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GRASS AT DAWN (E-HON TASAGAREGUSA)

Artists

Okada Shōyū (Naotomo) (Gyokuzan)Artist

Classification

Prints

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Related Artworks

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Actor (Old Man) Dancing

Katsukawa Shunkō, Edo period, circa 1770-1790

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

18th centuryJapanese

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Chinese Bridge at Seta, from the series Eight Views of Lake Biwa (ōmi hakkei)

Itō Shinsui, 1918

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

20th centuryJapanese

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Travelers Conversing by Pine Tree/ Mishima, from the series Exhaustive Illustrations of the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojūsantsugi ezukushi)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, 1810

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; Ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Sequel to Thicket of Ancient and Modern Paintings (Kokon gasō kōhen), Volume 4

Sō Shiseki 宋紫石, 1771

Woodblock-printed book (volume 4 of 8 volumes); ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

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Emperor Nintoku (Nintoku Tennō: Nihongi), from the series Twenty-Four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety for the Honchō Circle (Honchōren honchō nijūshikō), with poem by Isonoya Naonari

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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Dragon King Presenting Jewels

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓, early to mid 19th century

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Evening Shower at Imaibashi (Imaibashi no yūdachi)

Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水, 1932

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

20th centuryJapanese

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Ushiwaka (Minamoto Yoshitsune) Battling Tengu (Mitate setsu-getsu-ka no uchi kurama zuki)

Toyohara Kunichika, Meiji period, dated 1883

Center panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Illustrated Encyclopedia for Women (Joyō kinmō zui), Volume 1

Unknown Artist, Early Edo period, circa 1690

Thread-bound books (two); ink on paper

17th centuryJapanese

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Kachō shashin zui (Album of birds and flowers) (vol.3)

Kitao Shigemasa, 1805-1827

Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper

Japanese

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Actor Yamashita Kinsaku AS JINGO KOGO

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章

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

Japanese

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Fuji as a Mirror Stand (Kyōdai Fuji): Detached page from One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei) Vol. 1

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, 1834 (Tempō 5)

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed book page; ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese