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Artists

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Classification

Prints

Medium

Ink on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Related Artworks

Prints

The Pure Red Shell (Masuho-gai), from the series A Matching Game with the Genroku Poem Shells (Genroku kasen kai awase)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, 1821

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Sumida River in the Snow, from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Ladyslipper Orchid

Yoshida Fujio 吉田ふじを, 1954

Woodblock print; ink, color, and metallic pigments on paper

20th centuryJapanese

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Ono no Komachi from the series The Six Poets Represented by Modern Children (Tosei kodomo rokkasen)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Late Edo period, circa 1800-1806

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Minamoto no Yorimasa and Tamamo no Mae

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period,

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; ink, color and metallic pigment(?) on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Picture Book Sumida River A Glance of Both Shores (Ehon Sumida gawa ryogan ichiran), Vol. 2

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Woodblock-printed book; ink and color on paper

Japanese

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MAN STANDS WITH RT HAND UNDER CHIN

Katsukawa Shunkō

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

Japanese

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THIRTY-SIX VIEWS OF FUJI, "ZOSHIGAIYA FUJI MIJAYA"

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Edo period, 1858

Ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Clearing A Building After An Earthquake (after Frank Brangwyn R.A.)

Urushibara Mokuchū, Meiji period, 1908

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

20th centuryJapanese

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Actor Fujikawa Kayū (One of Three Kabuki Actors)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳, Late Edo period, circa 1847-1852

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Woman Counting with Her Fingers (Yubi-ori kazoeru onna), from the series Ten Types in the Physiognomic Study of Women (Fujin sōgaku juttai)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Late Edo period, circa 1792-1793

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink, color, and mica on paper, with printed signature reading "Somi Utamaro ga"

18th centuryJapanese

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WOMEN IN BLACK AND YELLOW STRIPED KIMONO

Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英

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

Japanese