PrintsJapanese

Sketches of Birds and Flowers and Landscapes (Kacho sansui zushiki)

Artists

Katsushika Sōji (Isai)Artist

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

12.4 x 17.5 cm (4 7/8 x 6 7/8 in.)

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A Poetry Contest for Edo Craftsmen (Edo shokunin uta awase), vol. 1

Ishihara Masaakira, Meiji period reprint, initially published 1808

Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

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Boston Public Library

Matsubara Naoko, Shōwa period, dated 1969

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Ferry Sailing to Shichiri Ferry Port/ Miya, from the series Exhaustive Illustrations of the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojūsantsugi ezukushi)

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Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke 2nd as Tsunewakamaru in the play Iro Moyō Aoyagi Soga performed at the Nakamura Theater from the second month of 1775

Ippitsusai Bunchō, Edo period, 1775 (2nd month)

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Retired Emperor Gosanjōin (Kojidan), from the series Twenty-Four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety for the Honchō Circle (Honchōren honchō nijūshikō), with poem by Kōkōji Iemori

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, circa 1821-1822

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Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

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Nostalgia of Kyoto (Kyoto e no omoi)

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Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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Mount Atago in Shiba (Shiba Atagoyama), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)

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Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō VI as Sukeroku, left sheet of an incomplete diptych

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