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A Collection of Verses with Illustrations by Gakutei (Shunko cho)

Classification

Prints

Medium

Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

19.5 x 14.8 cm (7 11/16 x 5 13/16 in.)

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Braving the Bitter Cold, Our Troops Set Up Camp at Yingkou

Kobayashi Kiyochika 小林清親, 1895 (Meiji 28)

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Inari Bridge and Minato Shrine, Teppōzu (Teppōzu Inaribashi Minato jinja), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 1857, 2nd month

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Procession of a Ryūkyūan Ambassador

Izumiya Ichibei 和泉屋市兵衛, c. 1832

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Miyazu at Tango, from the series Souvenirs of Travels II (Tabi miyage dainishū)

Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水, 1921

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Courtesan Suehiro of the Ōgiya with Attendants and New Year's Gifts (Toshidama no Ōgiya uchi Suehiro), first from the series Views of the Nakanochō for the Hisakata Poetry Club (Hisakataya Nakanochō no ichi), with poems by Seikaitei Kamehito and Sawanoya

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, circa 1825

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Act Ten from the series Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chūshingura: Jū danme - Amakawaya)

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, Edo period, circa 1779-1780

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Printed Greater Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom (J: Dai-hannya-kyō; S: MahIaprajnâpâramitâ-sūtra)

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Pink Octopus and Three Dancing Women from the series Glorious Amusements of the Brothel Niwaka Festival (Seiro Niwaka zensei asobi)

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