PrintsJapanese

Gagaku Dancer

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ink and color 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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The Poem

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎

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

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Wasuregai, Baikagai and Sakuragai Shells, from the series A Set of Shells (Kaizukushi)

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓, Edo period, 1821

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishi" format; ink, light color, metallic pigment and mica on paper with printed signature reading "Motome ni ōji Hokkei utsusu"

19th centuryJapanese

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SMALL SERIES OF THE 53 STATIONS OF THE TOKAIDO, "GOYU", STATION NO. 36

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

Ink on paper

PAIR MOUNTED TOGETHER

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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Beauties on Verandah Admiring Iris Pond

Katsukawa Shunkō

One panel of three in an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and colors on paper

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Illustrated Study of Japanese Things (Ehon Yamato hiji), vol. 10

Nishikawa Sukenobu 西川祐信, 1742 (Kanpō 2)

Woodblock-printed book; ink and hand-applied color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

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Standing Courtesan Looking into a Mirror/ Tiger Skin (Tora no kawa), Third of the Right Group (Migi sanban), from the series Treasure Match (Takara awase), with poems by Rairoen Kakudaru, Rakuseian and Shakuyakutei

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓, Edo period,

Ukiyo-e woodblock printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; Ink, color and metallic pigment on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Summer Fuji in Inage-ryō (Inage-ryō natsu no Fuji): Detatched page from One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei) Vol. 3

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, circa 1835-1847

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed book page; ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Jurōjin, from the series Charming Seven Gods of Good Fortune (Adesugata shichifukujin)

Ishikawa Toyonobu 石川豊信, Edo period, circa 1778

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

18th centuryJapanese

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Actor Matsumoto Koshirō

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Japanese

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Fuji the Day After Snow (Yuki no ashita Fuji): Half of detatched page from One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei) Vol. 2

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, 1835 (Tempō 6)

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed book page; ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese