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Artists

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳Artist

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

Beautiful American Woman (Amerika bijo), from the series Views of Famous Places of Yokohama in Bushu (Bushu Yokohama meishō no zu), published by Inshūya Hikobei

Utagawa Yoshitora 歌川芳虎, Late Edo period, twelfth month of 1860

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Sketchbook of Ike Taiga (Taigado gafu)

Ikeno Taiga 池大雅, Late Edo period, mid-late 19th century (1st edition published 1803)

Woodblock-printed book in one thread-bound volume; ink and colors on paper, with printed introduction dated to 1804 and with printed signature reading "Kōtei-rōjin"

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Musashibō Benkei in The Subscription List (Kanjinchō)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年, Meiji period, datable to 1890

Left panel from a woodblock print (nishiki-e) triptych; ink, color, and metallic pigment on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Tosa Province, Bonito Fishing at Sea (Tosa, Kaijō katsuo tsuri), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujūyoshū meisho zue)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 1855 (Ansei 2, 9th month)

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

Ink on paper

Gio and Gijo, from the series Lives of Wise and Heroic Women (Kenjo reppu den)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳, circa 1841-1842 (Tenpō 12-13)

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Printed Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō), Vol. 1

Unknown Artist, Muromachi period, 1512

Handscroll; ink on paper with guide lines in gold

16th centuryJapanese

Prints

Buyō Asukayama Shōkei

Kitagawa Tsukimaro 喜多川月麿

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

Japanese

Prints

Miyanokoshi, Station 37 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

Prints

Nakamura Theater

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Late Edo period, circa 1811-1814

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

Ink on paper