PrintsJapanese

Picture Book of Selected Insects (Ehon mushi erami), vol. 2

c. 1788

Artists

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Woodblock-printed books; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

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Hairdresser

Katsukawa Shunchō 勝川春潮

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

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Great Illustrated Encyclopedia, Revised and Enlarged (Sōbo tōsho kinmō zui taisei), vol. 9

Nakamura Tekisai, 1789 (Kansei 1)

Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

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PICNIC UNDER MAPLE TREE

Oku Teishō (Sadaaki) (Bummei)

Ink on paper

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View from Surugadai, from the series One-Hundred New Views of Tokyo (Shin Tokyo hyakkei)

Onchi Kōshirō, Shōwa period, dated 1931

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

20th centuryJapanese

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Actor Bandō Hikosaburō AS GORO TOKIMUNE

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Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Kitao Shigemasa hitsu"

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The Glory of a Yokohama Wrestler (Yokohama rikishi no homare)

Ikkōsai Yoshimori 一光斎芳盛, 1861 (Bunkyū 1), 3rd month

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

19th centuryJapanese

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MEMORIAL PORTRAIT OF ACTOR BANDO MITSUGORO (D. 1782) WEARING WHITE AND HOLDING A FAN

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

18th centuryJapanese

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Procession of a Ryūkyūan Ambassador

Izumiya Ichibei 和泉屋市兵衛, c. 1832

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Lake Suwa in Shinano Province (Shinshū Suwa-ko), from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, c. 1830–31 (Tenpô 1–2)

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Urashima Taro, from the series Classical Dances

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Lower Meguro (Shimo-Meguro), from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, c. 1831

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper; with printed signature reading "zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu"

19th centuryJapanese

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Preface: Detatched page from One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei) Vol. 3

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, circa 1835-1847

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

19th centuryJapanese