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Life of Banzui (Banzui shonin den) in 2 volumes

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

26.4 x 18.7 cm (10 3/8 x 7 3/8 in.)

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Afterword by Akerakan Shujin (Akera Kankō) from the printed album "A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing" (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami)

Kitao Masanobu 北尾政演, Mid Edo period, dated 1784

Nineth two-page spread of an accordion-fold woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper

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Actors

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, 19th century

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

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Captain Matsuzaki Crossing Anjō Reveals His Great Bravery (Anjō o watari Daigekisen Matsuzaki Taii yūmō)

Mizuno Toshikata, Meiji period, dated 1894

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Illustrated Satirical Poems About Famous Scenic Views in Edo (Kyōka Edo meisho zue), Vol. 4

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Late Edo period, dated 1856 (Ansei 3, 5th month)

Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

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Pilgrimage to the Unveiling of Benzaiten at Enoshima in Sagami: Caves at the Main Shrine (Sōshū Enoshima Benzaiten kaichō mōde Hongū Iwaya no zu)

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Seven Gods of Good Fortune and Otafuku Celebrating New Year's from the series Prosperous and Harmonious Month (Fukutoku mutsumashi tsuki)

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Benzaiten, Goddess of Fortune and Music, Appearing to Taira no Kiyomori, with poems by Raikyūtei Kazutaka, Hina no ya Shunshi (or Haruko) and Yayoian Hinamaru

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓, Edo period,

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Ferry Boat

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Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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Actor Nakamura Nakazō as Ono Sadakurō, from the series Stories of the True Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai (Seichū gishi den no uchi)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, 19th century

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

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Woman with Marumage Hairstyle (Marumage bijin)

Itō Shinsui, Taishō period, dated 1924

Woodblock print; ink, color and mica on paper

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