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ITSUKUSHIMA MEISHO ZUE, Vol. 9

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ink on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

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Actor Segawa Kikunojō

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Ink on paper

Japanese

Prints

Mibu no Hirokichi Sandai Jitsuroku, from the series Twenty-Four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety for the Honchō Circle (Honchōren honchō nijūshikō)

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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Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō 5th as Chichibu no Shigetada

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, Edo period, circa 1773

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

18th centuryJapanese

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Travelers on a Ferry/ Maisaka, from the series Exhaustive Illustrations of the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojūsantsugi ezukushi)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, 1810

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; Ink and color on paper

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Invocation Sheet (Nembutsu), from Gangō-ji, Asuka

Unknown Artist, 1392-1568

Framed printed invocation sheet; ink on paper

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CRANE AND TORTOISE, "TWO CRANES ON PINE TREE"

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Ink on paper

Japanese

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Tachibana Armor with Chrysanthemum-Stream Motif (Kikusui yoroi) and Sutra Scroll of Universal Gate Chapter (Fumonbon), from the series Four Types of Existence (Shishō no uchi), with poem by Sōkaen Takemaru

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period,

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; Ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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The Paper Snake

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Ink on paper

Japanese

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Triptych: Men and Women Walking in Shrine Precinct

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

Japanese

Prints

Boaters Watching a Fight

Utagawa Toyohiro 歌川豊広

Sixth of seven ukiyo-e book pages from a continuous woodblock-printed composition; ink and color on paper

Japanese

Prints

Woman in Elaborate Kimono, from the series Elegant Women's Water Margin, One Hundred and Eight Sheets (Fuzoku onna Suikoden, hayakuhachi ban no uchi)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

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

Right panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

Japanese