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Actor OTONE HIROJI AS WATANABE MIMBU

Artists

Kitao ShigemasaArtist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ink and color 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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Picture Book Chrysanthemum (Ehon chiyomigusa), volumes 1 and 3

Nishikawa Sukenobu 西川祐信, 1740 (Genbun 5)

Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper with later hand-applied color

18th centuryJapanese

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Woman Pulling the Wheeled Writing Table (Fuguruma) Rope, from the series Seven Designs for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushika shichiban tsuzuki), with poems by Bunkōsha Funazumi and Bunchōsha Hanahito (or Hanando)

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, circa 1826

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; Ink, color and metallic pigment on paper, with printed signature reading "Gakutei"

19th centuryJapanese

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I Brigade, First Group, Japan Bridge (Nihonbashi): Actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Fish Vendor Isshin Tashichi, from the series Flowers of Edo and Famous Sites (Edo no hana meishō-e)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, 1862

Yokohama woodblock print in ōban format; ink and color on paper;

19th centuryJapanese

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Hunting Habit, Whip, Arrows and Fan

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎

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

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Looking as if She Wants to Go for a Walk: The Fashion of a Married Woman of the Meiji Era (Yūho ga shitasō, Meiji nenkan saikun no fūzoku), from the series Thirty-two Appearances of Fashion (Fūzoku sanjūni sō)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年, 1888

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Peach Blossoms and Pheasant Feathers, with poems by Yomo no Utagaki and Kurendo

Kubo Shunman 窪俊満, Edo period, circa early 19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono in "shikishi-ban" format; ink, color and embossing on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Chrysanthemums

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, circa 1800

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "nagaban" format; Ink and color on paper

18th-19th centuryJapanese

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True View of the Foreign Buildings along the Kaigandōri Seen from the Yokohama Wharves (Yokohama hatoba yori kaigandōri ijinkan no shinzu)

Utagawa Hiroshige III 三代目歌川広重, c. 1875

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

19th centuryJapanese

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WARRIOR IN ARMOR

Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英

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

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"Kaigun shoko to seishin no senryaku toron suru zu"

Mizuno Toshikata, Meiji period, dated 1894

Center panel from a woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Society for the Picturing of Famous Places on the Kiso Road (Kisoji meisho zukai ichikan)

Nishimura Chûwa

Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

Japanese

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Moon Over Matsushima

Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水, 1933

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

20th centuryJapanese