PrintsJapanese

Boaters Watching a Fight

Artists

Utagawa Toyohiro 歌川豊広Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Seventh of seven ukiyo-e book pages from a continuous woodblock-printed composition; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

18.5 x 12.6 cm (7 5/16 x 4 15/16 in.)

Related Artworks

Prints

Ghost (Yūrei)

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, Edo period, circa 1782

Left panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "hosoban" diptych; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Shunshō ga"

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Picture Book of Japanese Lyrical Drama (Utai no ehon)

Tachibana Morikuni

Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

Japanese

Prints

The Eleventh Month (Jūichigatsu), from the series Twelve Months of Popular Customs (Fūzoku jūni kō)

Katsukawa Shunchō 勝川春潮, 18th century

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Segawa Kikujirō 2nd AS A WOMAN

Katsukawa Shunkō

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

Japanese

Prints

Awabi Shell Diver and Children with text beginning "Kyō wa ne no hi no ama naraba kami matsu o oda ni hikamashi mono o...", from the Tosa Diary series (Shōfudai Hisakataya Bunbunsha Tosa nikki), with poems by Kajitsute Tokiwa and associates

Kubo Shunman 窪俊満, Edo period, circa 1815-1820

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono in "shikishi-ban" format; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

The "Tale of Genji" (Genji monogatari) in Ten Volumes (Jūjo Genji), vol. 6

Nonoguchi Ryūho, Early Edo period, 1661

Woodblock-printed book with hand-colored illustrations, ink and color on paper; dark-blue paper cover

17th centuryJapanese

Prints

Poet Fujiwara no Takamitsu (?-994) from page 14B of the printed book of "Thirty-Six Immortal Poets" (Sanjūrokkasen), Kōetsu edition

Hon'ami Kōetsu 本阿弥光悦, Momoyama period, published circa 1610

Page 14B of a thread-bound woodblock-printed book with paper cover; ink on paper

17th centuryJapanese

Prints

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Five Women Who Loved Love (Koshoku gonin onna), Vol. 4

Yoshida Hanbei, Early Edo period, 1686

Fourth of a set of five thread-bound, woodblock-printed books; ink on paper

17th centuryJapanese

Prints

Shikizome no Yusho, from the series Eight Views of the Licensed Quarter

Utagawa Sadakage (Gokotei)

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

Japanese

Prints

ACTOR DRESSED AS WOMAN

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Japanese

Prints

Fuji in the Distance from Shimotsuke Province (Yashū enkei no Fuji): Half of 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