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Artists

Katsukawa Shunchō 勝川春潮Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

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

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

Paper: H. 38.5 cm x W. 25.2 cm (15 3/16 x 9 15/16 in.)

Related Artworks

Prints

Sergeant Kawasaki Crosses the River Daidōkō Alone (Kawasaki gunsō tanshin Daidōkō o wataru)

Mizuno Toshikata, Meiji period, dated 1894

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Iwai Shijaku, from an untitled series of actors on the theme of Snow, Moon and Flowers (Setsugekka)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Edo period, circa 1825

Left panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "koban"-format triptych; ink, color and embossing on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

CROW AND HERON: ACTORS ICHIKAWA YAOZO 2ND AND SEGAWA KIKUNOJO 2ND AS TWO YOUNG LOVERS

Ippitsusai Bunchō, Edo period, circa 1765-1770

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

Ink on paper

Interior of a Yoshiwara Tea House

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Third panel from an "ōban" pentaptych: Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Japanese

Prints

Finale (Taibi), from the series The Syllabary Copybook of the Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Kanadehon Chūshingura)

Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英, 1807 (Bunka 4), 6th month

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actors Segawa Kikunojō as a Woman with Ichikawa Monnosuke and Nakamura Denkurō 2nd

Torii Kiyonaga, Mid to Late Edo period, late 18th to early 19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and colors on paper, with printed signature reading "Kiyonaga ga"

18th-19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Woman Sitting by a Writing Table/ Writing Table (Fuzukue), from the series Seven Designs for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushika shichiban tsuzuki), with poems by Bunreisha Shigemi and Bunpōsha Tamamaru

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

Prints

Samurai Wife with Pine Shoot on Stand, from the series Series of Four Samurai (Yoban tsuzuki), with poem by Kaientei Hanju

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Edo period, circa 1815-1830

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Enjoying the Evening Cool at Ryōgoku Bridge in Edo: A Great Display of Fireworks

Utagawa Kunitora 歌川国虎, c. 1820s

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Taira no Kiyomori Holding Back the Sun, from the series Mirror of Famous Generals of Japan (Dai Nippon meishō kagami)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年, Meiji period, circa 1878-1882

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink, color and gauffrage ("blind" printing) on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Misty Dance

Yoshida Tōshi 吉田遠志, Shōwa period, dated 1957

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

20th centuryJapanese