PrintsJapanese

ACTOR BEATING DRUM

Artists

Ryūsai ShigeharuArtist

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

53 Stations of the Tokaido

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Soga brothers (Soga Kyōdai: Soga monogatari), from the series Twenty-Four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety for the Honchō Circle (Honchōren honchō nijūshikō), with poems by Hana Someemon and Harunoya Narutake

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

Prints

No. 3, Strange Events at Tomonoura in Asakusa (Asakusa Tomonoura no kikai), from the series Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho dōke zukushi)

Utagawa Hirokage, 19th century

Ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Fireworks at Ryōgoku (Ryōgoku hanabi), Number 98 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Late Edo period, dated 1858 (8th month)

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Act Six from the series Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chūshingura) Parodied by Famous Beauties: A Set of Twelve Prints (Komei bijin mitate Chūshingura, junimai tsuzuki)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Late Edo period, circa 1794-1795

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

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Pentaptych: Kabuki Actors from the play Hatsumombi Kuruwa Soga, performed at the Nakamura Theater from the second month of 1780

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, Edo period, 1780 (2nd month)

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

Japanese

Prints

Cherry Blossom Dance

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period,

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; Ink, color, metallic pigment and embossing on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Painting of a Peacock, from a set of seven Bird Comparisons

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎

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

Japanese

Prints

2 WOMEN SEEM TO BE QUARRELING

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Ink on paper

Japanese

Prints

Collection of Illustrations of Japanese Agriculture (Yamato kōsaku e-shō)

Unknown Artist, 17th-18th century

Accordion-fold books (four); ink on paper

17th-18th centuryJapanese

Prints

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, 18th century

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

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Illustrated Views of Kyoto (Karaku saiken zu)

Unknown Artist, 18th century

Folded, woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

18th centuryJapanese