PrintsJapanese19th century

Sōma Tarō Yoshikado, from the series Ibaraki no keshin

Late Edo period, circa 1843-1847

Artists

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Center panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper with printed signature reading "Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga"

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

36.2 x 24 cm (14 1/4 x 9 7/16 in.)

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Returning Sails at the Wharves (Hatoba no kihan), from the series Eight Views of Yokohama in Bushū (Bushū Yokohama hakkei no uchi), published by Yamadaya Shōjirō

Utagawa Yoshitora 歌川芳虎, Late Edo period, first month of 1861

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Drawing Fuji from Life (Shashin no Fuji): Half of detached page from One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei) Vol. 2

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

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FIGURE IN ELABORATE ROBES

Yanagawa Shigenobu, 18th-19th century

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Nakamura Shūkō, Meiji period, dated 1894

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Major Mitchell's Cockatoo (Kurumasaka ōmu), from the series At the Zoological Garden (Dobutsuen)

Yoshida Hiroshi, Taishō period, dated 1926

Woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper

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Hokusai's Album of Pictures from Nature (Hokusai shashin gafu)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Late Edo period, preface dated 1814

Accordion-fold ukiyo-e woodblock-printed book; ink and light color on paper

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Festival Float of Priest Jōmyō (Jōmyō yama), with poems by Mizunoya Tanigaki Makiyo, Jushitsu (Jutei) Morozane and Yomo no Utagaki (Magao)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, circa 1820

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Hokusai manga (Hokusai Sketchbooks), vol. 7

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Late Edo period, dated 1817

Woodblock-printed book; ink and light color on paper

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Prawn and Other Offerings/ Jinbasō, from the series A Selection of Horses (Umazukushi), with poems by Mamansai Managa, Shicchinsha Manpō and an associate

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, 1822

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Pine Tree in Mist

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Ukiyo-e woodblock print; Ink and color on paper

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Puppeteer Holding a Puppet on a Go Board

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, 1820s

Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigments on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō 7th in the Role of a Villain

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Edo period, circa 1834-1839 (mid Tempō era)

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

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