PrintsJapanese

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

Artists

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

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

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

horizontal ōban: H. 25.3 × W. 36.8 cm (9 15/16 × 14 1/2 in.)

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Kitao Masanobu 北尾政演, Mid Edo period, 1784

Detached Preface from a large accordion-fold printed book; ink on paper

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Black-Naped Oriole (Kōri), reprinted from the album A Compendium of Pictures of Birds Imported from Overseas (Kaihaku raikin zui)

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Kasumigaseki (Kasumigaseki), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 1857, 1st month

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Actor Wearing Chinese Costume

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Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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Kurosaki Akira, Shōwa period, 1975

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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Hokusai manga (Hokusai Sketchbooks), vol. 10

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Late Edo period, dated 1819

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No. 15, from the series Magic Lantern Slides of That Romantic Purple Figure (Sono sugata yukari no utsushi-e)

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

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A HUNDRED VIEWS OF FAMOUS PLACES IN THE VARIOUS PROVINCES, "BISHU, NAGOYA SHINKEI"

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Procession of Women Carrying Palanquin

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Enoshima in Sagami Province (Sōshū Enoshima no zu)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳, c. 1847-1852

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

19th centuryJapanese

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