PrintsJapanese

Hokusai jimbutsu gafu

Artists

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎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

Related Artworks

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Kinokuni Hill and Distant View of Akasaka Tameike (Kinokunizaka Akasaka Tameike enkei), Number 85 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Edo period, dated 1856 (9th month)

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

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Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章

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

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Gazing at the Sea (Mitsumeru umi)

Murakami Gyōjin, Shōwa period, dated 1969

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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Actor Bando Mitsugorō 3rd Fighting Over Banner, part of a spring kyōka surimono pentaptych for the Sugawara Group led by Shakuyakutei Nagane

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Edo period, circa 1822-1826 (mid Bunsei era)

First panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "shikishi-ban" surimono-format pentaptych; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper

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Courtesan Fujie of the Nakamajiya (Nakamajiya uchi Fujie), from the series

Kitagawa Utamaro II, 19th century

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

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French Couple

Utagawa Yoshitora 歌川芳虎, Late Edo period, datable to 1860?

Yokohama woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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BIRD

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

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Prints

Two West Side Wrestlers, Mikuniyama Hyodayu and Edogasaki Genji

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, Edo period,

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

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Actor Otani Tokuji AS A BUDDHIST PRIEST

Katsukawa Shunkō

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

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Prints

PICTURES OF TEA HOUSES IN THE FOUR SEASONS, "INAOK A OF OKAMOTOYE UCHI"

Torii Kiyomitsu II (aka Kiyomine)

Ink on paper

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Katsukawa Shunchō 勝川春潮

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Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō 7th as Watanabe no Tsuna, with poem by Fukujuen Teruhito

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Edo period, circa 1818-1830 (Bunsei era)

Lower panel from a vertical ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "shikishi-ban" surimono-format diptych; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper

19th centuryJapanese