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The Paper Snake

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

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Triptych: Narihira Ason shokan ryaku

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

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from the series Cutout Pictures of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho harimaze zue)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 20th century

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

20th centuryJapanese

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Illustrated Book of Professions with Kyōka (Kyōka Yamato jinbutsu), 2nd of 7 Volumes

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Late Edo period, 1857

Seven thread-bound books; ink and color on paper

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Sama no Kami Yoshitomo (Minamoto no Yoshitomo), from the series Twenty-Four Generals for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushika nijūshishō)

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, circa 1821

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

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Harbor of the Black Sea (Kurodumi no funatsukiba)

Ono Tadashige, Shōwa period,

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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MAN IN PLUM AND RED

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Five Deities (including three of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune: Benzaiten, Daikoku and Ebisu)

Miyamoto Izumo Sugawara Shin'ei

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Actor Sakata Hangorō 2nd

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Boston Public Library

Matsubara Naoko, Shōwa period, dated 1969

Woodblock print; ink on paper

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Illustrated Guide to the Ise Pilgrimage (Ise sangū meisho zue)

Shitomi Kangetsu, 1797 (Kansei 9)

Set of eight woodblock-printed books; ink on paper

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Linear Composition L5-E.P.K.

Yoshida Ayomi 吉田亜世美, 1981

Woodblock print; pigment on paper

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Five Women Who Loved Love (Koshoku gonin onna), Vol. 1

Yoshida Hanbei, Early Edo period, 1686

First of a set of five thread-bound, woodblock-printed books; ink on paper

17th centuryJapanese