PrintsJapanese

Momotaro Holding a Rice Cake

Artists

Katsukawa ShunteiArtist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ukiyo-e woodblock printed "surimono"; ink, color, metallic pigment and embossing on paper

Culture

Japanese

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

Paper: H. 20.5 cm x W. 17.8 cm (8 1/16 x 7 in.)

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Emperor Nintoku (Nintoku Tennō: Nihongi), from the series Twenty-Four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety for the Honchō Circle (Honchōren honchō nijūshikō), with poem by Isonoya Naonari

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, circa 1821-1822

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper, with printed signature reading "Gakutei"

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Preface: Detached page from One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei) Vol. 1

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, 1834 (Tempō 5)

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed book page; ink on paper

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ACTOR HOLDING SWORD

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Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper

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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

Ink and color on paper

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Hokusai manga (Hokusai Sketchbooks), vol. 12

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Late Edo period, dated 1834

Woodblock-printed book; ink and light color on paper

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Great Illustrated Encyclopedia, Revised and Enlarged (Sōbo tōsho kinmō zui taisei), vol. 8

Nakamura Tekisai, 1789 (Kansei 1)

Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

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Sequel to Thicket of Ancient and Modern Paintings (Kokon gasō kōhen), Volume 2

Sō Shiseki 宋紫石, 1771

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Munakata Shikō 棟方志功, Shōwa period, dated 1960

Woodblock print; ink on paper

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Eishōsai Chōki, Late Edo period, circa 1803-1804

Ukiyo-e woodblock printed surimono; ink, colors, metallic pigments and embossing on paper

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Two Men Taking a Bath/ Totsuka, from the series Exhaustive Illustrations of the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojūsantsugi ezukushi)

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Ukiyo-e woodblock print; Ink and color on paper

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Actor Onoe Kikugorō V as Nozarashi Gosuke

Toyohara Kunichika, 1874 (Meiji 7), 2nd month

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

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