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

1789 (Kansei 1)

Artists

Nakamura TekisaiAuthor

Classification

Prints

Medium

Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

Culture

Japanese

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

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Woman with Koto, Number Two (Sono ni) from the series Three Musical Instruments (Sankyoku)

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, probably 1822 (Year of the Horse)

Center panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono "shikishi" triptych; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Gakutei Sadaoka hitsu"

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The Woman Who Loved Love (Kōshoku ichidai onna); by Ihara Saikaku (1642-1693), Vol. 1

Yoshida Hanbei, 18th century (reprint of 17th century publication)

Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

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Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞

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Ishikawa Toyonobu 石川豊信, 18th century

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

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Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke 2nd, Iwai Hanshirō 5th and Ichikawa Yaozō 2nd

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Ink and color on paper

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Torii Kiyomitsu 鳥居清満, Edo period, circa early 1750s

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No. 11, from the series Primary Education: Manners for Women, Explained in Pictures (Shōgaku joreishiki zukai)

Adachi Ginkō 安達吟光, c. 1882

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

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Tajima Hiroyuki, Shōwa period, dated 1971

Woodblock print; ink on paper

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Act Eight from the series Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chūshingura: Hachi danme)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

Ink on paper

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Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓

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

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Illustration of the Landing and Advance to Weihaiwei

Kobayashi Kiyochika 小林清親, 1895 (Meiji 28)

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

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