PrintsJapanese

Descending Geese for Bunshichi (Bunshichi no rakugan), from the series Eight Views of Elegant Gallants (Furyū otokodate hakkei)

c. 1781-1789

Artists

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ink on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

20.4 x 15.6 cm (8 1/16 x 6 1/8 in.)

Related Artworks

Prints

Actor Iwai Hanshirō 2nd AS A WOMAN HOLDING A PIPE BY A VERANDAH

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, 18th century

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

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Street Scene with Geisha and Courtesan (Totō Han'ei no zu)

Utagawa Yoshikazu, Late Edo period, circa 1855

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Cherry Blossom Viewing at the Mimeguri Shrine

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period,

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "nagaban" format; Ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

RED DARUMA

Ippitsusai Bunchō, 18th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; (red) color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Kabuki Actor Nakamura Ganjirō as Kamiya Jihei

Yoshikawa Kanpō, Taishō period, circa 1922

Woodblock print; ink, color and mica on paper

20th centuryJapanese

Prints

Illustrated Study of Japanese Things (Ehon Yamato hiji), vol. 2

Nishikawa Sukenobu 西川祐信, 1742 (Kanpō 2)

Woodblock-printed book; ink and hand-applied color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Ichikawa Yaozō 2nd

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章

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

Japanese

Prints

Nihonbashi: Morning Scene (Nihonbashi, asa no kei), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the First Tōkaidō or Great Tōkaidō

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, c. 1833-34

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

The Japanese and Russian Armies Engage at Seoul (Keijō ni nichirogun shōtotsu), no. 4 from the series Pictures of the Russo-Japanese War (Nichiro kōsen zue)

Ôkura Kôtô, Meiji period, dated 1904

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

20th centuryJapanese

Prints

LADY IN ELABORATE DRESS

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Japanese

Prints

Yamato, from the series Comparisons of Tales (Monogatari awase)

Manjirô Hokuga, 19th century

Woodblock print (ukiyo-e, surimono); ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Ōe no Takachika (Chomonjū), from the series Twenty-Four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety for the Honchō Circle (Honchōren honchō nijūshikō), with poem by Utsunoya Makikata

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