PrintsJapanese19th century

Taira no Kiyomori Holding Back the Sun, from the series Mirror of Famous Generals of Japan (Dai Nippon meishō kagami)

Meiji period, circa 1878-1882

Artists

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink, color and gauffrage ("blind" printing) on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Meiji era, 1868-1912

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

vertical ōban: H. 34.9 cm x W. 23.9 cm (13 3/4 x 9 7/16 in.)

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Illustrated Satirical Poems About Famous Scenic Views in Edo (Kyōka Edo meisho zue), Vols. 5 and 6 (in one binding)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Late Edo period, dated 1856 (Ansei 3, 5th month)

Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

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Poem by Sanjō-in, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, c. 1835-6

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

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Folded Kabuki Costume (with Crest of Actor Nakamura Shichisaburo) under Blossoming Plum Tree, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the death of Actor Nakamura Shichisaburo 1st

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, 1804 (2nd month; 3rd day)

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Actor Seki Sanjurō 2nd, from an untitled series of actors on the theme of Snow, Moon and Flowers (Setsugekka)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Edo period, circa 1825

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Washing the Manuscript, from the series Refined Beauties as the Seven Komachi (Fūryū bijin nana Komachi: Soshi arai Komachi)

Kikugawa Eizan 菊川英山, circa 1804

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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Tawara no Tōda Hidesato (Fujiwara no Hidesato), from the series Twenty-Four Generals for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushika nijūshishō)

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, circa 1821

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Pictures of Woman with Fan, Wave and Moon, from the series Ten Designs for the Honchō Circle (Honchōren jūban tsuzuki)

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, early 1820s

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

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Snow at an Early Morning Market (Asa ichi no yuki) with Chinese Shopping for Vegetables, from the series Eight Views of Yokohama, Bushu (Bushu Yokohama hakkei no uchi), published by Yamadaya Shōjirō

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

Yokohama woodblock print in ōban format; ink and color on paper

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Prints

Takemikazuchi Daijin, from the series Twenty-Four Generals for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushika nijūshishō)

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, circa 1821

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

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Prints

Triptych: Chrysanthemums at Court

Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu 楊洲周延, Meiji period, 1890

Woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

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Prints

Women Picnicing by the Tama River/The Short-Necked Clam Shell (Asarigai), from the series Shell-Matching Game with Genroku Poets (Genroku kasen kai-awase)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, datable to 1821

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; ink, color and metallic pigments on paper, with printed signature reading "Getchi Rōjin I-itsu hitsu"

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Demon in Disguise as an Old Woman Fleeing with a Severed Arm (Rōba kiwan o mochisaru zu), from the series New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts (Shinkei sanjūroku kaisen)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年, 1889

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

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