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Francis Lathrop Collection, Purchase, Frederick C. Hewitt

This catalog gathers 32 public-domain works acquired through the Francis Lathrop Collection, Purchase, Frederick C. Hewitt fund. Every work is held by Metropolitan Museum of Art.

  1. Untitled Untitled Tōshūsai Sharaku
  2. Untitled Untitled Tōshūsai Sharaku
  3. Untitled Untitled Katsushika Hokusai · 1814
  4. 東海道五十三次　懸川　秋葉山別道|Kakegawa 東海道五十三次　懸川　秋葉山別道|Kakegawa Utagawa Hiroshige · 1840
  5. 東海道五十三次　坂の下|Saka no Shita 東海道五十三次　坂の下|Saka no Shita Utagawa Hiroshige · 1840
  6. Untitled Untitled Suzuki Harunobu · 1764
  7. 東海道五十三次　岡崎　矢はぎ川|Okazaki 東海道五十三次　岡崎　矢はぎ川|Okazaki Utagawa Hiroshige · 1840
  8. 東海道五十三次　島田　大井川|Shimada 東海道五十三次　島田　大井川|Shimada Utagawa Hiroshige · 1840
  9. 東海道五十三次　二川　 猿ヶ馬場|Futagawa 東海道五十三次　二川　 猿ヶ馬場|Futagawa Utagawa Hiroshige · 1840
  10. Untitled Untitled Torii Kiyomasu I
  11. 歌川広重画 「東海道　五十三次 大尾　京　三条大はし」|The Great Bridge at Sanjō (Taibi, Kyō, Sanjō Ōhashi), from the series The Tōkaidō Road: The Fifty-Three Stations (Tōkaidō: Gojūsan tsugi) 歌川広重画 「東海道　五十三次 大尾　京　三条大はし」|The Great Bridge at Sanjō (Taibi, Kyō, Sanjō Ōhashi), from the series The Tōkaidō Road: The Fifty-Three Stations (Tōkaidō: Gojūsan tsugi) Utagawa Hiroshige · 1850
  12. 東海道五十三次　戸塚|Totsuka 東海道五十三次　戸塚|Totsuka Utagawa Hiroshige · 1840
  13. Untitled Untitled Torii Kiyonobu I · 1704
  14. Untitled Untitled Katsukawa Shunkō · 1786
  15. Untitled Untitled Ippitsusai Bunchō · 1771
  16. Untitled Untitled Torii Kiyomitsu · 1755
  17. 東海道五十三次　はま松|Hamamatsu 東海道五十三次　はま松|Hamamatsu Utagawa Hiroshige · 1840
  18. 東海道五十三次　程ヶ谷　かたびら橋　かたびら川|Hodogaya 東海道五十三次　程ヶ谷　かたびら橋　かたびら川|Hodogaya Utagawa Hiroshige · 1840
  19. 東海道五十三次　関|Seki 東海道五十三次　関|Seki Utagawa Hiroshige · 1848
  20. 東海道五十三次　土山|Tsuchiyama 東海道五十三次　土山|Tsuchiyama Utagawa Hiroshige · 1840
  21. 歌川広重画　東海道　十四　五十三次　原|Hara, Number 14, from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi), also known as the Clerical Script Tōkaidō (Reisho Tōkaidō) 歌川広重画　東海道　十四　五十三次　原|Hara, Number 14, from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi), also known as the Clerical Script Tōkaidō (Reisho Tōkaidō) Utagawa Hiroshige · 1850
  22. 東海道五十三次　荒井|Arai 東海道五十三次　荒井|Arai Utagawa Hiroshige · 1840
  23. 風流七小町　しみず|Shimizu Temple 風流七小町　しみず|Shimizu Temple Suzuki Harunobu · 1765
  24. 東海道五十三次　御油　古街道本野ヶ原|Goyu 東海道五十三次　御油　古街道本野ヶ原|Goyu Utagawa Hiroshige · 1840
  25. 東海道五十三次　石部|Ishibe 東海道五十三次　石部|Ishibe Utagawa Hiroshige · 1840
  26. Untitled Untitled Katsukawa Shunkō · 1778
  27. 東海道五十三次　箱根　夜中松明とり|Hakone 東海道五十三次　箱根　夜中松明とり|Hakone Utagawa Hiroshige · 1848
  28. 東海道五十三次　由井|Yui 東海道五十三次　由井|Yui Utagawa Hiroshige · 1840
  29. 風流七小町|Visiting 風流七小町|Visiting Suzuki Harunobu · 1769
  30. Untitled Untitled Torii Kiyonaga · 1788
  31. Untitled Untitled Ishikawa Toyonobu · 1748
  32. 『雛形若菜の初模様　つるや内　すがたみ』|The Courtesan Sugatami of the Tsuruya Brothel, from the series “A Pat-tern Book of the Year’s First Designs, Fresh as Spring Herbs” (“Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyō”) 『雛形若菜の初模様　つるや内　すがたみ』|The Courtesan Sugatami of the Tsuruya Brothel, from the series “A Pat-tern Book of the Year’s First Designs, Fresh as Spring Herbs” (“Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyō”) Isoda Koryūsai · 1778

On provenance & the public domain

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