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BOOK OF KESA(?)

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

Related Artworks

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Printed Greater Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom (J: Dai-hannya-haramitta-kyō; S: Mahâprajnâpâramitâ-sūtra), vol. 121

Unknown Artist, Nambokuchō period, 1383

Folded book; ink on paper with silver border lines

14th centuryJapanese

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Two Cranes on Snowy Pine Tree

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Late Edo period, circa 1830s

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in kakemono-e format; ink and color on paper, signed "Zen Hokusai Iitsu"

19th centuryJapanese

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Great Illustrated Encyclopedia, Revised and Enlarged (Sōbo tōsho kinmō zui taisei), vol. 7

Nakamura Tekisai, 1789 (Kansei 1)

Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

Japanese

Prints

KINTOKI WITH HUGE SAKE CUP

Hishikawa Kazusada, Edo period, 1831

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Japanese

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Say No Evil, from the series The Three Monkeys: See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Say No Evil

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎

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

Japanese

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Yōrō kōshi (Jikkunshō), from the series Twenty-Four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety for the Honchō Circle (Honchōren honchō nijūshikō), with poems by Chiyonoya Matsufuru and Umenoya Tsuruko

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, circa 1821-1822

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper, with printed signature reading "Gakutei"

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

Prints

Insect on a Banana Leaf

Kōno Bairei 幸野楳嶺, 19th century

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Evening Bell Under the Entry Tower (Yagura shita no banshō), from the series Eight Views of Fukagawa (Fūzoku Fukagawa hakkei)

Torii Kiyonaga

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

Japanese

Prints

Actor BANDO MITSUGORO 1ST

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章

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

Japanese

Prints

WISTERIA TIME

Katsukawa Shunchō 勝川春潮

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

Japanese

Prints

IN THE COOL OF THE EVENING AT RYOGOKU BRIDGE, from the series Famous Places of the Eastern Capital (Tōto meisho)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Late Edo period, 1854

Ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese