Human Figures (Jinbutsu cho)

Human Figures (Jinbutsu cho)

Unknown Artist

Haiku Composed by Kabuki Actors in Celebration of New Year's Day

Gyokuen

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

MAN IN ARMOR

Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英

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

Battle of Taikozan Oki: Victory for the Japanese Navy Offshore (Nishin sensō Taikozan Oki Nikkan senshō no zu)

Ogata Gekkō, Meiji period,

Right panel from a woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

Off Kaiyōjima the Japanese Destroyer was Victorious (Kaiyōjima oki nikkan taishō)

Nakamura Shūkō, Meiji period, dated 1894

Right panel from a woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

Shrine of the Paper Makers, Fukui

Yoshida Tōshi 吉田遠志, Shōwa period,

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

20th centuryJapanese

Tokaido meisho zue, Vol. 1

Unknown Artist

Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

Album of Meiji Period Prints

Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu 楊洲周延, 19th century

Accordion-fold album of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Surveying a Region (Chihō sokuryō no zu)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, 1848

Ink on paper

Actors Bandō Zenji 2nd Standing Behind Ichikawa Danjūrō 7th in Shibaraku Performance, with poem by Rokujuen (Ishikawa Masamochi)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Edo period, 1826 (Bunsei 9)

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono in "shikishi-ban" format; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper

Woman in Blue and Green Kimono

Utagawa Yoshikazu, 19th century

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Autumn Moon Over the Ryōgoku Bridge (Ryōgoku no shūgetsu), from the series Eight Fashionable Views of Edo (Fūryū Tōto hakkei)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Late Edo period, circa 1803-1805

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper