuizawa from the series Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido Road

Warm Breeze, Fair Weather from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt Fuji (Red Fuji)

The Nihonbashi Bridge in Edo from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt Fuji

Arched Bridge at Kameido Tenjin Shrine from the series Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces

The Tenman Bridge in Settsu Province from the series Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces

The Hanging Cloud Brige at Mt.Gyodo near Ashikaga from the series Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces

The Kintai Bridge in Suo Province from the series Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces

Ancient View of the Prontoon Brige at Sano in Kozuke Province from the series Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces

Chôshi in Shimôsa Province, from the series One Thousand Pictures of the Ocean

Fishing with Handheld Nets, from the series One Thousand Pictures of the Ocean

The Tonegawa River in Shimôsa Province, from the series One Thousand Pictures of the Ocean

Fishing by Torchlight in Kai Province, from the series One Thousand Pictures of the Ocean

Whaling off the Gotô Islands, from the series One Thousand Pictures of the Ocean