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Sharing artworks from Brooklyn Museum's Asian Art department. Not associated with the Brooklyn Museum.
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Half Moon Bridge, Yoshida Tōshi, 1941, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Japanese and Korean Art

half-circle footbridge in middle ground over calm water; small buildings at left and right; many people walking; gnarled tree with purple hanging blooms across top of image Size: 7 11/16 × 10 7/16 in. (19.53 × 26.51 cm) (sheet) Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/117571/

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Pendant, Date Unknown, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Chinese, South and Southeast Asian Art

pendant in the shape of a fish; pendant is two-sided and appears to be two fish, belly-to-belly; fish is hollow and mouth is open to interior; long chain, box style, with six-petal flower motifs joined by four rings in outer petals, attached to fish at fins, joined left side to right side approximately 9" from top Size: 26 x 5 7/8 x 1 ¾ in. (66.04 x 14.92 x 4.45 cm) (including chain) Medium: Silver

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/103535/

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Epitaph Tablet for Bak Eun (1479-1504), from a Set of 14, 1509, Brooklyn Museum: Asian Art

Epitaph plaque with 10 lines of text on the "recto" and one line of text on the "verso." One of 14 plaques commemorating Park Eun (1479-1504), a celebrated poet. The commemoration was written by a friend of the poet, Yi Haeng, four years after the poet's death. The calligraphy is by Yi Yeongwon. Epitaph plaques serve as memorials for the individuals with whom they were buried. They typically recount the career and ancestry of the subject, and were occasionally disinterred and replaced with updated versions. Most epitaph plaques were written in underglaze cobalt blue. This set is unusual because it is writen in underglaze iron red. The text is written in Korean in Chinese characters. Size: 9 1/2 × 6 × 1 1/4 in. (24.1 × 15.2 × 3.2 cm) Medium: Porcelain with underglaze

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/224191

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Inari Bridge and Minato Shrine, Teppozu, No. 77 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, Utagawa Hiroshige, 2nd month of 1857, Brooklyn Museum: Asian Art

This particular place, where the Kyobashi River entered Hatchobori (Eight-Cho Canal) was where the large ships from western Japan were anchored and their cargoes were transformed into small lighters for distribution to the quays and storehouses that lined the canals. In the foreground are the masts of two cargo ships and in the background are the lighters heading into the warehouse-lined canal. The Minato (Harbor) Inari Shrine lies half-hidden at the left behind a red fence and was one of the oldest shrines in Edo. It survives today as well as Inari Bridge. Blue "bokashi" covers much of the sky and there is overprinting on the foreground masts. In the center there is a narrow strip of blue "bokashi" on the water. Size: Sheet: 14 3/16 x 9 1/4 in. (36 x 23.5 cm) Image: 13 3/8 x 8 3/4 in. (34 x 22.2 cm) Medium: Woodblock print

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/121691

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