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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

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Under Mannen Bridge at Fukagawa (Fukagawa Mannen-bashi no shita), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, c. 1831

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

19th centuryJapanese

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The Spirits of the Plum and Pine, from the series The Classic Nō Dances

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono"; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper

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Prints

An Illustrated Encyclopedia (Kinmō zui)

Unknown Artist, Early Edo period, dated 1668

Fourteenth of a set of fourteen thread-bound woodblock-printed volumes; ink on paper

17th centuryJapanese

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Old Manji's Cursive Album (Manji-ō sōhitsu gafu)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Late Edo period, 1843 (14th Year of Tempō) but preface dated 1832

Thread-bound ukiyo-e woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper with printed signature reading "zen Hokusai Manji-ō hitsu"

19th centuryJapanese

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Procession of a Ryūkyūan Ambassador

Izumiya Ichibei 和泉屋市兵衛, c. 1832

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Woman Holding a Box

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, circa 1800

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono"; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Temmoku Tea Cup and Its Box

Kō Sūkoku, Edo period, dated 1830

Ukiyo-e woodblock printed "surimono"; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Karuizawa, Station 19 from the series "Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaidō" (Kisokaidō rokujūkyūtsugi no uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Edo period, circa 1839

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

19th centuryJapanese

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No. 22, from the series Magic Lantern Slides of That Romantic Purple Figure (Sono sugata yukari no utsushi-e)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, c. 1847-1852 (Kōka 4- An'ei 5)

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

19th centuryJapanese

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A HUNDRED VIEWS OF FAMOUS PLACES IN THE VARIOUS PROVINCES, "KYOTO SHIJO YU SUZUMI"

Utagawa Hiroshige II, Late Edo period, dated 1859

Ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Fujisawa, from the series Pilgrimages to Enoshima

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono"; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper

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Kiyomigata, from the series Famous Sights of Japan (Nihon meishō zue)

Kobayashi Kiyochika 小林清親, 1896 (Meiji 29)

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

19th centuryJapanese