“View of the Sumida Riverbank in the Snow from Afar” from the Series Famous Places for Views of Snow, Moon, and Flowers in Edo 江戸名所雪月花の内・隅田川堤雪の眺望えどめいしょせつげつか うち すみだがわづつみゆき ちょうぼう
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A beautiful woman traverses the snowy riverbanks of the Sumida River in Edo (present-day Tokyo). The artist Hiroshige (1797–1858) distinguished himself from the rest of the Utagawa school with his full-length depictions of beauties against backgrounds of famous places, while others would only portray their upper bodies.
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National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH) comprise four National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and two National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), as well as the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) in Sakai City, for a total of seven institutions.
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March 30, 2026