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18th century

Artists

Nishikawa Sukenobu 西川祐信Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Woodblock print; ink on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

18th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 24.4 cm (9 5/8 in.)

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Two Women Stretching Cloth

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信, Edo period, circa 1766-1768

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

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Actor Nakamura Matsue as a Female Dancer

Ippitsusai Bunchō, 18th century

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

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Actor Sawamura Sōjurō 3rd as Ogishi Kurando from the Play "Hana-Ayame Bunroku Soga" (Miyako-za)

Tōshūsai Sharaku, Late Edo period, 1794 (5th month)

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

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Illustrated Guide to the Ise Pilgrimage (Ise sangū meisho zue), vol. 1

Shitomi Kangetsu, 1797 (Kansei 9)

Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

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Two Women with Spectroscope Viewing Koya no Tama, from the series Six Tama River

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信, Edo period, circa 1765-1770

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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Courtesan Dallying with Her Lover

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Mid to Late Edo period, circa 1890s?

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

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Prints

Picture Book Chrysanthemum (Ehon chiyomigusa), volumes 1 and 3

Nishikawa Sukenobu 西川祐信, 1740 (Genbun 5)

Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper with later hand-applied color

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Prints

First Writing of the New Year (Kakizome), with poems by Okuraan Reiko, Shuchōdō Butsuryō and Yomo no Utagaki no Magao

Hishikawa Sori, Edo period, 1805

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

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Chinese Hwamei (Gabichō), reprinted from the album A Compendium of Pictures of Birds Imported from Overseas (Kaihaku raikin zui)

Kitao Masayoshi, 1793

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

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Prints

Actors Ichikawa Yaozō, Sawamura Sōjūrō and Segawa Kikujirō

Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英, Edo period,

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

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Temple Garden

Hishikawa Moronobu 菱川師宣, Early to Mid Edo period, circa late 17th to early 18th century

Hand-colored "tan-e" ukiyo-e woodblock print in large "ōban" format; ink and tan (red-lead) on paper

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Illustrated Book of Haiku (Haikai wakana)

Hanabusa Ippō, Mid Edo period, 1756

Thread-bound book; ink and light color on paper

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