Bridges Gallery

Scene from the 'Chushingura,' the Japanese tale of the 47 Ronin (or 47 Samurai). Print shows a person in a sedan chair leaving a residential compound and being stopped by a samurai warrior. Woodblock print by Sadahide Utagawa, 1830-1844

JAPAN: CHUSHINGURA.
Scene from the 'Chushingura,' the Japanese tale of the 47 Ronin (or 47 Samurai). Print shows a person in a sedan chair leaving a residential compound and being stopped by a samurai warrior. Woodblock print by Sadahide Utagawa, 1830-1844

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18th Century, 19th Century, 47 Ronin, 47 Samurai, Bridge, Chair, Chushingura, Departure, Early, Exterior, Fine Art, Home, House, Japan, Japanese, Kanadehon Chushingura, Literature, Men, Night, River, Sadahide, Samurai, Scene, Sedan, Stop, Stream, Tale, Utagawa, Warrior, Wood Block, Wood Cut

VIENNA: FERDINANDSBREUCKE. View of the Ferdinandsbreucke (Ferdinands Bridge), Vienna, in winter. Oil on canvas by Franz Poledne (1873-1932)

VIENNA: FERDINANDSBREUCKE.
View of the Ferdinandsbreucke (Ferdinand's Bridge), Vienna, in winter. Oil on canvas by Franz Poledne (1873-1932)

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1890s, 19th Century, Bridge, City, Early, Ferdinands Bridge, Ferdinandsbreucke, Fine Art, Late, Mass Transit, Painting, People, Poledne, Snow, Street, Street Scene, Tramcar, Viennese, Winter

UNITED NATIONS: SITE, 1946. Looking north along First Avenue from Tudor City at 41st Street, on the site of the future headquarters of the United Nations, December 1946. The Queensborough Bridge is in the background

UNITED NATIONS: SITE, 1946.
Looking north along First Avenue from Tudor City at 41st Street, on the site of the future headquarters of the United Nations, December 1946. The Queensborough Bridge is in the background

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