PrintsJapanese18th century

Actor Otani Tokuji AS A MAID SERVANT

Edo period,

Artists

Katsukawa ShunjōArtist

Classification

Prints

Medium

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

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

18th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

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Kitao Masanobu 北尾政演, Mid Edo period, 1784

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Karigane Gang Member with Oiran, from the pentaptych "Karigane Gang Walking in the Yoshiwara"

Isoda Koryūsai 磯田湖龍齋, Edo period, circa 1769

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Hanabusa Ippō, Mid Edo period, 1756

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A Comparison of Beauties of the Green Houses: A Mirror of Their Lovely Forms (Seirō bijin awase sugata kagami) Volume One

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Manzai Dancers, detached page from the book Picture Book of Comic Poems for the Young Ebisu (Ehon waka Ebisu)

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Torii Kiyotsune, Edo period, dated 1767

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Illustrated Book of Industries (Tenkō Kaibutsu), Vol. 8, based on Chinese Original

Unknown Artist, Mid Edo period, 1771

Thread-bound, printed book; ink on paper

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