PrintsJapanese

Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō AS SHIGETADA

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

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Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō 3rd as a Samurai

Shōju, Late Edo period, 1797

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

Rooster, Hen and Chicks/ Parental Kindness (Oya no on), from volume 10 of Children's Literature (Shōnen bungaku), by Sanmai Dōjin (a/k/a Miyazaki Sanmai)

Unknown Artist, Meiji period, 1892

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; Ink and color on paper decorated with mica

19th centuryJapanese

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Actors in a scene from the play The Story of Cherry Blossoms on Higashiyama (Higashiyama sakura zōshi): Bandō Hikosaburō IV as Ashikaga Yoshimasa kō, Azuma Ichinojō I as Kashitsuki Sugibae (right sheet), Onoe Kikujirō II as Besshitsu Fuji no kata (center sheet), unidentified actor as Koshimoto Kodemari, and Iwai Kumesaburō III as Ashikaga Jirō no kimi (left sheet)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, 1851, 8th month

Woodblock-printed triptych; ink and color on paper

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Prints

Poet Taira no Kanemori (?-990) from page 9B of the printed book of "Thirty-Six Immortal Poets" (Sanjūrokkasen), Kōetsu edition

Hon'ami Kōetsu 本阿弥光悦, Momoyama period, published circa 1610

Page 9B of a thread-bound woodblock-printed book with paper cover; ink on paper

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Rules for the Department of Young Ladies (Shōgaku Joreishiki zukai)

Adachi Ginkō 安達吟光, Meiji period, circa late 19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print: ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Lecture at the Meiji Meeting Hall

Adachi Ginkō 安達吟光, c. 1880

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

19th centuryJapanese

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The End of the Day

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓, first half 19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "naga-surimono" format (with text trimmed); ink and colors on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Ehon Taikōku: maki chū: Kiyomasa Ryōjū o Ikedorite Denka no Jinchū ni Hikashimu

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国

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

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Housecleaning (Susuhaki)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Late Edo period, circa 1797-1799

Center panel from an "ōban" pentaptych: Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Utamaro hitsu"

18th centuryJapanese

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Woman Bending to Embrace Child

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞

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

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Woman Gazing at the Moon (perhaps Murasaki Shikibu)

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信, Edo period, circa 1766-1767 (Meiwa 3-4)

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "chūban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Harunobu ga" (at edge of screen)

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